Posts filed under “Minimalism”
the best kind of blog
In response to my decision to write shorter articles and publish more frequently, a reader, Andre commented: I like the idea of shorter but more frequent articles, because sometimes it’s better to provide some brainfood to think through by yourself. This got me thinking. What makes a good blog? Whenever I read a good post, [...]
Time to prioritize
In the field of Economics, one of the first things that you learn is that resources are scarce. Now, that doesn’t necessarily mean there is little of it. There many things that there are almost unlimited quantities of. Almost. But the one thing there is never an unlimited quantity of is your time. Even with all [...]
Five Focus 2011
Welcome to 2011 everybody! I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year’s! So it’s that time of year again when we make the obligatory promises to ourselves and if we’re lucky, they’ll see the other side of February. I was wondering how I could solve this problem, and I think I came up with [...]
Christmas Challenge Week 4 Review – New Year Cleanse Week
Merry Christmas everybody! So we’ve come to the final week of Minimal Student’s Christmas Challenge. It’s been an interesting few weeks since I started writing the prompts for the challenge, and I’ve been made to rethink some aspects of my life. For the final week I decided to do a general minimalist clean-out. Here goes! [...]
Christmas Challenge Week 3 Review – Health Week
Wow we’ve come to the end of the third week of Minimal Student’s Christmas Challenge! With the amount of Christmas parties and food going on around this time of year, I thought it would be a great opportunity to go against the flow and focus on health. Dec 13 : Your mental health is just [...]
Letting go of sentimentality
During this time of year, the post offices are getting completely swamped with Christmas present packages, last minute internet purchases and of course, Christmas cards. When I was a kid, I used to love writing and receiving cards, but as I got older I sent fewer cards and received much fewer in return. Now, it’s been a [...]
Christmas Challenge Week 2 Review – Digital/Info Purge Week
We’ve come to the end of the second week in the Christmas Challenge, I hope you guys are having fun decluttering! This week was Digital/Infomation purge week – designed to unload your brain a little from the million and one informational and digital distractions of life. Dec 6 : Take 15 minutes to get rid [...]
Half the battle
“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little”. ~ Edmund Burke Welcome Becoming Minimalist readers! This is the second half of the guest post I wrote over at Joshua’s blog, please check it out if you haven’t already! As minimalists, we’ve given up a lot of stuff. [...]
Christmas Challenge Week 1 Review – Minimal Money
Wow, so we’ve come to is the end of the first week of Minimal Student’s Christmas Challenge. I chose money as the theme of this week, because I thought it would be appropriate considering it’s something a lot of people are thinking about during this time of year. I’ve received a lot of emails and [...]
Minimalist Christmas Countdown Challenge
Christmas is approaching fast. November is coming to an end and people have already started shopping for presents, things to decorate their houses with and even for food. I get a lot of questions asking me my opinion about Christmas. Of course, I enjoy it as much as the next person, and I have some [...]