Decluttering your life is a journey that you start and often restart. A journey that, I’d argue, is vital to embark on—there’s so much life on the other side of…
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I definitely don’t believe there are any hard and fast decluttering rules that are guaranteed to work for everybody, all the time. But I do believe there are some things…
Minimalism as a Tool After adopting a minimalist lifestyle, I frequently read about the lives of other minimalists. I devoured books and articles about minimalists who lived in the ancient…
Last week, in my Google feed, multiple articles emerged that outlined minimalist hacks. The hacks, while helpful, all held an unusual similarity. Each hack hinged on numbers. Six, in total,…
I recently read a blog post by a professional declutterer explaining why she focuses on simplicity with her clients instead of minimalism. Using the dictionary, she defined the words in…
A question I’m often asked goes like this: Why do you think it’s so hard for people to let go of their clutter? It’s a question I’m consistently quick to…
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Krista O’Reilly-Davi-Digui of A Life In Progress. We have two lives: the one we learn with and the life we live after that.…
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…
I had a moment last week I can only describe as the epitome of “adulting.” A good friend and her four kids were at our apartment home for an afternoon…
We’re three months away from moving day, which means I’ve begun to take a hard, close look at the possessions in our minimalist home. While I’m already in the habit…