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Decluttering Sentimental Items: A Reminder to Let Go
  • Minimalism

Decluttering Sentimental Items: A Reminder to Let Go

  • Posted on May 3, 2025May 3, 2025
  • by Julia Ubbenga

Last week I experienced a visceral reminder of why decluttering sentimental items is often difficult. Now, I’ve decluttered many sentimental items in my six-year minimalist journey. During our first year…

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7 Steps to Declutter Books Like a Minimalist 
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7 Steps to Declutter Books Like a Minimalist 

  • Posted on March 26, 2025March 26, 2025
  • by Julia Ubbenga

One of my greatest, and most rewarding, challenges of minimalist living has been learning how to declutter books.  My love for books began in 6th grade when my literature teacher…

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7 Things You Won’t Find in a Minimalist Home 
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7 Things You Won’t Find in a Minimalist Home 

  • Posted on March 1, 2025March 1, 2025
  • by Julia Ubbenga

When I first decided to create a minimalist home for our family, one question kept coming to mind. What should a minimalist home look like, anyway? Sometimes, when the question…

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12 Reasons to Downsize After Embracing Minimalism
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12 Reasons to Downsize After Embracing Minimalism

  • Posted on February 1, 2025February 1, 2025
  • by Julia Ubbenga

A year after embracing minimalism, our family decided to downsize to a small apartment. This led to intentionally building a house not much bigger than that quaint rental property. At…

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4 Reasons to Embrace Slow Living through Minimalism
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4 Reasons to Embrace Slow Living through Minimalism

  • Posted on January 18, 2025January 18, 2025
  • by Julia Ubbenga

4 Reasons to Embrace Slow Living through Minimalism The speed of my life has decelerated recently. Our fifth baby was born two weeks ago—in the middle of the biggest blizzard…

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9 Ways Minimalism Will Save You Money in 2025
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9 Ways Minimalism Will Save You Money in 2025

  • Posted on January 4, 2025January 4, 2025
  • by Julia Ubbenga

I didn’t get into minimalism for the financial benefits. Initially, I was drawn toward a simple lifestyle with less so I could breathe in our home again. Minimalism promised less…

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6 Ways to Celebrate Christmas like a Minimalist
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6 Ways to Celebrate Christmas like a Minimalist

  • Posted on December 21, 2024December 21, 2024
  • by Julia Ubbenga

Minimalist Christmas: 6 Ways to Celebrate Christmas like a Minimalist I recently read a quote about Christmas that left me thinking. In Letters from Father Christmas, J.R.R. Tolkien says, “Here…

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5 Things Minimalists Declutter Before Christmas
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5 Things Minimalists Declutter Before Christmas

  • Posted on December 7, 2024December 7, 2024
  • by Julia Ubbenga

One question I get asked often this time of year is: “What do minimalists declutter before Christmas?” It’s a great question—many minimalists I know embrace the pre-holiday purge. While pre-Christmas…

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A Minimalist “No”vember
  • Intentional Living

A Minimalist “No”vember

  • Posted on November 2, 2024November 2, 2024
  • by Julia Ubbenga

This time of year, a certain quote that I love surfaces within online minimalist communities: “No”vember: A time to practice saying no to people, places, and things that drain you—and…

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6 Things I’ve Learned in 6 Years of Living a Minimalist Lifestyle
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6 Things I’ve Learned in 6 Years of Living a Minimalist Lifestyle

  • Posted on October 19, 2024October 19, 2024
  • by Julia Ubbenga

Next week marks the six-year anniversary of my journey into a minimalist lifestyle. A journey that has been more life-giving than I could have ever imagined.  As I jettisoned unwanted…

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