Lean Minimalism – Twelve chairs and a whole lot of surfaces lighter
What’s interesting is that on a regular basis we have found that the solution to achieving better flow and simplicity in our house has often been a piece of furniture leaving our possession.
How pursuing Minimalism has helped me gain perspective
Suddenly I was looking at the things I’ve been holding onto in a different light. Now these things were getting in the way of the path I’ve chosen. It became easy to make the choice to let them go. I stopped seeing things in terms of how much I spent on them, or how an item was useful once and might be again. Things I thought I could not let go of have suddenly become little more than an obstacle on the path to a more intentional life.
Intentional Living – Diet Soda
It’s both encouraging and motivating when the people around us support our vision and goals and want us to succeed on our path, even if it differs from their own. It reinforces our own commitment and can actually help in solidifying our determination to succeed.
It’s the process of intentional living that matters, not the results
When we focus exclusively on specific results as the measure of success we rise and fall on those results alone
6 great ways to simplify your life in 2018
I recently wrote a guest post for Stoke, an amazing home and garden page on Facebook, on some great ways to simply your life this year. If you’re looking for […]
Intentional Living – Why I’m living in a gym.
In that moment I realised that I needed to reconsider things in a different light. What I was looking at was not gym equipment clutter but actually physical proof that we were living our priorities.
Keeping up with priorities in the blur of the holiday season
Today is Saturday. I know this because I was shocked yesterday to find out that it was Friday when we thought it was Thursday. That is the effect of the […]
Leading an intentional life is a lot like hard work
It’s 8 pm on Monday night, its cold outside and I’m staring at the packed sports bag on my bed. If I leave now, in 20 minutes I’ll be sliding […]
Six benefits of holding weekly meetings with yourself
It suddenly became clear to me that in order to continuously improve my own development process and increase my chances of success in achieving my vision, I needed to apply the PDCA process.
Lean Renovation – Two things to make your home renovation simpler and more rewarding for you and your family.
When it comes to how we want our home to be, we are the customer.
A bowl of ice cream is just a bump in the road…
And so, with a blog title that doesn't sound very lean, or minimalist, I begin my blogging career.
