http://www.becomingminimalist.com/2010/03/05/rhees-story/ Own less. Live more. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:53:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.becomingminimalist.com/2010/03/05/rhees-story/comment-page-1/#comment-15838 Christine Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:31:29 +0000 http://www.becomingminimalist.com/?p=2163#comment-15838 Congratulations, Rhee! It's great that you discovered this lifestyle so early on in life. I am 27 now and started to minimalize about a year ago. I am still in the process of doing it! It definitely takes time, so as long as you are patient and work hard at it, you will be fine! And also know this: You will make some mistakes, but you will learn from them. This whole lifestyle has a learning curve! Congratulations, Rhee! It’s great that you discovered this lifestyle so early on in life. I am 27 now and started to minimalize about a year ago. I am still in the process of doing it! It definitely takes time, so as long as you are patient and work hard at it, you will be fine! And also know this: You will make some mistakes, but you will learn from them. This whole lifestyle has a learning curve!

]]> http://www.becomingminimalist.com/2010/03/05/rhees-story/comment-page-1/#comment-15837 Deb J Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:46:37 +0000 http://www.becomingminimalist.com/?p=2163#comment-15837 I wanted to make a comment about something I learned aboutgetting rid of things of sentimental value. I am not much of a pack rat but I have a friend who is. She had all of these things she kept in boxes because of their sentimental value. SHe didn't have room to display them all and even if she had room she said the clutter would bother her. So I suggested she take good pictures of everything in those boxes and put them in an album then give the items themselves away. She did this and we both suggest this to others. Now when she is feeling sentimental or talking about a specific subject/time she can look at the pictures of those items and be taken back in time. I know an album is still more than some would want but it has been a real boon to this friend. What was really great was that by doing this she was able to see many things and with the money started her own home based business. It is said "A picture is worth a 1000 words." In this case it was also worth $1000s too. I wanted to make a comment about something I learned aboutgetting rid of things of sentimental value. I am not much of a pack rat but I have a friend who is. She had all of these things she kept in boxes because of their sentimental value. SHe didn’t have room to display them all and even if she had room she said the clutter would bother her. So I suggested she take good pictures of everything in those boxes and put them in an album then give the items themselves away. She did this and we both suggest this to others. Now when she is feeling sentimental or talking about a specific subject/time she can look at the pictures of those items and be taken back in time. I know an album is still more than some would want but it has been a real boon to this friend. What was really great was that by doing this she was able to see many things and with the money started her own home based business. It is said “A picture is worth a 1000 words.” In this case it was also worth $1000s too.

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