Simple living is about buying less and doing more. It’s about focusing more on experiences and less on acquiring stuff. It’s also about decluttering, keeping your home organized and managing your money in a way that makes early retirement a realistic goal.
That said, simple living isn’t about making life hard or uncomfortable. (Let’s leave that to the masochists.) Rather, it’s about having the freedom to live life on your terms. It’s about slowing down, being open to new ideas and stopping occasionally to enjoy the view.
It’s been two months since we untethered ourselves from city life (and all its creature comforts) and set off on our mission to get comfortable with being uncomfortable. Although truth be told, at the time we didn’t realize that was our mission. If we had, we’d most likely still be in the Mother City quaffing…
Remember how I told you we’d be spending October woofing on a sustainable permaculture farm in De Rust? Well, it turns out we’re not so much woofing as we are house-sitting the place. The first sign that all was not as we’d assumed was when Ross took us on a tour of their cob house and…
Back in 2008, we didn’t even know what minimalism was. Then, faced with the daunting prospect of yet another move, I got a bee in my bonnet and insisted we sell all our stuff. In the end, we only sold most of it, but still. We thought we’d invented a new way of living and…
A while ago I wrote about how living small affords you the freedom to live large. At the end of the post I alluded to our next lifestyle experiment and now we’re finally in a position to not just tell you about it, but show you. I’ve been mulling over this idea of downsizing to the bare bones…
One of our readers asked us what would happen if everyone decided that living with less was the way to go. What would a world full of minimalists look like? Fair warning: this post is more than 3000 words (move aside Leo). Fill a flask, make a sandwich and grab some trail mix. Comfy? Okay,…
