- Healing from the past, Hoarding, mindset, minimalism, Self awareness, Self growth, self help, Simplicity, Writing
My Hoarder Past- How Minimalism Changed My Life
Photo by Denys Nevozhai on Unsplash I’ve been a minimalist now for 5 years – perhaps even longer. Looking around my house now and reflecting on life’s current trajectory, it’s hard to believe I was once a hoarder who sat in my gaming chair with no desire or direction. Tell a lie, I did have desire – to buy even more amazing and cool stuff to fill the shelves in the gaming room. My bank account was almost always in minuses, but no matter what I bought there was always more on my wishlist. I was never satisfied, yet I was always certain that one more figurine, one more bag, or one more…
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A Moment of Reflection
Photo by Marcos Paulo Prado on Unsplash We’ve had lovely sunny weather lately in the UK, and this evening, I sat in my garden in a deckchair connecting with my inner child and doing some colouring. When I had finished, I just sat and relaxed for a while; no phone, no laptop, no headphones – just the sound of the birds tweeting in the late-evening sun, and the distant sound of summery drum & bass music from another home in my neighbourhood. There was nothing but bright blue sky, shadows on my lawn, birds twittering, and ants climbing up my son’s slide. Surrounding me were trees from my neighbours’ gardens, some of them…