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Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. -Max Ehrmann, “Desiderata” Is it just me, or has the world become noisier lately? Not in an auditory w...

https://www.missminimalist.com/2018/09/go-placidly/

“In space cometh grace”—it’s one of my favorite quotes from the companion journal to my book (The Joy of Less Journal: Clear Your Inner Clutter ). As you may have discovered by now, min...

https://www.missminimalist.com/2018/04/in-space-cometh-grace-thoughts-and-a-giveaway/

Happy fall, everyone! We’re having the most gorgeous weather here in the Pacific Northwest, and I’m soaking in every last ray of sunshine before it starts raining (and raining and raining). I...

https://www.missminimalist.com/2017/10/on-eating-less-aka-the-minimalist-diet/

Hi everyone! Many of you have reached out this summer to say hello and ask where I’ve been (you’re so sweet!). I’ve been right here, I’ve just been unplugged. Let me explain… Remember...

https://www.missminimalist.com/2017/08/unplugged-summer/

I’m thrilled to announce that The Joy of Less Journal: Clear Your Inner Clutter is being released today—and I’m giving away 3 copies to celebrate! Decluttering often makes you ask questi...

https://www.missminimalist.com/2016/10/giveaway-3-copies-of-the-joy-of-less-journal/

I often hear from readers who have decluttered and decluttered and decluttered some more. They’ve streamlined their surfaces, ditched their duplicates, and pared down to the essentials. They’...

https://www.missminimalist.com/2016/09/the-joy-of-less-journal-clear-your-inner-clutter/

This week I wrote a post for the blog-publishing platform Medium: Three Words for My Younger Self: Own Less Stuff Why? It’s sort of an outreach effort to would-be minimalists who might not o...

https://www.missminimalist.com/2016/03/three-words-for-my-younger-self-own-less-stuff/

A few years ago, I was reading Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma, and came across the most beautiful phrase: “THE TRAVELER’S EXQUISITE LIGHTNESS OF BEING.” It became a sort of pe...

https://www.missminimalist.com/2013/03/the-exquisite-lightness-of-being/

I’ve always been a big fan of Swedish design and culture—I love their restrained décor, their use of light and natural materials, their respect for the environment, their healthy lifestyles...

https://www.missminimalist.com/2012/11/lagom/

The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things. -Elise Boulding What a wonderful quote, and so true...

https://www.missminimalist.com/2012/10/happier-without/