Posts tagged The Minimalists
MINIMALISM// Decluttering non-material stuff and sitting with discomfort.
MINIMALISM// Decluttering non-material stuff and sitting with discomfort.

While Minimalism can clear your slate in terms of having fewer belongings; your life, time, and energy can easily and silently be filled back up by other “stuff” just as quickly if you don’t declutter this stuff the same way you would material possessions.

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DOWNSIZING FOR THE PRESENT// Curate a Meaningful Life Based on Who You Are Now
DOWNSIZING FOR THE PRESENT// Curate a Meaningful Life Based on Who You Are Now

Michelangelo carved away and removed everything that was not David- releasing David, setting him free from the marble. I like to think of creating your life in the same way, where you’re removing everything that isn’t essential.

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REJECTION AS A NEW PATH// Grad School
REJECTION AS A NEW PATH// Grad School

In 2017, I got rejected from every Grad School MFA Program I applied to. Once I processed the general disappointment of being rejected, I realized that I didn’t actually want to go to school. Not getting into grad school was one of the best things that ever happened to me.

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WHAT ARE YOU HOLDING ONTO// Letting Go Creates Space
WHAT ARE YOU HOLDING ONTO// Letting Go Creates Space

When we start to think about letting go, we often first approach it from the perspective of loss. We anticipate that by giving something up, we will have less and will be lacking, and that letting go decreases our happiness. But what is the opposite is true?

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