Tag: minimalism

The paperwork of life

Post-it note with handwriting
Days later, still working to close my Old GoDaddy Legacy account. Multiple calls, on multiple days, to multiple people. A few emails too. The drag from ‘administrative friction’ puts unproductive strain on our time and psyche.
Oil leak on concrete under a car
Same unwelcome drag when one issue, car repair, becomes a series of domino-effect unresolved administrative chores. Pictured here is a new oil leak, after $3,600 (and three weeks). Will have to return to Action Gator Tire and begin again to ask, “Why is this happening? It wasn’t happening before i brought it to you. Please exceed my expectations, if possible.”
iPhone alarm clock setting
Getting eight hours of sleep is a daily ‘to-do’. It is never on a list though. It’s an automatic (atomic) habit. Actually got nine hours last night. Yay me. Day seven, Flu-A. Sleep is recovery medicine.

The cosmos.

Inexplicable.

Hard to articulate.

But i feel a cosmic energy shift in my commitment to minimalism.

Note: i envision less of everything is more of everything. It sounds paradoxical. Which is in my wheelhouse. So that feels like money in the bank.

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More room, less space

woman holding a touring bicycle near an ocean
For two and a half weeks, this was all we had. Photo: Gazing out at the Pacific Ocean from a “San Juan” Island. A belated (by 14 months) honeymoon trip bicycling across Washington State, West to East. Note: Cheryl is also holding my bike while i snapped this pic.

Over the decades Americans have gradually lived in bigger houses, with less space.

Bigger dwelling.

Less space.

Paradox.

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A minimalist video about the power of minimalism

 

Is this “power” alluring enough to change us?

For about a minute.

Then we’ll be off chasing the next shiny thing/social media article.

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Cut the extraneous, stem the inflow

 

A less than 6-minute video…stuff has an insidious and deadly effect on our attitude, our hope, and our happiness – yes, too much stuff manifests itself in our physical ailments.

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A long, slow, determined march to minimalism

motivational quote about failing
i’m fully aware it might not work. And. And this is a big ‘and’, not trying is a guarantee it won’t work.

 

Here we are, April 9, 2017.

What began well before January 1 is continuing even last night and this morning.

A long, slow, determined march to minimalism.

Sorting.

Prioritizing.

Recycling.

Donating.

Purging.

It’s good for the soul on so many levels.

But why does it take so long?

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