The Minimalist community presents It's More or Less the Best, a curation compilation highlighting some outstanding blogs published over the past week.
These selected authors shared their personal stories and views on different aspects of their minimalist lifestyle, giving some insight into what the style of living involves.
This compilation is presented to help shine the spotlight on the selected posts, with the hope that you will take a look at them in case you missed any.
Our top picks are in no particular order.
Life cycles
✨"I take refuge in things, and those things lead me to other people and so...
I started with the television and now I'm getting into the subject of life and its cycles that always, always lead to learning.
In short, those things that help us to escape, accept or reconnect are necessary." @nanixxx
Buying Less pt. 2
✨"Don't take a tour of the store, looking for things to catch your eye. Don't go grocery shopping looking for ideas. Browse recipe websites or cookbooks if you need dinner ideas, and go to the store with a list." @phoenixwren
A new pencil holder and some sentiments ❤️
✨"Of those three containers, only one remained. So, since it wasn't broken or anything, I thought about how I could reuse it for a pencil holder! That way it wouldn't break quickly, I would have a place to put my pencils and I could keep that beautiful container that I like so much and that brings back so many nice memories." @purpleglitter
What You Think, You Become
✨"If there is ever a place I enjoy being in but which also terrifies me, it would be my mind. It’s one of those reasons you would never catch me saying, “I’m bored.” It’s like the blessing and the curse of a creative. My mind is a world of its own. I build and destroy. I restructure and transform." @jhymi
The Bin Drama of SugarGum Drive**
✨"My parents have a beautiful house. Everything is in its place. It's calm neat, and tidy. Mum works hard at it. But she does it ethically, responsibly, and thoughtfully. She shops at Whole Foods and the greengrocer so that she avoids plastic in the first place. Every rubber band around Kale wind her up. 'They'll get stuck around the beak of something' she rants. 'I can't bear it!'." @riverflows
Stripping Down Needless Frills
✨"The clearer it becomes to me who I am and what I feel about the world, the more evident it becomes that I'm not in the right relationships. I'm looking for people who chase experience, not shopping apps. I need people in my life concerned with higher planes, at the risk of sounding arrogant. Whose idea of connection doesn't involve Wi-fi bars. I need people who don't know what the happening bar is in town, and who don't go out to compare clothing." @honeydue
Setting Boundaries Around Selflessness.
✨"Prioritizing others' comfort and convenience over my own was what led me to embrace deep reflection on my relationship with people, and I wish I had known better earlier." @george-dee
Minimalism was a poverty lifestyle
✨"At a certain stage in my life, I've come to realize that minimalism is not about being poor or living a poor lifestyle. Of course, one can have all the money to squander and still choose to live a very simple life.
There's no doubt about it, lack of money can make someone live simply, but such a person might not be comfortable with it." @kingsleyy
What I wish I knew vs. now.
✨"My life before as a kid now seemed to be a hectic one as I found joy in cleaning, giving out, and cooking what I eat.
I wished I had known and felt all these feelings before because hell! It sure is therapeutic listening to the waves of the sea and watching how the trees dance in perfect sync like there's music before them, and I am sure there is nature's fine tune." @balikis95
The Healing process…
✨"Over the years I came to realize that I always find it difficult to let go of certain pains and these pains are usually caused by the ones I love dearly, I could care less about what an acquaintance or a random person says or does to me but you see the ones I hold dear? I just don’t know how to get rid of the pain easily.
I forgive people but I somehow see myself reliving the experiences whenever I see them or have any trigger." @ibbtammy
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🔸 If possible we recommend that authors try to use original photos taken by you. Photos count toward the possibility of your post being curated.
🔸 Just a reminder that the weekly #KISS Blog Ideas is presented with ideas on topics to write about and to help you to structure your blogs, they are not meant to be questionnaires for you to list information and publish.
🔸 The presentation of your blog goes a long way and sharing aspects of your lives and your personal stories and experiences should be a lot more than a list that can be found in various places over the web.
🔸 You do not need to wait or only blog in response to the prompts provided. You're free to share any aspect of your minimalist lifestyle at any time.
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