11/23/2023 0 Comments 32 tips on becoming a minimalist![]() ![]() ![]() You often end up not using them, or you meant to return them but never did. We’re all guilty of going out and buying things that we don’t really need. It’s so easy when you’re at a store and something is on sale, or your friend just talked up this great new gadget, or you just see something you think could be useful in your home-so you buy it! The truth is, being a critical shopper is really going to help you reduce the amount of clutter in your home and help you live a more minimalist lifestyle. What I like to do when I’m looking at an item on a surface is ask myself: is it really beautiful? Do I want it there so I can look at it and enjoy it? Is it really functional and do I need it there? If that item doesn’t fall into one of those categories, the item doesn’t belong on that surface. Keeping your surfaces clear is a great way to remind yourself that you live in a clean, clear, uncluttered space. Have you ever noticed that when you walk into a spa, they don’t have a bunch of crap everywhere? That’s because a spa is designed to be a calming, relaxing environment. Your brain feels most calm and most relaxed when there’s no visual clutter. I said thanks, but no thanks, I’m just not going to use it! The same thing happened to me when I was recently in Palm Springs, we did this really cool tram ride up to the top of a mountain and they were handing out these little keychains. I was recently in a store and they were giving away gift bags and I just turned it down. ![]() I’ve found that saying no to free samples, souvenirs and hand-me-downs can help me reduce the amount of clutter in the home. Learning to say no can be hard! But, it is one of the best skills you can develop when it comes to keeping clutter under control. Every couple of months we’ll take the contents of the bin and drop them off at a donation center. We actually have a little weigh station in our basement where we take items that we don’t love, or we don’t need anymore, and we just put it in that bin. Over the past couple of years, Chad and I have really tried champion this concept in our home. It’s something that needs to become part of your daily routine. Pruning your items on a regular basis shouldn’t just be something that you do once a year around spring cleaning. Here are our best minimalist living tips. In turn, we’ve developed some informal rules about how to manage clutter and live a more minimal lifestyle. Creating Clean My Space videos really makes Chad and I think about everything that we do and everything that we let come into our house. We’ve been thinking a lot about clutter over the past couple of years, especially because we seem to be getting more and more “stuff” sent to us because of the business we’re in. ![]()
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