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Smile! – When It’s Okay To Not Be Okay
Photo by Kristina Tripkovic on Unsplash My son who’s 7 was sat at the table eating lunch when he said “Mummy, it’s really important to smile!” I said “Yes, it is but it’s even more important to show others how you’re feeling. You don’t always have to smile!” “But I learnt it at school!”, he replied. And sadly, this is what society encourages. Smile, even if you’re feeling like crap. No matter what crap you’re dealing with, eat it up like a good person. School is a place of rules. You follow the rules to get a good education, get a good job, and hopefully be a good person. But it is this…
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Everything I Own as a Minimalist Family
Despite knowing that minimalism is dependent on the individual and their lifestyle, I’ve always been a bit obsessed with what other minimalists own, so I made a list of my own inventory. I share a house with my elderly parents so this list won’t include their rooms or belongings. I also haven’t included my kids’ rooms or belongings because that is ever changing and could be a list of its own. Neither do I include all of my husbands belongings (he is naturally minimalist himself although he says he doesn’t identify as one). No matter where you are on the minimalist scale, or whether you are a minimalist at all, this…
Minimalist Thinking, Maximum Living
