My first job out of college was in marketing. While my service team coworkers were benignly assisting our customers, I was being paid to outsmart them. I’d roll into my…
Category: Minimalism
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Emma Scheib of Simple Slow & Lovely. Going minimalist can be a life-changing journey, resulting in a clearer home, and mind for…
The other day, while doing dishes, I unexpectedly whacked a small glass spice bowl against the edge of our gray granite countertop. Glass shards rained everywhere, jolting my mind fully…
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Emily McDermott. Long before I even knew what minimalism was, dresses were my kryptonite. One look in my closet and you could…
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Rose Lounsbury, author of Less: Minimalism for Real. If you’re like many of us, “get organized” is always near the top of…
Last month, we decided it was finally time to invest in a new kitchen table. Our old one had served us well, but our family had clearly outgrown it. The…
When I started out on my minimalist journey three years ago, I quickly became a “how-to-declutter-your-home” junkie. I read blog posts, scoured books, enrolled in courses, and listened to podcasts.…
In 2011, I was deep in the grad-school grind. I was only a semester away from finally earning my masters in speech-language pathology and had been saving every cent from…
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Rachelle Crawford, author of Messy Minimalism. “Consistency is more important than intensity.” – Courtney Carver Becoming a minimalist and getting rid of clutter…
“Mom! I have nothing to wear!” Our seven-year-old daughter, Eva, dramatically announced. A colossal sigh followed, as if to punctuate the seriousness of the situation. This was day two of…