using it upAn inventory, not a haul
read 14 SEP 2026The letter
94 entries73 published21 in the queue292 spoken lines21 with no lines72 photographs9 objects18 the longest run5 columns8.5 a weekread 14 SEP 2026

using it up/All entries/Didn't buy it/063

i deleted the shopping app and my evenings got longer

18 JUL 2026Didn't buy it4 spoken lines, 55 wordsthe kitchen, 6 of 18

Filed under

Didn't buy it. Wanted, sat with, and then not — a cart abandoned and never thought about again.

Every object here is a still from that entry's own footage.
The caption it went out with

time refund.

The object
the kitchen, entry 6 of 18
Filed under
Didn't buy it
Went out
18 JUL 2026
The lines
4 lines, 55 words
It counts
twenty, once
Also the kitchen
10 still works, 4 became someone, 2 noticed, 1 finished it, 1 didn't buy it
01

I deleted the shopping app, and my evenings got noticeably longer.

02

It was about twenty minutes a night. Browsing. Comparing. Not really buying.

03

And I never once noticed spending it. It didn't feel like time, it felt like nothing.

04

Now the evening just sits there, open, waiting for me to do something real with it.

The rest of the shelf

18 entries are the kitchen. This is 6. Every object here is a still from that entry's own footage.

Open the kitchen