Sunday, July 22, 2018 | Filed in:
After having lived the minimalist life for about 2 months - well that's what the world calls us these days, I must report back on how it has been for me!
Let me tell you things I have accomplished in the last 2 months as I now have the gift of time!
3 weeks holiday with my family, agenda less!
Over 25 new recipes learnt and prepared and enjoyed
My garden looks fabulous - I live in a desert and this is summer so I would call this an achievement
Written 3 blog posts
Read 2 books, on my third one now :)
(For more info: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/82125766)
Watched Breaking bad- finally! and I highly recommend it!
Watched countless movies that had been pending forever!
Enjoyed my time together with my partner, he travels a lot, so this is a boon for us.
Life has been kind to me. and I would like to acknowledge that with this post.
I made some significant changes in my lifestyle, my thoughts, state of mind and I can confidently say that I am so happy to be back to where I belong. Healthy, happy and at peace.
I sometimes feel sad about the time lost in pettiness or greed or whatever you may want to call it, but then, it has helped me regroup and introspect what matters to me the most.
Time for me to wrap this up and go for my after dinner walks :)
Talk soon
M
Let me tell you things I have accomplished in the last 2 months as I now have the gift of time!
3 weeks holiday with my family, agenda less!
Over 25 new recipes learnt and prepared and enjoyed
My garden looks fabulous - I live in a desert and this is summer so I would call this an achievement
Written 3 blog posts
Read 2 books, on my third one now :)
(For more info: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/82125766)
Watched Breaking bad- finally! and I highly recommend it!
Watched countless movies that had been pending forever!
Enjoyed my time together with my partner, he travels a lot, so this is a boon for us.
Life has been kind to me. and I would like to acknowledge that with this post.
I made some significant changes in my lifestyle, my thoughts, state of mind and I can confidently say that I am so happy to be back to where I belong. Healthy, happy and at peace.
I sometimes feel sad about the time lost in pettiness or greed or whatever you may want to call it, but then, it has helped me regroup and introspect what matters to me the most.
Time for me to wrap this up and go for my after dinner walks :)
Talk soon
M
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April 30, 2018:
It is 2:30 am on a Monday night, yes, a week night and I am wide awake. This doesn't happen so often as I am a morning person. Every morning, I wake up at 5 am as I like to start early. Last couple of days have been different! Well, last few months have been different. and I will tell you why!
This is now a common story in general, but for me, this was new. I recently moved houses and was overwhelmed with everything we own. We are two people who own a village worth of stuff. I never realized that we had become this materialistic over the last 4-5 years of our lives. It was almost depressing and embarrassing to see how much we owned and how little we used.
It took me ages to arrange and organize my home, I am also obsessively organized. It was stressful and expensive to find storage options and solutions for everything we owned. And I started to day dream about a lifestyle where we only own things we use and need. This is also quite subjective! Needs are different for different people.
I also didn't want to act impulsively and throw away everything only to buy it again. Which happens! Trust me!
So I made an exhaustive list! of things we own. It was even more shocking and I felt a sense of shame to realize how materialistic I had become. nuf said!
Its 2 weeks later and I have great news. I have now painstakingly discarded, sold, or donated things I don't need or use. This has been a process that took hours and days. Its not that long, is it? What took longer was the thought process. I now feel relieved, stress-free and happy! Cleaning and maintaining my home is no longer a time taking task. I spend more time cooking, which I love, reading- love love love and many other things which I had no time for before!
I urge you to give this a thought as it has brought a lot of mental peace and joy to my household!
Signing out for now.
M
It is 2:30 am on a Monday night, yes, a week night and I am wide awake. This doesn't happen so often as I am a morning person. Every morning, I wake up at 5 am as I like to start early. Last couple of days have been different! Well, last few months have been different. and I will tell you why!
This is now a common story in general, but for me, this was new. I recently moved houses and was overwhelmed with everything we own. We are two people who own a village worth of stuff. I never realized that we had become this materialistic over the last 4-5 years of our lives. It was almost depressing and embarrassing to see how much we owned and how little we used.
It took me ages to arrange and organize my home, I am also obsessively organized. It was stressful and expensive to find storage options and solutions for everything we owned. And I started to day dream about a lifestyle where we only own things we use and need. This is also quite subjective! Needs are different for different people.
I also didn't want to act impulsively and throw away everything only to buy it again. Which happens! Trust me!
So I made an exhaustive list! of things we own. It was even more shocking and I felt a sense of shame to realize how materialistic I had become. nuf said!
Its 2 weeks later and I have great news. I have now painstakingly discarded, sold, or donated things I don't need or use. This has been a process that took hours and days. Its not that long, is it? What took longer was the thought process. I now feel relieved, stress-free and happy! Cleaning and maintaining my home is no longer a time taking task. I spend more time cooking, which I love, reading- love love love and many other things which I had no time for before!
I urge you to give this a thought as it has brought a lot of mental peace and joy to my household!
Signing out for now.
M
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