My desire with each Weekend Reads is to provide you with articles and posts that encourage simplicity and minimalist living. Below, you will find links to blog posts and news stories that I hand-picked over the last couple weeks. I hope you find inspiration and practical help inside them.
But also, if you get a chance, share these posts with others via social media. With our efforts united, not only will each of us be inspired to own less and live more, but the life-giving message of minimalism will spread further and quicker, deeper and with greater effectiveness.
And that is my goal on Becoming Minimalist: to intentionally promote simplicity in a world that needs to hear it.
You Do Not Need to Be Extraordinary to Be Happy | Medium by Tavian Jean-Pierre. “From my own experience, I can tell you that the pursuit of an extraordinary life is tiring. And unfortunately, it does not guarantee a life of happiness at the end of it.”
Are All the Holiday Deals Worth It? | Happy Simple Mom by Brooke. “Now, looking back, when money isn’t as tight and my kids are old enough to be watching and creating traditions, I see the foolishness in my actions.”
Minimalism 101: 24 Things You Can Get Rid of Without Ever Missing | American Lifestyle. Establishing order within the outer influences of your life will allow you to return to a state of inner calm.
Man Embraces Minimalism and Cuts Down His Possessions to Just 44 Things | Metro by Ellen Scott. Inspired by documentaries and books on simpler living, he started off by cutting his possessions in half, by getting rid of anything he hadn’t used in the past six months.
99 Clutter-Free Gift Ideas | Becoming Minimalist. Seems like an appropriate time of year to list these ideas once again.
9 Things That Shopping Can Never Deliver | Becoming Minimalist on YouTube
Thank you Joshua for these postings. I so enjoyed Are all the holiday deals worth it. I used to be the same way! I still shop but mostly Etsy and small retailers and I don’t go crazy. Always cash left in the budget for charities.
Compared to the other sites that I subscribe to (many of which I’ve had to say goodbye to), this one doesn’t constantly ask me to buy stuff and I’m very thankful for that and for you. May Jesus Christ abundantly bless you in this chaotic time in history. It’s not easy but His yoke is easy and His burden is light.
Amen Katie.