Minimalism With Children : How You Become A Minimalist Mom

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While I do hold onto some items longer than I should, I am no hoarder and I do not wish to become one. Getting rid of all unnecessary belongings will significantly improve my organization skills as well as my family’s overall quality of life. If we were to adopt the simplistic style of living we would have less stress and overstimulation in our home. I’m excited to begin simplifying my home, to provide space to simply experience our lives together and hear God more

One walks into a shop and most likely he or she will hear someone say at the counter, “No, I don’t want to spend too much money...I can’t waste money.” However, those consumers keep coming back to purchase goods that they want. This spending habit, whether deliberate or not, results in a prevalent over consumerism around the globe. To counter this epidemic, nations like Canada are bringing awareness of excessive consumerism and its environmental impact. However, the “Buy Nothing Day” in Canada will not accomplish its goal due to the short time period and the priorities people hold.

Brennan Manning’s says that Americans measure success by one’s pile of possessions. Manning talks about a few articles that he read and he found out that the majority of Americans are fat, exhausted, frustrated, lustful, and dissatisfied with their level of achievement because we care about being overweight, and how to maintain a nice body, and caring a lot about all of these useless things. He states that a lot of Americans’ conversations revolve around consumption, including what we buy/bought, where/what to eat, the price of things, what’s on sale, etc. Americans show a lot of interest in this materialistic items when they won’t even matter when we die. The things that matter in our life should be non-materialistic items and that we should

Joshua Phils and Ryan Nicodemus have a website known as the minimalists.com. These gentlemen used their website to teach other people who how they can become more confortable by having less items. Every twenty-one days, they will go through the items they have and eliminate anything they do not need. This created more space in their apartment and made them happier.

Have you ever heard the saying that ‘less is more?’ This saying can be applied to nearly every scenario on a daily basis- the less dishes you have, the less you have to wash. The less cluttered your house is, the more likely you’ll have extra space and a less cramped environment. This saying relates perfectly with Thoreau’s aphorism. He uses repetition by exclaiming “Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!”

This was mentioned quite a bit in the article “Living Deeply” by Janet Luhrs. She tells us not to live on autopilot, not to buy things that don’t have meaning and to live deliberately. Her example of the fact that we shouldn’t be so materialistic that stuck with me the most was, “we seem to be awfully busy here in the US. But at the end of our lives have we really achieved more than the simple farmer, and will we remember that we bought 12 pairs of pants instead of 12?” That points out the flaws of the consumerist world that we live in. Is it really better to slave away for minimum wage, just so every Friday we can buy another item that we probably won’t think about three weeks down the road? This makes me want to slow down my life and stop trying to race the clock. I want to have my own garden and my own self sustainable life so I can essentially try to have as little of a footprint on the Earth as

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Emerson states in his essay, Self-Reliance, “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.” The main idea presented in Self-Reliance is to take pride in your own individuality. The quotes helps to support this theme by meaning that if you trust yourself, you can truly be satisfied with what ever you do. Individuality is expressed here because in order to trust yourself you must not rely upon the ideas of another person and rely solely on the on the great ideas of yourself. This quote applies to the transcendentalist era because a large concept of transcendentalism is individualism.

However, something that made you feel good when you first acquired it could be making you feel overwhelmed today if it contributing to the clutter in your life. For the items that you cannot bear to give away, such as an old college sweatshirt or your grandma's lamp, you can store them in a box that you would label "memories". Go back to that both in a year's time. You may choose to keep it in the garage or attic and while longer or you may realize that you don't really miss these things and be willing to get rid of them. Another option would be to take pictures of the items that you no longer have a need for but can't seem to let go. The pictures will allow you to keep a souvenir of the item without cluttering your

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You might be scratching your head after reading the title of this blog post. You must be asking yourself why a minimalist blogger would want you to keep some of your sentimental items? I'll explain later...

Minimalism was first introduced in the early 1960’s as a new idea of thinking and a way of creating sculptors and art work. Artist that were a part of this movement were called Minimalists and took pride in allowing the materials they worked with to speak for themselves. Their works involved extremely simple gestures and ideas. They started a movement of taking something simple in its own form and finding the beauty in it. Currently there are groups of people practicing Minimalism but instead of an art form, they have adopted the concept into their own lives. It’s safe to say our daily lives evolve around the consumption of goods or services. In the US are economy is built on the dependence of people buying goods, most often just “stuff” things

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