AllI want for Christmas is an empty inbox

AllI want for Christmas is an empty inbox

This week Maria Carey’s iconic Christmas song “All I want for Christmas is you” reached #1 on the Billboard hot 100 list for the 1st time ever, even though she initially released the song 25 years ago.  This is a great reminder that some things get better with age,...
A Minimalist Guide to the Holidays

A Minimalist Guide to the Holidays

The holidays can be a time of overwhelm, when it should be a time to reconnect and reflect with your friends and family.  Somehow it has turned into massive shopping and tons of high-cost activities.  That is basically everything I am trying to avoid in life these...
Book Review – Playing with FIRE

Book Review – Playing with FIRE

I’ve been hearing about the book and documentary Playing with FIRE for a while now, and was super excited to dig in and read it.  In the true spirit of minimalism and achieving financial independence, I put a hold request on the book at my local public library and...
Book Review – Oprah’s The Path Made Clear

Book Review – Oprah’s The Path Made Clear

  My top 10 takeaways from the book The Path Made Clear: Discovery Your Life’s Direction and Purpose by Oprah Winfrey. There were way more than 10 takeaways from this book as it is filled with tons of little and big nuggets of wisdom throughout.  I’d expect...
Bunk Bed Perspective

Bunk Bed Perspective

I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase, “sometimes all you need is a chance in perspective.”  Today I got that, in the form of bunk beds. I spend too much of my weekends thinking about how behind I am at work and thinking about how I have stuff I need to be doing, but how I...
Dear eMail

Dear eMail

Dear eMail, I can still remember the first day we met.  It was 1995, I was young and naïve. I immediately fell in love with you as the glow of AOL reflected from the screen onto my face.   I remember how you whispered “you’ve got mail” into my ear. The sweet sound of...

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