I watched an episode of Tiny House Nation on appleTV last night and was in awe of how little space an adult would have to shrink his belongings down to, in order to move into one of these miniature, about 100- to 200-square-foot things.

The married couple in this episode had a small child, too. I think they will be selling this house after a few years. The husband has almost no room to get dressed in the morning, without hitting something with his arms as he puts on a shirt.

The designers, in order to prepare them for the move, showed them about four medium plastic bins. They said, That's about how much room you have for your stuff.

And they had to get rid of enough to fit into those.

I went to an upstairs closet, which is overflowing onto hooks on the doors, and found enough vintage clothes to start an Etsy store. It began to dawn on me that I too could downsize to fit into a more reasonable space. My dream is to live in a cabin sort of thing someday, with no office furniture, no massive paper collection.