As a parent attempting to contain and corral the steady influx of toys and trinkets into our home, I always appreciate a good post on how to keep toy clutter at bay. Today, in addition to sharing my own efforts to simplify life with toys, I am including some fantastic, even radical, posts by other […]
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26 Steps to Simplicity: Gratitude
How’s your gratitude-meter these days? Closely connected to our discussion on contentment is the idea of gratitude. When we are grateful for what we have, it magically becomes enough. However, when we compare and complain that what we have isn’t good enough, we convince ourselves that more is the answer. We believe that more will […]
Minimalism: A Bigger Life with Less Stuff
Over the past several weeks, I have begun to seriously attempt to adopt a minimalist mindset as we prepare to reconfigure the basement space of our home. Daily, I read articles by Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist, and I just finished The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo. I read minimalist material […]