Category: Insights

To get you ready for the lovely day, here is a checklist for every day. To keep it simple you don’t need to do it every day. You can pick…

I’ve set myself a new goal… Become a Morning Person I hate mornings. I really hate mornings. I’m very much a ‘night’ person. I find that I am my most…

Editor’s Note: This is a post in the series, Simplicity in Action. If you’d like to submit your story of how simplicity has worked in your life, please read more here. You can…

A lot of people don’t do minimalism because it doesn’t seem realistic for their lives. But what they often mean is that they don’t want others to think they’re weird.…

Most celebrations I know of are quiet ones, even solitary. The boozy, devil-may-care parties are fun in their time and context, but the ones where you just feel happy to…

Every Monday I post Real Life Minimalists, a profile of one of my readers in their own words. If you’d like to participate, click here for details. Today we have…

Uncertainty is a gift of opportunities.  We should put ourselves in uncertain situations more often.  Scientists have proven that variety can lead to happiness.  Do something different.

Are you participating in the 2013 in 2013 Declutter Challenge? How did you go over January with your decluttering efforts? If you haven’t started yet, it’s never too late to…

There are many wonderful people online pursuing and promoting simplicity. When you find some time this weekend with a nice cup of coffee or tea, may you find inspiration in…

By Joshua Fields Millburn · Follow: Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Pinterest, InstagramThere’s a pull-up bar at the bottom of my stairs. My writing space is upstairs, so each time I head…

By Leo Babauta The hardest thing for most people, when it comes to building habits, is sticking to it long enough for it to become ingrained. Duh, Leo. It’s why…

I’ve talked about Setting Up before – for projects and wins. Usually we aren’t setting up for ourselves. Usually we are cleaning up after ourselves. "Oh, I see we had…

I’m an absolute sucker when it comes to gadgets. Every time I order something new i’m convinced that it’ll change my life in some way! Most of the gadgets get…

“The light is everything.” - Karen Walrond If you ask any photographer for one simple rule to improve photographs, they will tell you this. “Look for the light.” You don’t need…

These days, nearly everything we want to know is a few keystrokes away, almost instantly gratifying our desire to know something. What’s the weather like outside? Do a quick check…

Are the years going by too fast? Are there likely fewer birthdays ahead than what you’ve already had? I have a possible solution to this problem: more birthday celebrations. Today…

Every Monday I post Real Life Minimalists, a profile of one of my readers in their own words. If you’d like to participate, click here for details. This week, I’m…

I’d crawl up in your memory and die there if I knew for sure that I would never have to leave.  I’d braid my hair with yours and live with…

“Quality over quantity.” It’s such a cliche. So much so that I nearly didn’t include it in the A-Z of Simple Living. But it is just too important to ignore.…

“The universe is made of stories, not atoms.” — Muriel Rukeyser Our world needs good stories. Stories of life change encourage us, inspire us, and challenge us. They make this…