Author: minimalismrules

Life doesn’t get better or worse, just how you see it does. We all experience bad things in our lives, some worse than others. Some problems we have are minor and some are quite life changing. But whilst we’re concentrating on the our failures, mistakes or heck even natural disasters, sometimes we forget that good…

Reading is one of the best things you can do for your mind. It expands your horizons and takes you to places you can never go. Unfortunately, books can cost a lot of money, especially university textbooks, but here are some ways you can save money. 1. Check the library. If you are only going…

Chances are, it isn’t your birthday today. (If it is, then happy birthday!) Birthday’s are great because people do things on this special day that they wouldn’t do otherwise. Mainly, they have fun. They’ll go out of their way to throw a party, gather with family and friends or do something that will make everybody…

“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little”.  ~ Edmund Burke Welcome Becoming Minimalist readers! This is the second half of the guest post I wrote over at Joshua’s blog, please check it out if you haven’t already! As minimalists, we’ve given up a lot of stuff.…

“If there is no passion in your life, then have you really lived? Find your passion, whatever it may be. Become it, and let it become you and you will find great things happen for you, to you and because of you.” T. Alan Armstrong There’s no denying that going to college can get pretty…

Colleges and universities are full of examples of people wanting to make it. They want their names to be written down in history. They want to be remembered for the great things they wrote, the great things they discovered or the great things they built. Just take a look around you at the names of…

If you look at the kind of people who have achieved ‘success’ in their lives, presidents, Olympians, millionaires, great artists, world leaders, you will find that there are a few things they all have in common. Now, there probably isn’t a secret ingredient to success (if you find one, let me know) but rather ‘success’…

If someone said to you that they would give you $1000 to spend in any way you like, but with only one rule, would you listen to what they had to say? The rule is: you must spend the money on making your dreams come true. Want to play? The trick is, all of us…

Have you ever lost a hard drive? It’s the digital equivalent of your house burning down. Suddenly, you lose your past work, files, documents, and most painfully, your photos. Gone. Forever. This happened to me one year ago today. Granted, I still had some of the most important things saved elsewhere, but for the most part,…

We’ve come to the end of the second week in the Christmas Challenge, I hope you guys are having fun decluttering! This week was Digital/Infomation purge week – designed to unload your brain a little from the million and one informational and digital distractions of life. Dec 6 : Take 15 minutes to get rid…