Minimalism Student

Author: minimalismrules

  • 7 Difficult Lessons I Learnt from College

    In such a short time, I’ve learnt more about life and other people than I have in the past ten years. In fact, I’ve probably learnt more about myself than I have in my whole life. Coming home has given me a chance to reflect on a few of the things I’ve learnt during the…

  • It’s Never too Late (or Early) to Start Hacking Your Life

    With the advent of blogging, there’s certainly been a flurry of self help, self development and self improvement blogs. There’s so many, and some of them are really quite brilliant. I once heard a saying that getting information from the internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant. However, a lot of the…

  • Dealing with Difficult People

    When I first came to university, I strove really hard to be a positive and friendly person. Everyone does, because that’s how to make friends, which is especially important since you are going to be spending a lot of time with some of the people you meet, at least a year, perhaps even more. My…

  • Minimalist Student Holiday Challenge

    It’s that time of year when thousands of students return home for the spring holidays. Most will take large suitcases, maybe even two, so that they can take home all of their old clothes to wash, books they’ll never get around to reading and a few ‘just in case’ outfits. The other night, I finished…

  • 5 inspiring ways to feed your soul

    After working on the same boring thing all day, no one can blame you for taking a well deserved break. Distractions can be valuable because they give your brain a chance to recharge and concentrate even better when you continue. With the amount of content and information now accessible to the average person, choosing what to…

  • 5 high school myths you should debunk today

    Ahh, high school. Thinking back to those years brings both a smile to my face and a tear to my eye. Even though it hasn’t exactly been years since I left, it certainly feels like it. I learnt a lot of things in high school that I thought were ‘the law’ at the time, and I…

  • The Recipe for Student Success – Ingredient Three : Great Health

    Whenever I fill in a form that asks for my occupation, the answer I always put is ‘student’. That’s because being a student is a full time job. Unlike a ‘real job’ where you do what you’re paid for within set hours, as a student from the moment I wake up to the moment I…

  • My Minimalist Kitchen

    When I first began my minimalist journey, one of the first places I began ‘decluttering’ in my life was my diet. It wasn’t until I moved away to university and was able to take full control of what I bought and ate that I really got things started. I’ve always been interested in food, cooking, and…

  • How to revive the lost art of sitting still

    During this academic year, I noticed that more and more I felt like I had to be doing something productive at every waking moment, otherwise I would be ‘wasting time’. I became impatient, and gained bad habits like looking at flashcards whilst walking and murmuring lists to myself whilst cycling (kinda like a crazy person, huh?). As…

  • 5 ways to create a minimalist’s world

    If you have recently discovered minimalism, or you’re naturally quite minimalistic, it can get a little frustrating to watch your family and friends spend large amounts of time and money acquiring material things like more clothes, a new gadget or even a new and bigger car or house. It can get be upsetting to see the people…