MindThe Beginner

Imagine a rather heavy rock, one you can’t lift completely but are able to shift and topple. How would you move it? I’m talking about the really heavy rocks here. You can’t just pick it up and have it behave exactly like you want. It has a mind of its own, if it actually would [...]

You want the minimalist lifestyle You investigate being as productive as possible Pareto’s law is your creed You get rid of almost all your possessions so you don’t have any distractions But you missed something! It’s not just about what you do, and how you do it. You’re forgetting the why. We’re all creatures of [...]

The last blogpost this year, and we’re looking back at all the things that took place. First off are the things about mind the beginner as a blog. It’s been a bit more than a year now since this blog started on it’s own domain. And although it’s still a small blog when compared to [...]

A quick blogpost in between here, I was walking outside and it started snowing, snowflakes everywhere. One of them wad lucky enough to hit me right in the eye. It hurt a lot, but it made me think. Of all the billions of snowflakes, this one hit home. And if I kept looking up more [...]

For the past few weeks I’ve had this feeling that I’m loosing grip with the present. I keep thinking back about past events and what I should have done. Totally useless I know, there is nothing that can be done about the past but accept it and move on. I’m going to share a few [...]

We in the West have the habit of naming only those things we find interesting. Things worthy of their own name, their own description. We like to know what it’s called. The opposite of knowing however, does not have it’s own name. It’s just “not-knowing”and it’s the source of a lot of problems. You could [...]

I have this theory that theories are utterly useless. Although they attempt to describe and predict a facet of reality, they never succeed. And because you can’t experience reality when you’re hiding behind your theories, they are effectively cutting off your connection with this reality. Sure, theories are nice to try and explain things or [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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?