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8 Tips to Beat the Post-Christmas Blues and Feel Better Than Ever Before
Post-Christmas Blues; usually characterised by feelings of emptiness, sadness and loneliness, typically sets in days after the festive celebrations have died down. The run up to the big day is full of excitement, anticipation and time spent with family. For others, it is a big build up of anxiety. Before you can blink, the presents have been unwrapped, the food is almost gone, and so have the excess of visitors. Your wallet is empty, everything is quiet and you’re exhausted and left with your own thoughts and feelings. Exactly what shade of blue you feel will depend on if you’ve had a chaotic few days of family bust-ups, spent it…
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Breaking Free Of The Smart Trap
When thinking of minimalism, it’s easy to think about everything you own, the things you will keep and space you will create. But there’s something even more suffocating than an excess of physical possessions, which has integrated into every aspect of everyone’s lives: a permanent connection to the online world. Social media, in particular, is a major leech on people’s time and energy. I think of social media as being like the world’s biggest mosh pit. Every so often you get hoisted above the crowds and passed along in a viral wave of shares and likes. And when you get dropped, you crave the experience again and again, eager to…
Minimalist Thinking, Maximum Living
