Marie Kondo Was Right
Tidying unexpectedly redirected Tyler's entire career path.
And my grandma that I was very close to passed away last October, and my family and I, we went into her home right after she had passed away, which is really hard to sort of do that, like after death sort of clearing and cleaning.
And everyone was walking through the house and, you know, people were starting to say, "I would like that piece of furniture.
I would like this." And I walked up to my dad and I was like, "Dad, I know that this sounds really silly, but I think I'm gonna take those like really pretty ceiling fan pulls that she has." 'Cause she had ceiling fans and there were these little like pulls with these little like gems on them, and I was like...
He was like, "I don't think that that's silly." I was like, "Because I know that I can use them in my apartment, and when I see those little things, I will-" Think of her.
... somehow I ended up with a concrete squirrel that she had outs- out back of her door.
[laughs] So it was here, it's here at our cottage in Pennsylvania, and just last week I was like, "I'm gonna give that little squirrel a new life." So I spray painted it.
But I thought, "Wouldn't my grandma be so happy that I have that little squirrel with that little bedazzled gem of a nut?" And I'm like, as silly as it sounds, like, I would hope that she's happy that I'm finding joy with-
And my grandma that I was very close to passed away last October, and my family and I, we went into her home right after she had passed away, which is really hard to sort of do that, like after death sort of clearing and cleaning.
And everyone was walking through the house and, you know, people were starting to say, "I would like that piece of furniture.
I would like this." And I walked up to my dad and I was like, "Dad, I know that this sounds really silly, but I think I'm gonna take those like really pretty ceiling fan pulls that she has." 'Cause she had ceiling fans and there were these little like pulls with these little like gems on them, and I was like...
He was like, "I don't think that that's silly." I was like, "Because I know that I can use them in my apartment, and when I see those little things, I will-" Think of her.
... somehow I ended up with a concrete squirrel that she had outs- out back of her door.
[laughs] So it was here, it's here at our cottage in Pennsylvania, and just last week I was like, "I'm gonna give that little squirrel a new life." So I spray painted it.
But I thought, "Wouldn't my grandma be so happy that I have that little squirrel with that little bedazzled gem of a nut?" And I'm like, as silly as it sounds, like, I would hope that she's happy that I'm finding joy with-
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Marie Kondo Was Right
Tidying unexpectedly redirected Tyler's entire career path.
Finding Joy During Hard Seasons
Hard seasons can become unexpected training grounds.
The Bedazzled Memory
Selected sentimental objects can preserve precious memories.
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