My desire with each Weekend Reads is to provide you with articles and posts that encourage simplicity and minimalist living. Below, you will find links to blog posts and news stories that I hand-picked over the last couple weeks. I hope you find inspiration and practical help inside them. That is my goal on Becoming […] The post Inspiring Simplicity. Weekend Reads. appeared first on Becoming Minimalist ..read more

One of the most life-changing benefits of owning fewer possessions is the gift of more time. No doubt many of you have already experienced that. When we own less, we spend less time cleaning, organizing, maintaining, repairing, replacing… even shopping for new things in the first place. Life becomes more manageable and less overwhelming at […] The post 15 Super Helpful Decluttering Tips for Busy People appeared first on Becoming Minimalist ..read more

So you want to declutter your home? Awesome! I highly recommend it. When you declutter your stuff, you find that your home improves because the environment feels more calm, visual noise is removed, things are easier to find, and you might even sleep better at night. And those are all really good things. I wish […] The post Decluttering is Great. Reassessing Your Life is Even Better. appeared first on Becoming Minimalist ..read more

It’s really easy to fall into the thinking that organizing will solve the clutter in our homes. As a result, we buy storage bins, shelves, and labels, believing that if everything has a place, our space will feel more orderly and peaceful. But organizing is always, only a temporary solution. We can organize everything perfectly […] The post 10 Things You Think You Need to Organize, But Should Minimize Instead appeared first on Becoming Minimalist ..read more

There is something powerful about the concept of “home” for us as humans. It is celebrated in movies (There’s no place like home) immortalized in music (Take Me Home, Country Roads), written about in literature, celebrated in magazines, and enviable in advertisements. Everywhere we turn, we’re reminded that home represents more than a physical space. […] The post Home is Where Memories Are Made appeared first on Becoming Minimalist ..read more

Note: This is a guest post from Angela G. Horn of Mostly Mindful. What started as a design aesthetic has snowballed over the years into a lifestyle movement embraced by people worldwide. It’s easy to see why (or maybe I’m biased?) since minimalism offers a clear path to a more intentional, fulfilling, and sustainable way […] The post Choosing Your Minimalist Path appeared first on Becoming Minimalist ..read more

Minimalism is the intentional promotion of the things we most value and the removal of anything that distracts us from it. It requires a conscious decision because it is a countercultural lifestyle that stands against the culture of overconsumption that surrounds us. The world we live in is not friendly to the pursuit of minimalism. […] The post Inspiring Simplicity. Weekend Reads. appeared first on Becoming Minimalist ..read more

I’m a big fan of minimalism. The benefits of owning only what you need to accomplish your greatest purposes are always better than the consequences of buying things you don’t need. I was introduced to minimalism by my neighbor 16 years ago, and my family of four was changed immediately. As a result, I write […] The post The Problems Minimalism Can’t Solve appeared first on Becoming Minimalist ..read more

Note: The following article was published in the September 01 issue of Simplify Magazine. We often consider our food diet as the primary determinant of our health. And there is a lot of truth to that. What we eat determines quite a bit the physical body we live our lives in. But our “diet” extends […] The post Mindful Consumption: Making Intentional Choices appeared first on Becoming Minimalist ..read more

Decluttering can feel overwhelming. We look around our homes and think, “I need to get rid of things,” but are unsure where (or how) to start. The task seems too big, and it becomes too easy to do something else instead. But getting started on decluttering doesn’t have to be a massive project. The first […] The post 15 Items You Can Declutter in Less Than 10 Minutes appeared first on Becoming Minimalist ..read more