Greetings everyone! If you follow me you might know that I just spent some time on retreat to Plum Village in France, learning about the teachings of one of my heroes, Thich Nhat Hanh. I’ve taken away so many great lessons from this trip, and I can’t wait to explore it all with you guys in the coming…
So here we are on the first part of our journey along the Noble Eightfold Path, laid out by the Buddha to guide us away from ignorance and suffering. In this first part, we will look at wisdom, what it means and how to attain it by practising Right View and Right Intention. Wisdom What…
Most of you will probably know the popular college drinking game ‘Would you rather…?’ where you have to choose between two (usually horrifying) dilemmas. Apart from being an entertaining drinking game, I’ve discovered it to be a rather useful life tool to create ultimatums for yourself, especially when it comes to the difficult yet important issues in our…
If you could see the WordPress dashboard for this blog, you’ll find hundreds of crappy drafts. For every post published, I have at least 5-10 drafts that will never see the light of day. It takes a lot of brainstorming, bad ideas, poking, prodding, and feet dragging to get a single post out. Most of…
“Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend – or a meaningful day.” – Dalai Lama Do you keep a diary? If you don’t, I highly recommend it. I guarantee that the…
… you might not get burned. Sometimes the fear of fire is worse than the actual danger of it. This doesn’t mean that you should be stupid or underestimate it’s destructive powers, but you shouldn’t live in fear of it either. A little mindfulness can go a long way in judging whether something is really…
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….