#minimalsmtips

[joshuafieldsmillburn]

#MinimalsmTips Day 31: Once you've simplified, keep simplifying. This may be our last day of the month, which means it's the last day of our daily #MinimalsmTips, but that doesn't mean we've reached our endpoint. Minimalism itself is not a destination; it is a path toward a more meaningful life. Once we've simplified, we must continue questioning everything, from our material possessions and our careers, to our relationships and our daily activities. A new month is right around the corner, and so if you'd like to keep your momentum, this is the perfect time to play our 30-Day Minimalism Game. Here's how it works: find a friend or coworker, and agree to donate or sell some of your excess possessions over the next month. On day one, get rid of one item each. Day two, two items. Day three, three items. So forth and so on. Whoever goes the longest wins. If you both make it to the end of the month, you both win, because you have jettisoned nearly 500 items that no longer clutter your life. Share your progress with thousands of other people using the #MinsGame hashtag. A simple life is a well-curated life. Keep letting go.

[joshuafieldsmillburn]

#MinimalsmTips Day 30: Declutter your social media feeds: unfollow any account that doesn't add value to your life. We started The Minimalists five years ago with the hope that we could contribute to the greater good. Because of the power of sharing, our website has grown to more than 4 million readers—and hundreds of thousands of people subscribe via email and follow our inspirational messages on Twitter and Facebook and this newfangled thing called Instagram. We’re grateful for every person who reads our content, finds worth in our words, and shares our message. We appreciate you; we want you here. We don’t, however, want anyone to feel obligated to stick around if they don’t continue to find value in our work. We understand that our message will not resonate with everyone. So if you stop finding value in our message, please feel free to unsubscribe or unfollow. You won’t hurt our feelings. Scout's honor. We’d rather you spend your time and attention on something that adds value to your life. We want you to be happy, and so the last thing we want to do is add to the clutter. This rule shouldn’t apply only to The Minimalists, though: we must be willing to unfollow anyone; and when someone unfollows us, we must be willing to let go. No one needs to be offended when someone unfriends them on Facebook or stops following them on Instagram. But unfortunately, many people feel hurt, disrespected, or disregarded when someone leaves their online social circle. Instead of feeling offended—instead of questioning the other person’s intentions—we need to realize that we can’t add value to everyone all the time, and that even though someone found value in us previously, that doesn’t mean they will necessarily find value now or in the future. People often grow in different directions; that’s the beauty of life. It's okay to move on. That said, if you do find merit in our words, please continue to share our essays via email and social media. Help us spread the word. We appreciate the love. Thank you for being part of a movement that is bigger than any one (or two) person(s).