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People in their seventies who stop buying clothes for the person they used to be, stop keeping the good china for a day that never comes, and stop saving the guest room for visitors who never arrive aren’t shrinking their lives, they’re finally living in the one they actually have
['Written By', 'Lachlan Brown', 'Lachlan Brown Is A Writer At Silicon Canals Contributing Across The Mind Pillar. His Background Blends Formal Training', 'A Graduate Diploma In Psychological Studies Deakin University', 'With A Long Practice Of Eastern Philosophy', 'Two Decades Of Operating Businesses Scratch. He Writes About High-Performance Routines', 'Decision-Making Under Pressure', 'The Discipline Of Clarity In Technology Work', 'Where The Patterns That Govern Building Also Govern Living. He Splits His Time Between Singapore', 'Ho Chi Minh City.']
Silicon Canals
The wardrobe contains clothes for a body, job or social life that belonged to another decade.
Fewer formal clothes, fewer preserved objects and one less guest room seem to tell a story about a life getting smaller.
A guest room can stand for being the kind of person whose home is always open.
A guest room can become a monument to hypothetical peopleThe spare room is more complicated because it represents relationship, not simply storage.
The guest room may still be used regularly, or keeping it ready may give its owner pleasure.