“You write to communicate to the hearts and minds of others what’s burning inside you.” – Arthur Polotnik
I have many people to thank over the years for the growth of Becoming Minimalist. But I typically credit this post from Zen Habits on August 12, 2009 as being the first major breakthrough for this blog. His simple link at the bottom of the post brought hundreds of new readers. And I immediately began to understand some of the key principles behind growing a blog.
On a related note, I’ve been overwhelmingly impressed with the quality (and number) of new blogs dedicated to minimalism and simplicity that have been emerging online lately. And as one who is deeply motivated by a passion for the message of living with less, I couldn’t possibly be more excited. The more writers, the quicker the message spreads. Keep on writing and inspiring!
If I can play a small role in helping these writers introduce themselves, I’m all in. Here then, are just a few of the blogs that have popped up on my radar (and reader list) in the past several months. There is no doubt in my mind, you will enjoy them too.
8 New Blogs on Minimalism/Simplicity You Will Enjoy Reading
Slow Your Home. Brooke McAlary, who has been writing for 18 months, authors a most wonderful blog dedicated to simple living. I find her writing to be intelligent, thoughtful, and encouraging. Her wonderful series on the A-Z’s of simple living keeps me engaged… and definitely looking forward to see what she does with Q, X, and Z.
No Sidebar. Design a simple life and experience the happiness you deserve. Brian Gardner curates articles and images from a wide range of sources to offer daily inspiration.
Simplify Magazine. This is a subscription-based quarterly magazine that brings together experts to contribute long-form articles helping families focus more on the things that matter most.
Break The Twitch. Practical intentional living with Anthony Ongaro. Minimize distractions, build habits, and create opportunities to live a great life.
Raising Simple. Zoë Kim is a mom of four and writer for Raising Simple and Huffington Post. She posts about the pursuit of living an intentional life by owning less, creating new habits, and cultivating opportunities to give.
Simplify & Pursue. Robin Shliakhau is a wife and mom striving to simplify her life so they can pursue what matters most to them. She strives to encourage others to do the same.
Minimalist Baker. John and Dana have created a website that combines each of their passions: cooking, art, design, simplicity. Every recipe consists of 10 ingredients or less, requires a single spoon or bowl, or takes 30 minutes or less to prepare. Many recipes are also vegetarian or vegan friendly. It’s a Pinterest dream come true.
The Life on Purpose Movement. Erica Layne has created a powerful movement for purposeful women, where she explores topics from self-care and happiness to simple living & purposeful parenting.
Also, just recently, I have begun enjoying Money is Not Important and Buy Nothing New for a Year. And even though they didn’t really fit my criteria of being new, I did want to mention both of them.
Image: Travis Isaacs
Clutter gets in the way and is more than stuff, material trappings that we thought we had to have. But that does not offer the rich reward of living in simplicity. Easy does it, moderation, less is more. Like your writing!
I wanted you to know that your blog inspired me to start my own on minimalist living. What a joy! And your book clutter free with kids is the number one resource for families. I have recommended it to many friends and even strangers! Thanks again for your work!
Thank you! I love adding new minimalist blogs to my list. They inspire me to keep on keeping on.
Hey, I’m new to this blogging thing so can you please check out my site?i would really appreciate it. Thanks – http://www.simplicityblog.simplesite.com
Hey I’m new at the blogging thing so can you please look at my site and see if it has any potential? It’s – http://www.simplicityblog.simplesite.com
Hello. I have read all of these blogs, its really good and thanks for your recommendations. loved it.
Thanks! I feel like I’ve been reading the same minimalism blogs for the past few years – and while I’m very happy with them, I find it hard to scope out other minimalism blogs I really enjoy. Thanks for the recommendations. Will def be bookmarking a few of them :)
Damon and Jo!! You are my favourite youtubers!! So glad to find you here
Mine too! I love Shut up and Go. It’s insanely inspiring.
http://www.rosieleizrowice.com
Thanks for the leads :) I just started an (anonymous) photo only blog of our soon to be full time life on the road. A couple of bags, a mini kitchen, two folding bikes and 2 electric longboard (each) Living minimally has gotten us to the point where we can just go! :)
Keep on keeping on!
I love finding new blogs with like interests. Thank you for posting them!
Thank you very much for sharing the information. I am a minimalist photographer and very keen to find out about people who belong to the same domain. “Less is Always more” be it photography or following a Minimalist lifestyle.
Everything is very open with a precise clarification of the challenges.
It was really informative. Your website is extremely helpful.
Many thanks for sharing!
This is a sweet collection of blogs. I stumbled onto your page when checking to see how my new website was fairing on the search terms “Simple Living”. I love to connect to people dedicated to simple living. I feel like a lone star sometimes. And then I get on the internet an see how many of us there are. I am refreshed by your sharing of information as well….
Thank you for these recommendations. It’s not always the easiest to find minimalist blogs, videos or posts in general that are engaging, inspiring and practical.
Another one that is nice is Love Raw Vegan on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/user/LoveRawVeganChannel She offers helpful information on her journey in minimalism and also includes many links to helpful resources in each video too.
Thanks again and have a wonderful day / weekend!
Hey Joshua, Ive just discovered your blog and Im finding it very interesting. Thanks for accumulating such great info- such as the Quotes through the centuries, and this post. Ive been investigating “flow states” in my life and I am just seeing the profound connection between simplicity and flow. It seem like the less “stuff” we have in every way, (possessions, thoughts, hobbies, ingredients) the less potential blockages to flow we have. Im just starting on this journey, so thanks for the wisdom. Jiro
Joshua, thanks for the list! I like the slow your home blog post. It’s simple and makes sense. It’s great to see so many people talking about ways to simplify your life. I write one too, but I never thought to check out others blogs until today. It seems to be in the air. Anyway, thanks for doing your part to help others find peace in their lives.
Thank you so much for this list. Like so many, I to am interested in simplifying and uncluttering my life. And what better way to learn than with from those who have walked that path. I have turned the corner, and thanks to many wise minds, the way is more clear to me now. : )
Loved these blogs, thanks for posting them.
I realize this is an older post, but you may want to remove The Minimalistas from your list because their latest post encourages people to take out payday loans to buy things which seems to directly contradict the idea of minimalism and the freedom it brings
Join me on my minimalist journey leading up to a year of not buying anything new.
Your blog has some great tips :)
Love from a fellow minimalist.
http://cullthecrap.blogspot.com.au/
Moderation is the key and getting away from store bought, coin operated living. Being in small town rural America has its own rewards in unfiltered, natural, safe surroundings.
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Simply living and less hustle bustle can be appealing from the outside. But harder for some used to the material objects, services that money buys. The “crutches’ that are comfortable. For example, farming, growing your own food, knowing what is put on the family table and where it came from is huge. But farming is not glamorous, hard work or everyone would be doing it like was the case back in the 1800’s, earlier. Sometimes I wonder if being soft, spoiled makes the hunger for simple living burn strongly. But elusive because of the willingness to endure more to get less but real, simple, natural. Great blog posts!
There is freedom in simple living. It helps if you are in a place with lots of space, wide open area around you and way less people too.
Wonderful list! Here’s another you might find helpful:
http://thesimplehedonist.blogspot.com/
http://thesimplehedonist.blogspot.com/
Hey..!! I m soo much inspired with this..!! Uh are really great at ur thoughts.. i will now be following ur footstep..!!!
Thank you for this list! As a budding minimalist/blogger, I’m thrilled to read everything I can! Hopefully I will gain a few followers to keep me motivated as well!
Thanks for links – 2013 is the year of embracing minimalism – it is pushing a few buttons with family members – but…. I’ve given myself one year to remove everything out of the home we do not use or like. Each day one area is being tackled. What I am most surprized about is each time we come to an area already looked at (did some in 2012) I’m ready for more to go.
Love Leanne Nz
Thankyou for this list! I’ve just started a blog and simple living is one of my central concerns….easier to write about what seems to be floating around in my head all day. Looking at your blog and the examples you gave really help me see what an established and successful blog looks like. I’ll check back often…Peter Rorvig
Thank you for this list! I love reading new blogs on minimalism. It’s a great inspiration as I’ve just started and have been making my way into minimalism as well. :) Reading these blogs and charting my journey in my own blog has been a huge help!
Great list. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the list! Minimalist Baker is awesome!! :)
Love the Minimalist Baker site. Thank you!
http://www.minimalistlifestyle.wordpress.com
1000 blog followers. Not too shabby!
I love linking to fresh, new blogs through people like you who are really passionate about living with meaning. Jill created The Minimalistas as an off-chute of Joshua and Ryan of The Minimalists. She wanted a site specifically for women who want to cut out the frivolous and reveal their true life values. I highly suggest any inspired lady minimalists to check out the site and Facebook page. Thanks, Joshua!
Thank you for this list, it is always great to discover and be among others who are actively choosing to live a simple life!
Joshua- Thank you for your very kind words. I am definitely encouraged. As an aside, I just spent some time looking at the other blogs you listed and I am humbled to be listed along with them.
I’m glad you shared this list; there is lots of new stuff for me to explore.
Oh! I am a minimalist always striving for more simplicity in my potentially nutty life….
Thanks for the blog list!
:)
Thanks for this list Joshua, looks promising! I have them all loaded, looking forward to checking them all out.
Thank you for sharing this list! Some new ones here that will definitely make it in my subscriptions.
Thank you Joshua for pointing out that one of the most generous things a successful blogger can do is help others on the same path. Leo from Zen Habits is one of the best examples of this action and reminds us all that when we help others get what they want, we frequently also receive what we want as well. Zen Habits is an excellent example of sharing and being open among all writers/bloggers of all types of related topics and I would love to see more of that on all our pages…
Thank you Joshua! I will definitely check out these bloggers. I just found Cats Meow and love her blog and her beautiful photos.
I look forward to reading each of these blogs…so that I can gain tips and wisdom. ;-)
Thanks for recommending these, Joshua.
Thank you so much. I love your blog, and am always on the lookout for passionate people writing about similar topics.
They all look like great reads – I only knew of ‘Slow Your Home’ and was pleased to discover it recently.
I’m looking forward to checking the rest out……BUT….You are right about there being a large number of ‘new blogs dedicated to minimalism and simplicity’. I struggle to find time to read and connect with more than a handful. Living a minimalist and simple life seems contradictory to spending time on the computer. How do you balance being on the computer and living simply Joshua? Like most people I spend my paid working hours in front of a computer…so the last thing I want to do is spend more time on the computer in the evenings. But then again I do want to connect with others who are also passionate about inspiring others to live more simply.
Joshua, I’m so happy to see The Minimalistas listed here – Jill is doing the most awesome job spreading her message.
And, of course, thank you so much for including Slow Your Home on such an incredible list. You have most definitely made my weekend and given me ample reading material.
Cheers!!
Thank you so much Joshua for including me in your list. I feel so honored :)
Oh thank you so much Joshua, for including my blog in a list to share and your kind words!! I will also definitely check out each and every one of the blogs, as I love reading and being inspired by other simplicity /minimalism bloggers! Yeay for more stuff to read and people to meet!
Thanks for this list. I’d love to see more bloggers post lists like this every few months or so. Just one post and bam – 10 new, young blogs, 9 of which are new to me! (And I just discovered Value of Simple a few days ago, so it hardly counts…)
Hi Joey,
Good thing I have the proper context for the statement “Value of Simple…hardly counts). :) I assume you found me via my guest post here at the start of the week, but regardless, I’m happy you did.
Joshua,
Wow. I don’t know what else to say. Having me on Becoming Minimalist twice in one week is, well, I’m not sure how to explain it. Suffice it to say I’m happy and feeling humble. Thank you once again.
Joel, funny when you put it that way! Yes, I think that’s how I found you. I saw that you live just a few cities over and you had some good stuff so I gave you a follow, so you’ve got one more RSS subscriber than you had. :)
Hello. I have read all of these blogs. They are amazing. I currently started my own little blog a few months back on a simple living and positive living journey of my own. Check it out http://www.thisisreallife.co