5 Truths About Minimalism

From a feeling of inner peace to being content in your surroundings, minimalism has gently taken precedence over my life.  My objects used to control my life. I always felt the need to clean up in every free moment I had. I’m not truly a minimalist yet, but I am slowly clearing the clutter. It feels good to give things away.  My consumer ways still rear their ugly heads once in awhile, but when I remember the practice of minimalism, I feel much better. 

Celebrating Holidays as a Minimalist

Today is Mother’s Day and I’m happy to report I had a great day. My daughter made me a lovely card with breakfast in bed. Jenna is in Grade 1 and they put a neat brown bag breakfast together that included an apple, a tea bag and a apple/cinnamon granola bar. It was very sweet. Today’s post is about how to celebrate occasions as a Minimalist.

Minimalist Thinking

I’ve seen a lot of improvement in my life due to minimalism and I’m interested to see if the same thing can be done with thinking.

Can we par down our thoughts to those that are important and disregard the rest?

Can we only concentrate on what is important and forget the nitty, gritty thoughts you’d rather forget?

5 Ways to Delve into Minimalism

I started this blog as part of Zen Habit’s May writing habit exercise. One of the tips was to write for an audience. Today, I’m writing about easy ways to get started with the minimalist lifestyle. Without further ado:

1. Take a Good Look at Your House

Walk around your house and take a mental inventory of everything you own. Do you own multiple items of the same things? How much room is taken up by “stuff”? Do you own things that you hardly use? Items that you may not need include: frozen food, worn out clothes, toys, books, sentimental items (you can take pictures of them!) and more.