Inside Minimalism Nº84

Crafting a simpler life with less

How to Minimize the Suffering of Loss

By Shawn Mihalik

Letting go is rarely easy. David Foster Wallace once wrote “Everything I ever let go of had claw marks on it,” and I’ll be damned if I don’t think about that quote almost daily. Even as I write this, my fingers are tensed futilely in the grasping, clutching position of one desperately intent to hold o…