“Our life is fritted away by detail. Simplify, simplify, simplify. Simplicity. Life and elevation of purpose.” – Henry David Thoreau. The month of November is nearly half passed, soon December and thus the year will be a memory. The speed of life has picked up and my creativity has waned. I am again searching for […]
Minimalist Game: The Finale Days 29-30
We did it! All 30 days of September we parted with the number of items for that day of the month. The girls parted with a total of 465 items and the boys parted with a total of 465 items. In total our household minimalized 930+ items! The last week of the month reinforced the […]
Minimalist Game: Days 26-28
Minimalist Game – Days 26, 27, 28 During this last week of the Minimalist Game, we are turning over rocks previously too overwhelming to move. The husband is continuing to dig into the deep recesses of our outdoor shed that holds all of the tools, nuts, bolts and other various implements. Even if we did […]
Minimalist Game: Is it Nostalgia or Junk?
The Minimalist Game – Days 23, 24, 25 Despite our desire to rid our home of unused, needless clutter some items that we decided to part ways with this week have tugged at our heart strings. Why do we catalog our memories with possessions? It’s going to take more than 30 days to change the […]