Inspiring Simplicity. Weekend Reads.
My desire with each Weekend Reads is to provide you with articles and posts that encourage simplicity and minimalist living. Below, you will find links to blog posts and news stories that I hand-picked over the last couple weeks. I hope you find inspiration and practical help inside them.
But also, if you get a chance, share these posts with others via social media. With our efforts united, not only will each of us be inspired to own less and live more, but the life-giving message of minimalism will spread further and quicker, deeper and with greater effectiveness.
And that is my goal on Becoming Minimalist: to intentionally promote simplicity in a world that needs to hear it.
Try Decluttering This Spring Instead of Just Cleaning | Tree Hugger by Katherine Martinko. “There is no convenient time in which to engage in a deep and deliberate decluttering of your home. But now is better than later—and you might as well get started on it before the summer comes.”
The Great Junk Transfer is Coming. A Look at the Burden of Decluttering as Canadians Inherit Piles of Their Parents’ Stuff | The Globe and Mail by Erin Anderssen. Sorting, storing and disposing of old family belongings will be a labour-intensive challenge in the next decade as baby boomers age
8 Minimalist Principles For Our Kids | No Sidebar by Mollie Donghia. “We’ve seen the benefits for ourselves as adults and want to share this lifestyle with our kids too, so in this post I’ll share 8 lessons in minimalism that we aim to teach them as they grow into more independent thinkers.”
Accountant Retires on Cruise Ships to Avoid Cost of Land Living | The Washington Post by Sydney Page. “When Angelyn Burk, a recently retired accountant, decided to crunch some numbers one evening last year, she made a stunning discovery: It would be cheaper for her and her husband to spend their retirement perpetually aboard cruise ships than to continue living on land.”
3 Simple Ways to Become a Minimalist (Without Selling All Your Stuff) | Medium by Stephan Joppich. “Being a minimalist should never feel like a competition, exclusive VIP club, or tough grind. Quite the opposite. It should be rewarding, effortless, and accessible to everyone.”
Just Because You Use an Item Doesn’t Mean You Need to Keep It | Becoming Minimalist on YouTube. For a lot of us, when we’re determining whether to declutter a particular item, we start with the question “do I use this?” Here’s why that may not be the best approach.
