About This Blog

The Core

A lot has changed since I started this blog in May 2007. The blog started with a focus on software development, but pretty soon, it became clear that the blog was going to be about something completely different: about finding meaning to life.

On this blog, I have written quite a deal about small business, curiosity, minimalism (although I didn’t use that word at the beginning), productivity and finding your passion. That continues to be the gist of my writing, summarized to the following sentence:

Exploring ways to create time for a sustainable, meaningful life that makes you and your neighbors thrive.

Or even shorter:

Less stuff, more meaning.

The Journey

This blog is also a way to document my journey as a writer, dad, and online business owner. From the very beginning, my plan has been to use this site as a platform for sharing my art and ideas with the world, and making a living doing something that I consider important.

Now, after three years of blogging, I am in a situation where I have six more months left to make this work: So far, from the day Oiva was born, my wife has been staying at home with the kids while doing some studies on the side. This will change in January 2011 when she will start the practical training phase in her psychology studies, and I will be staying at home with the kids — a long time dream of mine.

To make this possible, I am doing two things: First, I am becoming more minimalist than ever before, trying to cut down consumption and make sure our family can live with less. And second, I am building my online presence and business with a whole new determination.

And I hope through this blog, you will be the one to reap most of the benefits!

How You Can Help

If you feel you want to be part of this journey and see it unfold, I really appreciate having you here!

Leave a comment, share a few tips and cheer me on this adventure. And if something I post makes a difference to you, tell a few friends about it.

And most of all, put the lessons in action and make your every day count. I can’t wait to hear what brings meaning to your life!