Rethinking necessities
Photo courtesy of brtsergio. By Leo One of the basics of minimalism is that you eliminate as many non-necessities as you can, to make room for what’s important. If you don’t need a ton of...
Category: unclutter
Baby Makes Eight: Raising Six Kids – Part 2, organization edition
The Babauta family. Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me on Twitter. See Part 1 for the introduction to this series. In Part 1 about raising six kids, I talked about finances. That’s only...
3 Steps to a Permanently Clear Desk
Photo by unimatrixZxero Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me on Twitter. Once upon a time, my desk was cluttered with all the things I was currently working on — not to mention dozens...
Baby Makes Eight: Raising Six Kids – Part 1
The Babauta family. Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me on Twitter. Last March, my wife gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, Noelle Cayce. She became our sixth kid, and within the space...
Zen Mind: How to Declutter
Enjoy the simplicity. Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me on Twitter. One of the things that gives me most peace is have a clean, simple home. When I wake up in the morning...
How to Handle Pets When You Can’t Afford Them Any More
Written by Trent Hey, look, today I’m going to wade into something that’s bound to get hundreds of angry comments! Yesterday, I read an article over at Get Rich Slowly where J.D. wrote the...
10 Ways to Deal With the Non-Simplifying Others in Your Life
“God grant me the serenity to acceptthe things I cannot change;the courage to change the things I can;and the wisdom to know the difference.”~Reinhold Niebuhr, The Serenity Prayer Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow...
Collection or merely clutter
Writer Marc Sotkin produces the website Boomer Alley, which is self-described as a “consistently entertaining, professional grade, irreverent look at the world of the Baby Boomers”. If you can’t see the video in the...
Clutter Is Money
Recently, I was browsing through the Creative Commons pictures on Flickr (those that have been given permission to be shared freely) and I came across a few pictures that actually reminded me of my...
Could you live with just 100 things?
Photo by sindesign Ridiculous consumption is one of the trademarks of the western world. We have the money, and spare time to make plain stupid purchases. We believe in consumption. It has become one...
