I talked last year about the ‘blank slate’ approach to minimalism: instead of reducing what you have, start by imagining you have nothing, and then figure out the things you would want. Add from 0% rather than subtract from 100%.
I’m attempting to apply the same approach to how I use my time and energy, borrowing from the Descartes apple basket analogy …
Continue reading Being minimalist in time as well as spaceI still remember the pain of moving, so even although cladding work on the building means a move is likely a year or so away, my plan is to be fully prepared ahead of time. That means having everything I want for my new home, and not having anything I don’t want.
There are two fundamentally different approaches to preparing for minimalism, and I’m taking the second of these …
Continue reading MMHP #2: The two approaches to minimalism, and my early prepThere are things we want to do in life, and things we have to do. In the best of cases, these coincide. Such is the case with me and minimalism, when it comes to my next move.
In this first post, I’m going to lay out the two reasons I want to create a minimalist micro-home in the first place …
Continue reading The minimalist micro-home project part 1: Why?
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