Design your life to include more money, health and happiness with less stuff, space and energy.
As you may know–or should know–this Sunday is Mother’s Day. Like most holidays, Mother’s Day can present a challenge to the full-fledged or aspiring life editor/minimalist. You want to acknowledge and show appreciation for the mother in your life, but.
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Today’s guest post is from Christine Hsu, a San Francisco-based organizational consultant (more info at Organized by Christine). She gives a great last-minute (or future) gift-giving idea for families who feel overwhelmed by the idea of finding the right gift..
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Selling stuff can be a pain. Most us use one of several channels: Word-of-mouth, yard/stoop sales, Craigslist or eBay. Word-of-mouth is okay for stuff we want to dump, but many us have issues selling stuff to friends, particularly if we want.
Read More »In this interview with Sociologist Gad Saad, he promulgates the idea that innate biological imperatives drive consumer behavior. Saad is the Professor of Marketing and the research chair in evolutionary behavioral sciences and darwinian consumption at Montreal’s Concordia University. He is.
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Gift giving/receiving season got you stressed? Not sure what to get people when you’re trying to promote simpler living? Not sure what to do about unwanted gifts that don’t fit with your less is more lifestyle? Francine Jay, aka Miss.
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2 weeks ago, I wrote a post asking what I should do with unwanted gifts. It elicited strong reactions both sympathetic and not-so-sympathetic. My tone might have tipped the balance toward the unsympathetic. I called the particular gift “crap” and might have implied.
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My wife and I received a package the other day. In it was a wicker basket with a stuffed monkey, a stuffed plush banana, a wooden “The Baby is Sleeping” do-not-disturb sign and a 1′x1′ plush blanket. The basket had.
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