Made some changes recently in an effort to break up with my phone. Analog clock in every room - no excuse that I needed my phone to check the time. No phone in the bedroom - found the perfect alarm clock that shows the current and alarm time on the same screen. No phone between … Continue reading Breaking up with my Phone: Part 1
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Book Review: How to Break up with Your Phone by Catherine Price
5 out of 5 stars to Catherine Price with a simple and straightforward 30 day plan on How to Break up with Your Phone without philosophical quotes from Aristotle (queue Cal Newport). Catherine got me to think deeply and also laugh. "Checking your phone is like picking your nose; there's nothing wrong with it, but … Continue reading Book Review: How to Break up with Your Phone by Catherine Price
Home: Vacation or Burden
When I first moved out, I moved into this small apartment above a garage behind my cousin's grandmother's lake house. It was fully furnished with all the glitz and glam of 1970s. If I walked down the driveway and across the road, I was sitting on the dock. Every day felt like a summer vacation. … Continue reading Home: Vacation or Burden
Where Minimalism Started for Me: Decluttering the Mental Stuff
I stopped drinking years ago. I stopped shopping this year. And now I am dealing with all of the mental clutter without a vice. Situations that happened when I was a small child are bubbling up. Traumatic events are bubbling up. Old pains, old loves, and old shit is bubbling up. Some nights I wake … Continue reading Where Minimalism Started for Me: Decluttering the Mental Stuff
Where Minimalism Started for Me: Decluttering the Physical Stuff
It was August 2011 and my hometown was close to flooding. These flood scares happened so often that I knew the drill. What to move up to second floor and what to move out to a moving truck. The following year I finally convinced my parents to downsize and move out of the flood zone. … Continue reading Where Minimalism Started for Me: Decluttering the Physical Stuff
Book Review: Zero Waste Home by Bea Johnson
5 Stars for Zero Waste Home by Bea Johnson! Not because I am willing and able to do 100% of Bea's suggestions, but because some of her suggestions were so simply that I could not resist. Can you refuse plastic bags at the store by bringing your own reusable bag? YES! Do you like rosy … Continue reading Book Review: Zero Waste Home by Bea Johnson
Stop the Default Response of No
Now that I have decluttered my stuff and life, I find that I do in fact have more time to say yes. Yes, I can meet you for a walk. Yes, let's watch a movie. Yes, let's go for a bike ride. Yes, to reading a book. Yes, to myself. Yes, to my family. Yes, … Continue reading Stop the Default Response of No
I Did KonMari Before it was Cool
It was the summer of 2018 and I was walking around my local library wondering what I should read next. I pick up The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing as well as Spark Joy, both by Marie Kondo, and my life changed forever (yes, I even got my family … Continue reading I Did KonMari Before it was Cool
