Rachel Wilkerson Miller

It can be so much simpler than that.

And it's so often human made.

And I think really starting to look for art in my everyday life was a really transformative experience because I used to think of art as something that I like went out and did and

And I still do that.

I still go to shows and I go to museums and I love those experiences.

But there's art everywhere.

And I think once you start to notice it, it's so satisfying and reassuring and kind of thrilling.

And that's a really easy example of how to just find a little bit of beauty in your everyday life.

Well, I should say for starters, like I am not a minimalist, so I understand this tension very well.

And I think one thing I've had to learn over the years is what stuff will actually make me happy or mean something to me and what stuff I will change.

regret kind of immediately or it'll end up in a landfill.

And there was a point in my twenties where I was like, I can't just keep buying dresses from forever 21.

This is wasteful and bad.

And I really had to cut myself off.

And that forced me to slow down.

And it was like, if I'm going to buy something, I'm going to have to wear this for a long time.

So I need to take good care of it.

I need to feel relatively confident.

I

even if it's Forever 21, even if it's from a thrift store and it was originally from Forever 21, like how can I treat it like it matters?