I’m moving house… to my mother-in-law’s apartment. Yes, *really*.

In this episode, I talk about why my partner and I are moving in with her while our new flat is being renovated, and why the whole process fills me with a unique kind of fear. From packing and misplaced chargers to angry drivers and mountains of paperwork, moving house always reveals more chaos than you expect.

I also look back at my earlier moves - to Germany, Italy, China and finally Spain - and how living out of two suitcases shaped my ideas about minimalism. And of course, we get into the emotional side of moving: the strange objects we keep, the ones we can’t explain, and the one box I carry with me from place to place, even though I never open it.

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Release Date: 26/11/2025, 14:30:00