Why Pack a Minimalist Diaper Bag for a Newborn? When I imagined becoming a parent, I pictured families I’d seen around the city with their babies. They pushed babies in strollers, schlepping blankets, bottles, and toys underneath it, along with a suitcase-sized bag on their shoulders. They looked burdened and harried as they hurried along with their little ones. It’s understandable, of course – when you’re a new parent, you have more important things to think about than what to pack in a diaper bag for a newborn. Still, the sight did not make me eager to enter this phase of life. But could it be easier? I was dabbling in…
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Have you tried decluttering before and found that, despite the purge, you still have more than you need? There are some things we all have that are obviously junk – you know how to identify and declutter them. But other things survive the decluttering process over and over, continuing to take up space in your home after multiple spring clean-outs. This article describes some bad reasons that you’ve held onto these things. Once you can identify those, it will be easier to recognize which items seem worth hoarding but are, in fact, clutter. Bad Reasons You Hold Onto Clutter – and How to Shift Your Perspective to Declutter 1. It…
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Is It Possible to Be a Minimalist with a New Baby? So much is advertised as “essential” for newborns, and it seems inevitable that you’ll buy hundreds of new items in the process of “nesting.” Before you have your first child, it’s hard to know – what do I actually need? To compound the problem, lists you’ll find online are generally written by companies that want to sell you things. Yes, you’re going to have to add more “stuff” to your home when you welcome a new member of the family. But it doesn’t have to be out of control. You can be a minimalist even with a new baby! Read on…
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If you’re buried in clutter, you probably have a similar mindset to mine before I embraced minimalism. So how do you change ingrained habits to become a minimalist? In our modern world it’s easy to accumulate stuff. It’s much harder to get rid of it. And after all, what’s the harm in keeping it? Anything could be useful someday, right? Why not store it in your living space just in case? This line of thinking makes it very hard to declutter. If you’ve tried it, you may have had these conversations with yourself. You’ll look at something you haven’t used in years and imagine scenarios where it could potentially be used.…
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Ok, so you’ve decluttered. Congratulations! You have a big pile of stuff you’re willing to part with. You don’t want to dump it in a landfill, but…what do you do with all of it? Read on to find out the best places to donate clutter. My last post covered how to sell the stuff you don’t want anymore. However, I actually don’t recommend that you try to sell most of your clutter. Because we live in a world where junk is plentiful and inexpensive, the majority of the items you’re removing from your home likely aren’t particularly valuable. Trying to sell them will take time and effort, and the thought of…
