“Can I afford it and does it add value to my life?” This is question is brought to you by The Minimalists. I’m sure that anyone following a minimalist lifestyle knows about these two gentlemen known as The Minimalists. I’ve been following their podcast for about as long as I’ve been a minimalist (about 3+ […]
Month: June 2016
Blog More. Be Happier.
In case you are on the fence about going minimalist, take it from this blogger, it works. I’ve started my minimalist journey about 3 months ago and I’m now seeing the effects and you can too! Take a look at my blog post dates. I’m putting out a post a day because I got time […]
Bugging Out
So becoming a minimalist has led me down other paths. Not sure how, but I’ve been doing a lot of “survival” research. Things like if a huge natural disaster were to happen type deal. Now I want to be prepared for such a situation and create a bag that would have all the essential gear […]
Giving Up Routines
Going on my Spending Fast/Minimalist journey, I too gave up a morning routine that involved some type of coffee shop. I would either go to Starbucks or the local donut shop and grab my morning breakfast. It wasn’t every morning, but I must admit it was most days of the week. I was spending anywhere […]
One Stop Shop…I Mean Book
Another one of the most recent books I’ve read, Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway. I should first start by saying that I a big non-fiction reader. My last fiction book I read was the Hunger Games series. So it’s been a while. With that being said, it took me a chapter or two to really follow and […]
Minimizing Friends. A Side Effect.
One of the big things about being a minimalist or going on a spending fast (saving $$) is the small chance of alienating friends and family. You might have to tell friends and family that you don’t want any material gifts for the holidays or you might decline your friends offer to go out and […]
More Tasty with Less Ingredients
The simpler the recipe, the better it tastes. Minimalism doesn’t just have to apply to the things you own, but can also be applied to the things you eat. Let me start off by saying that I think 5 ingredients is a golden rule. Over that is too much. Let it be known, I’m pulling […]
What Can A Minimalist Buy?
Going minimalist is a lifestyle change and lifestyle changes don’t happen over night. So, there are times when I go back to my old ways and start finding myself browsing the internet and wanting to make purchases and…sometimes I do make the buy. My recent interests have been every day carry (EDC) knives. I’ve been […]
Why I Ditched Social Media and Never Looked Back — And Then We Saved
I saw this article just now and right before, I decided to download instagram on my iPhone. I recently was also trying to be a digital minimalist by only having it on my iPad, which I leave at home. This would prevent me from mindlessly thumbing through pictures throughout the day…and it worked! Not sure […]
Having Less Gives You More
Something that you hear quite often from other minimalists on YouTube or any other format (mine is mainly YouTube), is something or other along the lines of, “there is nothing bad about having things, but owning less actually gives you more time to go out, spend less time cleaning, travel, and…” so on and so on. […]
