A guide to happiness? Do we really need a guide to be happy? What is happiness? Do you ever wonder how to find happiness or am I the only one? I actually read The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent &...
We hear it all the time. “Just enjoy the moment. You have so much to be thankful for.” Yup I do. I know this. So why am I always looking to something else? Something more. Something diffe...
If a 41 year old man who works in a Michelin tire factory can make a DIY homemade salt and sugar scrub then anyone can make it. I am becoming increasingly concerned about the chemicals that are used ...
I don’t get people who always complain about being too busy. They are always running from here to there and back again. Why? It seems that in the end it only seems to cause some kind of resentm...
Living a minimalist lifestyle should be about more than just focusing on how many shirts you have or how much clutter is kicking around during your place. I know I get caught up in that aspect of min...
Here is a comment I received recently A good friend of mine started “The Summer of 1000 Things” about three years ago. She challenges us all to get rid of 1000 things each summer. It sounds like a lo...
For parents to read to their kids. Hello boys and girls. My name is Meisha. Here is a picture of me. Mark asked me to talk with you today about what he calls living a minimalist lifestyle. Now I don&...
I have had at least one message in the past day or two that suggests that living a minimalist lifestyle will hurt the chances of an economic recovery. Balderdash. For the past decade or more some peo...
Wow. So many people out there have a strong desire to live a more simple life. A more meaningful life. Life on purpose. Instead of just slogging through day after day barely able to get by, not havin...
What Stops People From Living A More Minimalist Lifestyle? I’m a big fan of the simple life – having no clutter, peace of mind, focusing on something greater than the pursuit of material consum...
What things really matter to you? What is truly important? Is it your stuff? Your phone? Your shoes? Your collection of ceramic elephants? Hopefully the things that are important to you are not reall...
Could you do it? Could you get by making half of the money you currently make? What if you had to? Does it make you anxious to even just think about this scenario? So if you had to make do … Co...
Yes I sometimes watch American Pickers. I think Mike and Frank are funny. And I rather enjoy the trips they are on and the people they meet and yes even some of the stuff they find. If you have seen ...
I love people watching. There is something to be said about just wandering around and taking in the sights. I consider it to be a great minimalist living thing to do. It doesn’t cost anything a...
I got dealt a setback this week. It has to do with my ex, my former business and the federal government. Oh dear. Could it get any worse? Hell yes! I don’t want to go into the details for perso...
Is Anybody Out There? For those of us that blog I am sure we wonder if what we are rambling on about is resonating with anyone. Is anyone reading our blog and “getting” what we are saying...
Dear Mark, I’ve been watching you for a while now. I know what you’ve been doing. See, I’m you and you’re me. I’m you more than 25 years from now. I’ve got the sca...
It amazes me how little a lot of people in the world have in the way of material possessions. And they are probably happier than a lot of us here in the western world. We are conditioned to believe w...
How would you make it count? Don’t worry about the future. It comes soon enough. Filed under: Minimalist Lifestyle
Filed under: Fitness, healthy lifestyle, Life, simple living Tagged: fitness, success
How dare we complain that we do not have enough. How dare we complain that Life is too hectic, too busy, that we do not have enough time. How dare we even think that our life is too hard. How dare we...
As I have posted previously I decided to delete Facebook a few weeks ago. The reasons for doing so are outlined in the above post. Facebook sucks.They are becoming an evil, evil entity. They want all...
Well the price of gas here in Nova Scotia(and the rest of Canada) Are going through the roof. Here in N.S. gas prices are regulated through the government. Every Friday the price of gas is determined...
You can make a difference When things go wrong, don’t despair. You can make a difference, so get busy and do it. You may not feel like doing what it takes but you must push yourself to do so. Think h...
“If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich.” I love reading about minimalist interior design, I really do. It’s one of my guilty pleasures. I look at pictures of minimalist apartments, ...
It can sometimes be difficult to just enjoy each day for what it is. Another amazing day in your life. So full of opportunities. It is easy to get bogged down with all the stuff that we sometimes hav...
Okay so apparently nothing is “perfect”. But right now I feel that my life is damn near perfect. Sure there are issues that are ongoing. And I could focus on those issues and see them as ...
Hi. My Name Is Mark and I am a sugar addict. It all started when I was young. I loved sweets. I spent a lot of time with both grandmothers who were amazing bakers. Pies, cakes, cookies. Ah yes. The l...
Do you have clutter? Or is all your stuff wonderfully organized? You know, a place for everything and everything in its place. As a person who is into minimalist living I don’t have a whole lot...
I think I may have hit rock bottom with my level of fatness. And I am ashamed. I know better. I have the knowledge to not allow myself to get to this level. For twenty plus years I have read articles...
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