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“Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.” —William Morris
Recently, a study was published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology.
When you see the title, you’ll know exactly why I was drawn to it. The study, conducted by Francis Quinn, a researcher at Robert Gordon University in A...
“I make myself rich by making my wants few.” —Henry David Thoreau
“Words are important,” they say. Indeed, there is power in them. That is why you find political campaigns and brands working hard to f...
Fill your life with stories to tell, not stuff to show.
The simplicity/minimalism movement is a beautiful community. And I enjoy any opportunity to promote writing that encourages people to live more by owning less.
I invite you to fix yourself a nice warm cup of coffee or tea. Find a quiet moment this weekend. And enjoy some encouraging words...
Sometimes the hardest things to minimize are the ones we’ve attached expectations to.
“Nobody gets rid of these,” we tell ourselves. Or, “Obviously I’m going to keep that.”
Sometimes we place those expectations on ourselves. Other times, someone has told us, directly or indirectly, never to let something go.
But those expectations are rarely ...
“No man is free who is not master of himself.” —Epictetus
Of all the things we seek to control in life, none is more important than the self. And none may be more difficult.
If you control the self, you control your life and your future. Fail to control it, and something else will. Because without self-control, we are left defenseless against ...