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Seeing the Clutter of our Home as if for the First Time

March 23, 2010

My out-with-leather epiphany was merely the start of a chain reaction in our shift towards minimalism. As I removed all the leather shoes, coats, belts, handbags and gloves from my closets, I couldn’t help but notice the sad, cluttered state of affairs that remained in my drawers, closets and cupboards. On the face of things, [...]

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My Minimalist ‘Aha!’ Moment

March 22, 2010

It’s not that I woke up one day and suddenly decided to embrace the minimalist lifestyle. No, the dye was cast after the innocuous, or so we thought, decision to watch a documentary on the local on-demand-channel. It was a Friday night, January 15, 2010 to be exact, and we chose to view “Food, Inc.”, [...]

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