Comments on: The Unmistakable Freedom of Contentment and How to Achieve It

By: The Quest for Minimalism | Little Bit of Faith

The Quest for Minimalism | Little Bit of Faith — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:03:10 +0000

[...] arts, but rather the quest of being content on living with less. I read a great post today called “The Unmistakable Freedom of Contentment and How to Achieve It.” I wouldn’t consider myself discontented but I need to make that shift towards getting rid of [...]

By: teresa bogener

teresa bogener — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 05:54:49 +0000

I can not quote chapter and verse but there is a Blibical scripture that says, “I have learned in whatsoever state I am, there with to be content.

By: Tracy Tan

Tracy Tan — Sat, 01 May 2010 09:58:00 +0000

thank you for your inspiring blog!

By: The 10 most important things to simplify in your life « Ethereal Visions

The 10 most important things to simplify in your life « Ethereal Visions — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:50:26 +0000

[...] the unmistakable freedom of contentment and how to achieve it [...]

By: M & M | Hjertets Renhed

M & M | Hjertets Renhed — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:18:55 +0000

[...] Jeg tror at der ligger en mulighed i forsættet om at være mindful og at det samme gælder for mindfulness som for glæde; “[Y]our happiness is based solely on your decision to be happy – and this may be one of the … [...]

By: chelsea

chelsea — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:54:31 +0000

Great post – I’m just starting on this road. We’re burb-dwellers, too, only out here in the midwest.
My original goal was to get rid of half of everything. It’s a job, but it’s paying off BIG TIME.

By: Hugh

Hugh — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:23:30 +0000

For me, #1 and #6 are perfect bookends. Be grateful for what you have, but never stop learning and growing. I’ve been practicing a daily gratitude session for about a year now and I love how much it relaxes me. I have such a sense of calm that enables me to learn and grow with a much clearer head.

Awesome post!

By: josie

josie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:50:33 +0000

great article!
i think #4 is key
i like the redesign also

By: jonny

jonny — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:23:13 +0000

great, i really needed to read this this week.

i wonder have you considered doing a spin-off blog, on the same areas of contentment, simplicity etc but with more emphasis on the faith/christianity side of things?

By: Luke @ simplifi.de

Luke @ simplifi.de — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:39:23 +0000

This is a great post, so much that I agree with, especially “contentment is the lifeblood of minimalism”

Sometimes I feel like there’s an element of the simplicity/minimalism movement that can have a sort of reverse discontentment, too. Where most people are discontent about not having stuff, they are just as discontent about having stuff.

Like when you said, “when i get _______, then i will be happy”, their’s would read, “when declutter” or “when I get down to 100 or 50 things, then I will be happy.”

It’s not true with more stuff, and it’s not true with less stuff, either. So I guess what I’m saying is that contentment is totally a matter of the heart, and you can have a discontent heart, no matter how much stuff you have.

Good stuff!