so true…. one year on becoming minimalist, down to the hard decisions now. Hard at first, but when you get rid of something – the burden of that thing is now gone!
I am a new reader to this blog and love what you are doing! My only concern is that I haven’t read about you recycling anything – but maybe I haven’t read far enough. It must be a great feeling to take bags and bags of stuff out of your house and into the garbage. Just think how much GREATER the feeling would be if you were to recycle your clutter instead of tossing it in the trash.
Try telling that to my 13 year old. *sigh*
so true…. one year on becoming minimalist, down to the hard decisions now. Hard at first, but when you get rid of something – the burden of that thing is now gone!
so funny & true… had to tweet this, posted here: http://twitter.com/andymcclung/status/3285494430
I am a new reader to this blog and love what you are doing! My only concern is that I haven’t read about you recycling anything – but maybe I haven’t read far enough. It must be a great feeling to take bags and bags of stuff out of your house and into the garbage. Just think how much GREATER the feeling would be if you were to recycle your clutter instead of tossing it in the trash.
@sarah, i just think you haven’t read far enough. we do try to recycle when possible. here is a snapshot of what we have done with our ex-stuff: http://www.becomingminimalist.com/2009/07/20/where-our-clutter-went/
and here are a few more posts along those lines:
http://www.becomingminimalist.com/2008/09/22/minimalizing-and-serving-others/
http://www.becomingminimalist.com/2008/06/11/donation-day/
This is an awesome photo and post!