February 2012
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A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that 1,100 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. Three minutes went by, and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace, and...
January 2012
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Elderly ‘Experts’ Share Life Advice in Cornell... →
Not one person in a thousand said that happiness accrued from working as hard as you can to make money to buy whatever you want. Rather, the near-universal view was summed up by an 83-year-old former athlete who worked for decades as an athletic coach and recruiter: “The most important thing is to be involved in a profession that you absolutely love, and that you look forward to going to work to...
The 20 Most Life-Altering Concepts I’ve Ever... →
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A brand new look on things
Below are excerpts from the book “My Life Deleted”. Scott Bolzan suffered from permanent memory loss after he slipped and hit his head. When Scott returned home he couldn’t understand why he and his wife would own so many items. He decided to sell some items to finance the medical bills and because he didn’t want to be confronted with a past that he couldn’t even...
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One Pair Of Pants | Disrupting the Rabblement →
Interesting view on not owing many clothes. I prefer skirts over trousers, but find that I usually wear the four same skirts over and over. To be honest I doubt if anyone ever noticed this.
40 Lessons for Finding Strength in Hard Times →
Sometimes you have to die a little on the inside first in order to be reborn and rise again as a stronger, smarter version of yourself.
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Create Solutions, Not Resolutions | Tiny Buddha →
Avoiding Lifestyle Inflation | The Simple Dollar →
Have a great 2012!
December 2011
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Where and What to Recycle | Women's Health... →
Yep, I realize this is an article in Women’s Health ;) but I can also recommend it to men. Especially when you live in the USA, it gives you good advice on where to easily sell or recycle your unwanted stuff.
November 2011
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Tiny Transforming Manhattan Apartment Would Make... →
In 2005, grade school teacher Eric Schneider paid $235,000 for a 450 square foot studio apartment that originally looked like it had barely enough room for even a bed. So he handed it over to architects Michael Chen and Kari Anderson who revamped the kitchen, and designed a central transforming cabinet that now gives him considerably more living area in exactly the same space.
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Spend Money Where You Spend Your Time | Lifehacker →
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Time Balance Is the Key for Happiness | Psych... →
October 2011
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12 Happiness Habits for Busy People | Marc and... →
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Thoughts on My Relationship With Food | The... →
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minimalist protest | mnmlist →
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Tying Our Hearts to the Right Things | Becoming... →
99% and The Lost Art of Being Gentle With Yourself... →
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Purchasing a Smaller Home | Becoming Minimalist →
We live in a house of about 1,200 square feet. In the Netherlands this is pretty close to average. Before we purchased our house it had been on the market for a year. A lot of people thought the house was too small for their needs, especially with two kids. Out house has got one master bedroom and two tinier bedrooms. This attitude towards space seems a bit weird when you imagine that back in the...
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WatchGraham Hill: Less stuff, more happiness
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Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
– Steve Jobs
Please read a portion of Steve Jobs’ Commencement Address given at Stanford on June 12, 2005. It is such a touching story.
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Don't buy into the dream of Later | we live simply →
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“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary...”
– Hans Hofmann (via thelittlephilosopher)
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Minimalism. Inspiration over Instruction. |... →
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Real Life Minimalists: Sheri | miss minimalist →
September 2011
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Appreciate What You Have, Don’t Sweat What You... →
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Coping with Stress | Think Simple Now →
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2011 All-Star List of Minimalist Bloggers |... →
Tanja updated and decluttered ;) her blogroll of minimalists.
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No Regrets | miss minimalist →
Do you regret getting rid of any of your items? I know I certainly didn’t :) Decluttering has brought me ease of mind and more space in our house. It also made me realize that hanging on to items or spend a lot of time on acquiring new ones isn’t worth it. So far there’s been one item that I wanted to purge but decided to keep at the last moment: a stuffed animal from my...
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Savor Sunday: The Beauty of Bicycles →
Or how to move your one-room apartment by bike in an hour and a half. Such a nice idea!
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Stuff | Paul Graham →
This is an older article from 2007, but still a very powerful read.
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Toss Productivity Out | zenhabits →
I couldn’t agree more with this post :)
I Quit My Job | Pocket Changed →
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“It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not...”
– Henry Ward Beecher
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Get rid of the clutter in your clothes closet |... →