Living Intentionally at the Intersections of Minimalism, Frugality and Sustainability
In Part I, I wrote about my experiences in the first three steps of the KonMari method, as I worked my way through clothing, books and paper, all of which went relatively smoothly for me. Which brought me to what Marie Kondo calls komono, or miscellaneous items. KonMari Step 4: Komono (Miscellaneous) Clearly, if...
As I mentioned in my first post, I read Marie Kondo’s The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up primarily because I already had it on my Kindle. Inspired, I started my 2017 decluttering using the KonMari method described therein. In the book, Kondo separates clutter into five categories: clothing, books, papers, komono (miscellaneous) and sentimental items....
I have too much stuff. This is likely obvious, given that I am writing about minimalism and decluttering. I have been decluttering for the past fifteen years, and I still have too much stuff. There are drawers full of stuff, shelves full of stuff, closets and cupboards and boxes and hard drives full of stuff,...
2017 began for me with one goal in mind: Less. I wanted less stuff in my physical world, less clutter in my digital world, and less noise in my head. I was going to declutter the stuff, to live more simply and to free myself to create. I started the year excited and energized,...
We begin with two facts: 1) Three days before a Nor’Easter dumped a record thirty-three inches of snow on the little city last week, I gave away our snowblower. 2) I haven’t had a flu shot since 2006. Decluttering the snowblower would have been ironic, had I been able to start it, but I...
Other than the clutter that is just trash – junk mail that hasn’t made it to the recycle bin, food scraps not yet composted, the empty shampoo bottle still sitting on the edge of the bathtub – nearly everything that clutters our lives once had value to us. Each item I now hold and...
When I initially committed to starting this blog, I envisioned it as a personal blog that would hopefully resonate on a more universal level. At its core, however, would be my experiences. I wanted to share my life experiences and the things about which I am passionate, many of which have been tossing around...
It all started with The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up. Actually, it started with our basement, which had become almost impassible. And by “it,” I mean 2017. I’m Julian, and I’ve been trying to declutter and simplify my life for at least the past fifteen years. When the books tell you that it’s...