Ellen raised a fantastic point a few posts back. I’ve edited it a bit for length and to highlight the issue: I just got done sorting clothing from a certain family member. The clothing is SO numerous that I am overwhelmed with what to do with it all. Now I am overwhelmed with figuring out [...]

Before we kick off the “preparedness” posts, I have a quick thought experiment for you. Let’s say I’m coming over to your house for dinner. Let’s also pretend that I’m the official representative of the Office Of The Minimalist Inspector General, and I’m going to be performing a complete “minimalism audit” of your home. Obviously [...]

Most people have a positively elephantine amount of possessions. All you have to do is look at the increasing size of homes and the unending construction of more and more “mini-storage” units to see that there’s a problem. Now add to that the fact that there’s a constant river of stuff flowing into most people’s [...]