Are you already sold on the minimalism trend? (Like what I did there? Sold? Minimalism? Irony? Nevermind :) If so, that's great! Maybe you've seen the Minimalism documentary or read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. Maybe you've taken it a step further and tried some of … [Read more...]
Oops Minimalism: How I Spent $0 on Clothing for 6 Months Without Trying
Wait...what minimalism? Let's back up for a minute. So, I just had an aha moment last night. I've been tracking our household cash flow on a monthly basis for at least the last five years (our household consists of my wife, me, and our two dachshunds). Sometime in the middle … [Read more...]
Thoughts on Cal Newport’s Digital Declutter Experiment
Digital Minimalism is in the News...Ironic? • Digital minimalism doesn’t start to pop up in Google Trends until late 2010. It's gained more mainstream attention over the last year thanks to some leading voices like Cal Newport and Tristan Harris. I even saw Tristan and team on … [Read more...]
Digital Minimalism: Be a Person, Not a Product
Digital Minimalism Goes Mainstream • You know the need for digital minimalism is real when things like the NoPhone, a plastic rectangle resembling a smartphone, now exist. So real, in fact, that they raised $18,000 on Kickstarter, have sold over 12,000 units, and even appeared … [Read more...]