Each year I’ve grown older, I’ve come to see that living for myself is a dead end. For a long time, I believed the more I focused on my own goals, comfort, and success,…
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I assume all humans are as curious about happiness as I am. One thing I know for sure—lasting happiness can’t be about pleasure alone. Pleasure is wonderful, but it’s slippery. You can chase it,…
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More than a set of rules, a minimalist lifestyle is a change in mindset that you slowly learn to adopt. These new mindsets become the lens through which you view life, and that shift…
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I recently paid $10 for 18 eggs, which is an all-time high for me. As I stood there staring at the price tag, I realized how much grocery costs have spiraled. It wasn’t just…
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To me, time management isn’t just about getting more done. Anyone can cram their day full of tasks and feel productive by bedtime. But if those tasks don’t move you closer to what you…
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Time management used to be my biggest weakness. I’d go through my days feeling busy but never productive, constantly rushing yet falling behind. It wasn’t just work that suffered—I found myself missing out on…
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One of the beauties of living simply with less is that it doesn’t decrease your pleasure in life. In fact, it often makes everything feel more abundant than ever. I used to think that…
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I love blogging and reading blog posts, but sometimes you need a book-length treatment of a subject for the ideas to really sink deep down into your soul. There’s something special about diving into…
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In my experience, clutter is way more than just clutter. It both reflects and shapes the state of your inner life. What starts as a few misplaced items can quickly snowball into something that…
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You can learn a lot about happiness from watching other people live, but there’s some knowledge that can only come from within and observing yourself. I used to believe that if I just listened…
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We’re a pretty frugal family, but when we do spend, we like to come up with ways that are meaningful, fun, and in alignment with our values. To us, frugality isn’t about pinching every…
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I’ve learned that for me, changing my environment is the quickest and most reliable way of changing my behavior. Whenever life throws me into a new setting or routine, I can’t help but adapt—and…
