We started on this blog somewhere in September 2016 and we managed to garner quite a bit of followers since then (we are currently top of the list in Google search if you type in “minimalist in the city” which we think is quite an achievement as our blog is relatively new). As for the…
In a previous post, “How much do you need to retire” , i concluded that the key component to that question lies in your expenses and that will determine how far are you away from reaching financial independence. In a separate post, “Knowing your real hourly wage”, we also discussed our “real hourly wage”, where work related expenses are…
I have been thinking about this for a while, and I thought, well, just do it! So what is it exactly! Here it goes…. I am going to put myself on a clothing shopping ban for 2017. So what was the impetus behind this? Well, many of you have read how Dave and I tried…
Where are my glasses? Where are my slippers? Where are my clothes? These are some of the common day to day questions Kate used to ask me in the past before we started on this journey to minimalism. Subconsciously, I would reply to her, “Do you remember where you last seen it?” or “Please do…
Dave wrote a post the other day that made me think deeply about. The article, titled “Knowing your real hourly wage” resonated with many and was relatively well received by our readers. I wrote about “a dollar for utilitsation” previously, which discusses how we assign a dollar per ustilisation for usage of our stuff, mainly…
When we moved over to our new place, we didn’t really get much kitchen utensils. Granted that we did go to the value store to get some cups and utensils during the first few days we moved in, for the rest of the items, including the cookware, plates and dishes, they were gifted by my…
You have a finite number of hours on this earth. Every moment is unique and you can’t turn back the clock. Yet, seldom have we stopped to think about how much time we are spending in exchange for our salary. Some of might say, “We earn $1000 a week, working 40 hours and so I…
In a previous post, I mentioned that Dave and I had differing opinions whether we should get a Christmas tree. In the end, I decided to make one. Well, I am proud to present our DIY Christmas tree. It’s simple, cheap, easy to maintain, and easy to dismantle as well. Best of all, we made…
One item which I think many households in Singapore are receiving too many of nowadays are advertising leaflets in the mailbox. Well, from a marketing and advertising standpoint, the outreach is wide. Even if 9 out of 10 individuals might trash it, you could still count on that 1 individual who might pick it up…
It has been slightly more than two months since Dave and I started this blog and we are extremely thrilled to have hit 1000 visitors and almost 3000 pageviews! Considering that we didn’t exactly actively go about publicising our blog (although Cromly did do a feature which brought in more traffic to this blog), this…