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Recovering from an Overloaded Social Network
More Twitter followers gives you more social status, a lot of Facebook friends will make you seem popular. If you’re “friends” with enough people you’re bound to become a success. You just need a few more… Impossibilities of networks It’s quite impossible for humans to have active social connections with more than one hundred (yes, [...]
Continue reading...The 10 Principles of Good Lifestyle Design
9 July 2011
Have you ever wondered why some items you own are just “better” than other items? I’m sure you have, it’s all about good design. What makes a design good? Good design: is innovative makes a product useful is aesthetic helps us to understand a product is unobtrusive is honest is durable is consequent to the [...]
Continue reading...Wabi-Sabi: Imperfect, Impermanent and Incomplete
22 November 2010
Do you strive for perfection? Are you constantly in fear that what you are doing won’t last? Do you feel like you’re never finished? Just a few thoughts that come to mind when reading the title of this blogpost, looking for inspiration. I’ve wanted to blog about Wabi-Sabi for a long time but never felt [...]
Continue reading...Kyosho Jutaku: Living Large on a Tiny Footprint
15 November 2010
The Japanese are the absolute masters when it comes to small things. Be it Bonsai, microelectronics, small-engined cars or my favourite: micro homes. It probably has something to do with the lack of literal elbow room. If you’ve ever been to Tokyo you know exactly what I mean. As far as the eye can see [...]
Continue reading...The Rewards Of Adopting A Minimalist Lifestyle: 13 Bloggers Share Their Views
9 November 2010
The minimalist lifestyle is here to stay, and there are more and more bloggers writing about it. But what exactly is so rewarding about this lifestyle? What are all these bloggers so passionate about?
Continue reading...How Did We End Up Here?
4 November 2010
Looking around as I often do I realise that there are a lot of things here that get no attention at all. I own a guitar, but over the last years, the hours spent playing it could probably be counted on two hands. Why am I still keeping this thing? Do I like the idea [...]
Continue reading...5 Things Not Even a Minimalist Blogger Can Live Without
2 November 2010
How many things do you need? Of course you can think of primary life needs like water, food, clothing and a roof above your head. Those things apply to everyone. But what makes minimalist bloggers so special? Blogging means writing articles online, either for your own blog or guestposting on other blogs. To write articles [...]
Continue reading...The Real Secret of Minimalist Success
16 September 2010
This is not a post I wrote, I copied this post to the letter from Everett Bogue over at www.farbeyondthestars.com and with a very good reason. This might indeed be one of the most important posts ever written. (And not just on Everett’s blog!). So in recognition of that and in an attempt to reach [...]
Continue reading...7 Ways To Look At Minimalism And Discovering The Benefits
21 June 2010
You’ll experience less stress, you’ll save more money and you’ll be healthier. Just a few benefits that you can enjoy when being a minimalist. But don’t just take my word for it. Here is what some other bloggers have to say about minimalism: MNMlist “Often we don’t really need those possessions as much as we [...]
Continue reading...Minimalism in the Smallest of Things
20 May 2010
After a year of keeping track of minimalism it still seems to be a trending topic on the Internet. It’s not that hard to understand why, it’s a natural extension of productivity and mindfulness. It’s the effect of being focused, a single goal in mind. There is no place for useless things if you want [...]
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- Christiaan: Uhm, nope :) But I thought it would be nice. However, I no longer bring a meditation mat and just use whatever I can find. The most important attribu...
- Fred: Do you really need a meditation mat anywhere?...
- Jeff Sharpless: In many ways the virtual reality has been alive and well since our minds reached a state of consciousnesses. Much of the time since inception human be...
- Annie: Hey Christiaan! I agree with your views here. Bitcoins are a nice thought but I'm skeptical about how they are going to do because they take a bank...
- micheal: i agree with what you said about if success seems hopeless or remote keep practicing and all will come to you by seeing that you are still practicing....
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5 October 2011
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