Minimalism is not all just about having less, its about having more. Personally for me, it’s having more time to do things that matters to me. One of the first things that comes to my mind is how do I add value to other people’s life. Starting this blog with Kate to share our experience…
By Kate It was Ally’s 2 years old birthday 2 weeks ago. In fact, both Dave and I actually took a day off way in advance on the actual day of her birthday, thinking then that we would probably bring her somewhere and celebrate her birthday together. On the day or her birthday, we were…
By Dave and Kate In our earlier posts (here and here), we had mentioned that we were in the midst of remodelling our place and after months of waiting, I am proud to say that our place is ready and we have started moving in. We would like to share pictures of our place with…
By Kate When I was young, I remembered coming across an ad selling diamonds that has a tagline that goes “Diamonds are a girl’s best friend”. Awwhhhhhh……. I never knew that. I thought friends are human beings. I didn’t realise that stuff could be our best friends too. Well it depends on our definition I…
By Kate One of the most powerful messages by The Minimalists is this – Love people, use things. Not difficult to comprehend at all. What about the execution part of it? Unfortunately, in today’s world, the reverse seems to be the norm (love things, use people). Where materialistic pursue is a priority in people’s life, we…
By Dave My first encounter with minimalism was when my wife, Kate first recommended me to this book titled “The Life Changing Magic of tidying up” by Marie Kondo. I was quite inspired by the philosophy of simplifying one’s life and embracing minimalism. As I tried to find out more about it, I stumbled across a…
I was first introduced to the concept of minimalism by a good friend of mine. Married with a kid and living in a small apartment, she was in constant battles with her heaps of stuff and finding some space for herself. She told me then that she wanted to become a minimalist and there’s actually…