You make a good point. The adults have a harder time letting go of the stuff because we attach sentimentality to things. I really don’t think the kids care about the toys that they have left behind. The cell phone will be a necessity when we return home. Until then, it’s nice to be relatively unreachable 🙂 I do hope that we are able to stick to less clutter as you have. You’ll have to coach me when we get back!

I was also happy without a cell phone until I decided to stay in one place and needed friends. I tried to meet with people without it, but unfortunately, people are now so used to calling at the last minute to confirm or cancel, that they simply don´t go without it. I still use it minimally and having spent a good time without it, I´m more aware of how it bothers.

I think that once you settle down you get more stuff back, but it doesn´t go back to same old just like that, it´s now an option of less clutter, so you stick to it. Or I do 🙂

Haha, I was so scared of babysrus that I never went back and did all our ordering online! I’ll say the one thing I do miss is diaper delivery, which we had in New York. The baby stuff always fascinated me – what’s with the diaper wipe warming machines? Anyway, yes, babies can and do live with close to nothing all over the world.

Thanks! Thankfully we haven’t yet had to catch an early morning anything, yet… Sandeep has a freaky internal alarm anyway! I read your post and loved that you balanced it with the things you ‘found’.