Marshmallows and Woodsmoke
Our family recently took a big step on the path to living a more intentional life by purchasing a small piece of land in an out of the way town […]
Intentional Living – Why Why Why?
Without a strong Why for change I believe it’s easy for the part of our brain that prefers comfort, rest and a lack of discomfort of any kind to convince us that our need for change is much less urgent that our need to eat, sleep or watch TV.
Intentional Living – Motivation Lost, Patience on the Horizon
Motivation is constantly slipping away from us. Sometimes staying motivated is as difficult as picking up the spilled jelly my four year old has dropped on the dining table. You just can’t seem to get a grip on it no matter how hard you try, it just slides through your fingers.
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.
Lean Minimalism – Have you got the right stuff?
Whether it’s at home or at work, having lots of stuff does not necessarily mean its the right stuff. In fact, too much stuff leads to all kinds of inefficiencies […]
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.
Minimalist Irony
It’s ironic that when you’ve publicly declared as a follower of minimalist principles, the second you make a purchase people say…”Oh, well that’s not very minimalist.”
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
the lean minimalist 