Today’s guest post is by Gwendolyn Jeun, from the blog downwarddogdvm.com.
The house of our dreams. A modern, minimalist, industrial-style home. At least, that was the plan.
It started out with a property on the water. Just a little strip of land, twenty-nine feet wide and 150 ft long, with a one-and-a-half storey building. My husband and I lived in it for 8 years. In good weather, the yard on the water side became an extra outdoor room where we ate and hung out.
Finally, the leaking and dilapidated roof made us realize that it was time to move ahead. When we asked for the construction permit, the building department didn’t think it was wide enough to fit a new house. It became a big show when the demolition crew arrived to tear down the old one, with neighbours seated on lawn chairs to watch the activity. After only four hours, the entire thing was reduced to rubble.
That was 4 years ago.
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Todays is written by Olivia Coleman, who writes for her blog www.MatchACollege.com
In a recent post, Gip Plaster noted how decluttering your home getting rid of all that stuff can help enormously in simplifying your life. I couldn’t agree more.
I, too, periodically declutter my apartment, and I can say with confidence that living with less lifts a substantial emotional burden that I didn’t even know I had until I started giving away junk that I didn’t need.
While throwing out all that physical baggage that weighs us down is a pretty straightforward method in achieving that minimalist satisfaction, it’s important, too, to clear up our minds, which often get bogged down by similar, albeit intangible, clutter.
Ever notice how when you’re going about your day whether you’re at work or school–you get distracted by that inner voice that’s telling you all the millions of things you have to do?
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Todays is written by Seth Barham from the blog www.BarhamVisionDesign.com.
A few months ago over the summer, I was sitting in a hiker shelter watching dusk slowly creep over the Appalachian wilderness. I had only been on the trail for five days, but what an adventure it had been.
I had grown accustomed to being perpetually dirty, overcame my fear of spiders, and learned to love Ramen even more (being a college student, I thought this wasn’t possible). My first experience with a bear one late night made it abundantly clear to me that I was indeed hanging my food from a tree for a reason, and not just for decoration.
Swimming around under an ice-cold waterfall became a decidedly good way to end the day after hoofing it for an average of 16 miles. I thought I was adjusting well to the joys and rigors of trail life, but there was one thing I still just couldn’t get a hold of.
And that was sleeping.
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Todays is written by Kristen Sloan from the blog www.KristenSloan.com.
The other day I received an email from an old roommate. She congratulated me on my new basketball coaching job. After the congratulations, her next words were:
I know you can’t keep still.
My roommate knows me well. We lived together for two years. She witnessed me working two jobs, one full-time and one part-time and on top of that, I coached a girls basketball team in the winter.
I rarely had free time. When she said, I know you can’t keep still, she was telling the truth.
For years, I liked being busy. In college, I filled my days with studying, intramural sports, and clubs. I graduated college four plus years ago. During the majority of those years, I held at least two jobs simultaneously. Even if I was on a break with one job, I filled my time up with whatever I could.
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