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Be In The Moment, Happiness Is Right Now
It was a wonderful weekend in North Florida with the days starting off chilly but warming by afternoon. I was feeling very stressed last week and by Friday evening, was not in much of a mood to do anything but sleep – I was that tired. Have you ever felt…
Minimalists Want A Better World
Driving back with my husband from Cleveland after a funeral and the Phil Collins song, Land of Confusion is on the radio. I’m a child of the 70’s and 80’s but listening to the song today felt like I was listening to it for the first time. The song talks…
Optimistic: Staying Positive
We’ve officially survived yet another “End of the world” scenario. And, of course, yet another one has surfaced. It makes me wonder why there is such an obsession with the world ending? Why do we seem to dwell on the negatives rather than the positives? If we were told two…
Challenging the way you think about minimalism
Do you have 100 items or less? An iphone? An all white house? Not a single item out of place in your home and nothing “unnecessary”? So what! Before you begin jumping to conclusion that minimalism is not for you simply because you have 101 items, a fancy iphone or…
Minimalism: Cleaning Your Life
There’s still plenty left for me to do in my home to prepare for my new life in minimalism. I still have the hardest rooms left to tackle, my bedroom included. The rooms that carry the most memories and items. But during this process came another one, the process of…
Eliminate the need to “keep up” thru a life of minimalism
We all know the sayings, there’s always someone to keep up with. And I’m sure we’re all aware of the consequences from keeping up with such-and-such. That $400 car payment, $300 credit card payment, $1000 mortgage payment, etc. is plenty proof of the consequences. Next thing you know you’re spending…
How to Simplify Life: The First Step into Minimalism
The Why: I discovered I have too much “stuff”. I discovered I’m not living the way someone “should” to be happy. I place these items in “” as these vary from person to person. There are no set rules on how someone should behave, should live, and what items can…
Finding Happiness by Choosing to be Happy
Finding Happiness by Choosing to be Happy Happiness is a choice. Too often people seek happiness in sources that can only provide empty happiness or temporary happiness. That momentary moment of bliss is shortly replaced by the lonely or sad feelings that existed beforehand. I am no stranger to these…
