![]() ![]() When I came back, my wife and baby were up, so I hung out with them for a bit.Īt 8.30, Meredith put Laura down for a nap. I try to keep it a little shorter so that it is easier to go and less of a commitment. And honestly, I don't have any friends, so nobody contacts me anyways.Īt 7 a.m. I have only done this a few times so far, but I have been way more productive on those days. I try not to use my phone first thing in the morning and only check it twice a day. This is something new that I am experimenting with. On the side of the page, I have my two spots where I am checking my phone. Next on my list are reviewing last week's video that my editor sent, and then running a sale on my course on financial minimalism. Answering emails will take me around 10 minutes. I am going to go to the gym or go for a walk, it is going to be 30 minutes of either one. ![]() This is my big goal for today, and honestly, the rest of this is not as important, but I still like to have everything written out, even if those are small things. Acting and shooting commercials are one of my side hustles. ![]() Not only am I not purchasing items, but I don't need to pay anyone to clean, fix, or maintain all of my stuff.The main thing that I am doing today is shooting a commercial. It's also amazing how much money I've saved as a minimalist. Once I started downsizing, decluttering, and living minimally, the quicker it is for me to clean, and time is such a valuable commodity. I choose to use all my devices and appliances until they no longer work.Ĭleaning, fixing, and maintaining items is a lot of work. We are continually bombarded by marketing to get the newest model of car or an updated phone, or whatever it is. I live in awareness and live mindfully, and this really helps me to live with my value system, which makes choices really simple and easy and makes my life much more peaceful. Instead, I take simple joy and pleasure in things like nature, baking bread, making cookies, or planting something. I don't put as much thought or energy into things that I need or want to buy. What it really turned out to be was procrastination.įrom living as a minimalist, I started really tapping into living more mindfully and intentionally. I would keep owners manuals in case I needed them someday, the books I would read again someday, or the black tie dress just in case I needed it someday. I used to be frozen by making decisions because of the Someday. I realized that attachment to things and stuff made me really uptight and insensitive, and all I did was distance myself from the people that I love over an object. I remember we were cleaning out our garage, and my husband accidentally threw away some beautiful copper sconces. Attachment to stuff makes us really uptight I had no idea how much my identity was wrapped up in the items I owned. Minimalism has taught me that my self-worth and value are not determined by the stuff I own.Ĩ. We became minimalist in 2008 during the Great Recession, and we were forced to sell off all of our things so that we could pay utilities and pay our mortgage. My self-worth is not defined by what I own I realized that what other people have is their business, not mine.ħ. I used to spend so much time and energy and thought just comparing what other people had. It has made me stop being envious of other people's material items. ![]()
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