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.
Outstanding Minimalists Blogs in no particular order.
Helper or Saviour....
✨"My sister calls it saviour complex. When she’d find me mulling, unable to eat and I’d tell her that what someone had shared with me was disturbing me, she’d say, “You’re not Jesus, Tessa. You can’t always save everybody. Get rid of this obsessive need to try and save everyone. It’s a complex.”" @jhymi
Learning to say no without guilt
✨"I realized that living my life for others at the expense of my own happiness was not what I wanted. Life of minimalism is about freeing oneself from emotional burdens and saying no to what is against your well-being." @madilyn02
The Importance Of Setting Boundaries (KISS #145)
✨"I'm happy to talk to other people, to listen to them and I have often found people telling me their whole life stories. It's happened at bus stops, in shops, in queues, sometimes all it takes is for me to say hello. I guess I'm a good listener. It's something I have been told, down through the years." @trucklife-family
Being More Intentional
✨"I am now very intentional about what I let into my mind and make sure to let go of everything right after the last conversation. During these listening times, I avoid being so deep into it just so I don’t feel like fighting their fights for them in the end. Although, it sometimes gets complicated especially when all they want to do is to rant. I make sure anything I am adding from myself is positive. This cancels all the negatives they brought to the table and nothing gets to me." @abenad
𝑭𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝑰𝒏 𝑨 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅
✨"When I got drained, no one ever filled into my cup. They all assumed my heart was an elastic, ready to accomodate them, their anxieties and mine at the same time. Like I didn't need a savior too." @amiegeoffrey
I cannot give what I do not have
✨"Something that has helped me a lot to not equip myself with the anxiety of others is to do mental hygiene. After I feel that something about someone close to me is affecting me, I think about what I can do to reach out and what I can't do. It is a practical measure because it leads me to be modest, I recognize that I have limitations and that I have enough with my own problems, however, I always strive to do only what is within my reach because I cannot give what I do not have." @abisag
Giving trash an opportunity to be useful.
✨"What I love most about reusing these tins is the sense of accomplishment it gives me. It’s such a small, simple change, but it reduces waste and saves me from buying extra utensils. Plus, they add a rustic charm to my kitchen that I didn’t expect!" @ginika
Losing connections
✨"I’m someone who enjoys simple living. Imagine if we had gotten married, and at the beginning, we were sharing one wardrobe. God knows I would’ve secretly sold or disposed of some of her things in her absence, just to make space for my clothes! Lol." @kingsleyy
Less interruptions more connection
✨"If our life is limited to a screen, where from time to time we answer a message, this will not allow us to connect with anything and we will never again feel that pleasant sensation of having a person with whom to share our deepest thoughts." @jemima1996
"By yourself", way more than just being alone...
✨"You can't share something if you don't start from the fact that we start with ourselves, not apart from each other. That said, demystifying a little of the collective terror towards the idea of solitude is a very valuable and appreciated idea; at least for me. I do not wish to live in a world where dependency and the interest that dependency teaches binds all relationships...." @chris-chris92
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🔸 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.
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