For the last year, I’ve been on a vegetarian diet. I didn’t eat any meat (except for fish very occasionally) and based my diet on vegetables, rice and many other kinds of plant based foods. I made the switch by gradually reducing my meat intake during summer last year so that by the time I…
For me, the start of a new academic year has always been more significant than the start of a new calendar year. It will probably change in the future but having been a schoolkid/student all my life, September brings a much bigger change for me than January does. As the end of summer approaches, I…
When people realize they’ve made a mistake, they say ‘I’m only human’. When people feel like they can’t achieve any more, they say “I’m only human”. When people feel like they’ve lost control of themselves, they say “I’m only human”. But what do those words actually mean? That ‘being human’ is some kind of weakness?…
Back when I was vegetarian (I’m currently on a teeny break whilst in Japan), one of the biggest criticisms I got was that by myself, I probably won’t make much of a difference to the animals or the environment, so what was the point? Why was I putting myself though all of those ‘inconveniences’ when I…
In a previous post, the biggest challenge I realized that I cannot please everybody with this blog. I’m trying to make a change and with change comes resistance. It’s not easy to suggest something different to what people are doing already. People reading this may not agree with everything I say, so they tell me…
Hello everyone from Japan! This is the first post of many I’ll be writing from the Country of Awesome. I just wanted to let everyone know that I arrived safely and I’m having an amazing time. I was a little afraid before that the extent of Japanese hospitality was a big fat lie, but so…
Back in school I was never a failure. In fact, I worked so hard, I don’t ever remember failing a single pop quiz, test or examination. For almost the first two decades of my life, I had never tasted failure. You know the saying “the bigger they are the harder they fall“? It is so…
The average human life span is around 80 years. In that time, we can achieve many things – from getting a nice house, a collectable car, or reaching a million dollars, to raising good children, having our own business, or doing some good in the community. Most of this stuff is pretty regular, some good,…
Minimalism and kids sound like polar opposites. A lot of people believe that having kids makes living a minimalist lifestyle impossible. But does that necessarily mean that if you don’t have kids, then minimalism is easy for you? I don’t think so. kids At the moment, I only know what living a student/traveller lifestyle feels…
For many aspiring minimalists, the golden grail is One Bag Living, or what I like to call ‘OBL’. It’s a lifestyle that comes from being able to reduce everything you have to only what you need and reaping all the rewards of not being weighed down by junky, excessive baggage. If you’re interested in what…