A friend of mine just started a blog, The Zenplicity Coach, it’s rapidly becoming one of my favorite surfs.

I spend most of my time reading heavy, challenging and cumbersome material or focusing on my next writing project. Yet when I visit the Coach, I instantly feel lighter. She shares useful information and painless tips for simplifying your life, and to my apprehensive surprise they actually work!

Her most recent post was on the horrors of keychains which made me laugh out loud. She could have been speaking directly to me. She implores us keychain horders to remove everything but the keys.

keys_2.jpg  keys.jpg (aren’t they pretty?)

Of course I protested. I must keep my kubaton. Although it adds a hefty two pounds to my bag, it could potentially save my life. Every woman and girl should have one!

I still have no excuse for my ten mini discount cards or the keys to my last apartment, but the kubaton stays! Everything else I might be persuaded to give up (we’ll see ).