Exploring ways to create time for a sustainable, meaningful life that makes you and your neighbors thrive
It’s the first week of autumn. Rain falls down, and I finally gave up my summer shorts and sandals a couple of days ago. September is a curious month: it’s sad to accept that the summer you waited for so long is over, yet the month is full of excitement for what lies ahead — [...]
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Meaning. What a big word. When I say that I am looking ways to create a meaningful life, it sound grand and ambitious, doesn’t it? But what do I really mean when I say that? Am I looking for one big meaning, a magic pill that will guide me through all my actions once I [...]
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Even if you don’t share my love for the band Switchfoot, there is one song you should check out today. “American Dream” is a song about the very things we talk about on this blog and more broadly in the minimalist community: how wrong things go when “success is equated with excess“. The band goes [...]
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There are times when it seems like the world is never going to change for the better, and making a difference sounds like a distant dream. Today is not one of those days.
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In some ways, like how they jump in with both feet and enjoy the small things, children are role models who can show us how to live our lives. But many times they teach us in another way, by letting their human weaknesses show as caricatures of us grown ups. They don’t know how to [...]
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Here’s a secret: you don’t have to. There is always another choice. Choosing can be hard and you may still pick either way, but you are not a mindless puppet on a string but a human being responsible for your own choices. Pick what excites and scares you, and amazing things will happen. You don’t [...]
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Before I revived my blog from its latest hiatus a bit over a month ago, I made a promise to myself: this blog will not need big numbers for me to consider it a success.
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I believe the point in life is to make it stand for something: Not having it easy but burning out bright, seeing every day as a miracle that is given to you as a chance to make it count.
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“Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy.” An Easy Life is NOT The Answer When someone talks about freedom, be it through minimalism, automation, passive income, or retirement, we immediately think he is looking for an easy way out. We might even think that this person is lazy and doesn’t want [...]
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As I grow older, I have noticed that I love the ideas of minimalism and the slow movement a bit more every day. To me, they stand for taking the most basic, purest pleasures in life and enjoying them to the fullest: Cooking a great, home made meal with as little fluff as I can, taking [...]
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Welcome to my blog!
This is a blog about making time and creating opportunities for things that matter (you, your family, the community around you and changing the world for the better) through minimalism, slowing down and a never ending curiosity.
I hope you enjoy your stay! If it's your first time here, check out my about page and this list of favorite posts to read first
