In the picture above are some of the items I have given away. I took them to a byttestation (swap shop in English) near where I live. They are beautiful, certified, and high quality objects but I realised that I could live without them. I could have kept them to wear them next year. But then I thought that a fellow human might need them now, and to give them away is a better approach to distribution of resources in our society. I also thought that I could recycle the textile objects that are old and use these ones instead. Then I realised that I like my imperfect and older items. Some of them I repaired, so they have a deeper meaning to me. I have also given away some cotton bags of which I have several. I have a few of them because I use them every day for various purposes. As laundry bags, handbags, for groceries, storage and so on. I felt that I had more than what is lagom, so I decided to give away the ones that are not stained. Living with less, embracing imperfections, feeling good about wearing items that have been repaired are, in my view, manifestations of inner growth.
Something that brings me joy these days is watching these beautiful ringblommor grow. It took only a couple of days for them to sprout. It's so interesting to observe my feelings towards them. To me, planting non-human beings rather than buying them has always been a magical experience.