While I share a lot of decluttering ideas and minimalism inspiration on this blog, I also love to explore how the concept of clearing clutter can apply to our minds and inner selves. When you clear psychical clutter, you feel relief, freedom, and clarity. I find that this goes double for mental clutter, though we don’t often talk about it. And learning about your personality type, in particular the Enneagram types, is one of the best ways to start on a mental decluttering project. If you’re looking to pursue personal development or even self actualization, you need to first understand yourself. I find that personality psychology is a powerful tool to gain that self-understanding. I’ve written before about Myers Briggs personality types, and I think the Myers Briggs Type Indicator is a fantastic tool. But the Enneagram is a unique personality typology…
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Preparing for a trip and looking to try out carry on packing? Or are you dreading traveling with baby and all the stuff you’ll need to bring? Whatever your reason for looking into minimalist travel and packing tips, you’re in the right place. This collection of posts includes detailed packing lists for vacation, including guides for traveling with just a carry-on – even internationally – and traveling with babies and toddlers without dragging the entire nursery with you. I used to be a hopeless over-packer. But years of frequent travel transformed me into a carry-on only traveler. After becoming a mom, I had to relearn how to travel light with a baby and then a toddler. The posts below…
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Did you recently catch the decluttering bug? Are you fed up with all or stuff and ready to radically clear your space? The posts below include tons of decluttering ideas and home organization hacks that will help you declutter your home in no time. Whether you’re looking to start a minimalist living journey or simply to do a closet clean out to refresh your wardrobe, this is the best place to start! How to Declutter Clothes: 10 Questions to Purge Your Closet Because of the popularity of fast fashion, just about all of us have way too many clothes. And yet, a closet clean out can be one of the most emotionally taxing projects you can…
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The transition to a new calendar year is a time when many of us want to start fresh. We write resolutions and goals to create the lives we want. But sometimes, especially for those of us in the Northern hemisphere, the bitter cold and dark of January 1 is not exactly a high-energy time to implement change. But that doesn’t mean you can’t start new habits at this time. You just need a little extra motivation. If one of your goals is to start living a minimalist life this year, here are the best ways I’ve found to get inspiration. Most of these suggestions are super low effort – you can do them even while hungover and sleep deprived on New Year’s Day. But…
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When a new year starts, we often feel motivated to make changes in our lives. As I said in a post about how to enjoy winter, I recommend not trying to overhaul everything at once in January. At least where I am in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s still cold and dark this time of year, and not the most energetic time. That being said, a very straightforward, easy 30-day declutter challenge that takes just a few minutes a day can be an excellent way to gain momentum for the rest of the year. This challenge doesn’t take much of your time. But it helps you start the year on a positive note. By February, your space is clear, and that means your…
