Disabilities x Minimalism x Location Independent
Well, what a year 2012 was! Looking back at 2012, we are amazed at how many great positive changes to our lives in one short year. We both left our old jobs and moved to Edinburgh (on a train!) We settled down quickly into our new and gorgeous city. James got a great job with… [Read More]
What we imagine things to be and expect them to be is purely the invention of human greed. We need to remove the greed for money, profit and power from the situation in order to truly understand what it is that we need and what they should look like.
We just got back from a 10-day trip to Madrid and Salamanca and I took the above shot whilst unpacking my handbag. I travel with just my Packsafe Citysafe 100 (a 4 litre handbag) for most trips in the summer with the bare minimum stuff. As you can see on the photo above, it’s not… [Read More]
My 2-months unplanned trip around Europe with my mum is the first big trip I am going to be doing in minimalist style. I’ve decided to go really minimal on this trip for three reasons. First is that with little luggage, I can help my elderly mum with her luggage. Second, since we’re going to… [Read More]
Packing ultra light takes a lot of planning and even more time revising your list. Sometimes you get into a headspace where you don’t know any more whether you’re travelling with too much or too few things. Sometimes you wonder why you spend so much time obsessing over it all (answer: because you want an… [Read More]
If you are a hoarder, I am guessing that you see every single item in your house as important. You see each mountain of stuff as something that contains both junk and valuable stuff. The mountain is so huge that you don’t want to tackle it. Or maybe you do see each item as individual… [Read More]
After my post about how I used to be a hoarder before I became a minimalist was published, I had several people ask me how I went from owning a whole army of furniture to store everything down to just three crates of stuff. The answer is: Slowly, Mindfully and with Patience It took about… [Read More]
When a conversation about shopping and stuff comes up, I often make the mistake of mentioning that I am a minimalist. The person will then give me a look of ‘you’re a freak, what’s wrong with you?’, followed by ‘well, you must be wired very differently from me!’ It’s very common for people to assume… [Read More]
Today I was reading a book, which said it was good to take some time and write down what you are grateful for each day. So I did. I’m grateful that we have a wonderful greengrocers just down the road where we can buy heaps of fresh fruits & vegitables along with a conucopia of… [Read More]
I’d like to spend a little bit of time on this post to explain what goals we’re actively working towards, why we’re doing them and where we are with each of them. Recently, from two completely different sources, close friends and families has told us that after reading this blog they finally understood where we’re… [Read More]
We're Akiyo and James. We believe you can do anything you want even if you have a learning disability or a mental illness, such as Dyslexia, Asperger's and Bipolar. Why those three? Because AK has all three and James has two of them. We don't let that stop us from having a life that makes us happy, and it shouldn't stop you either! Find out more about us here.