The four layers of stuff

The four layers of stuff

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]

Hoarding – working on the clutter

Image by fyunkie via Flickr

When you are surrounded by mountains or cupboards full of stuff, it is paralysing. As soon as you try to take one step towards ‘sorting it out’ you instantly freeze because it’s so hard to know what, if anything, would actually help this seemingly hopeless situation that stands in front of you. Fortunately, there are… [Read More]

Before minimalism, I was a hoarder

a double clothes rail

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]

Our minimalist journey so far (James)

This post is the first of a three-post mini series about our journey so far towards minimalism. You can also read the second post and the third post. AK and I are both undertaking a journey towards minimalism and being able to travel where we want, when we want. Importantly, we’d like it to be… [Read More]