As part of an ongoing effort to minimize my belongings, a while back I went through all my film photos and scanned my old prints & negatives to get everything digitized into one organized pile on my computer. It was time consuming and tedious but well worth the effort. More recently I decided to go … Continue reading Digital decluttering: photographs
Category: Minimalism
Avoiding complexity
I've noticed on my daily observations of folks around me that people seem instinctively wired to take something simple and make it unnecessarily complex. I work with several older high income individuals who should all be easily retired by now and living nice, relaxing lives on the sand somewhere drinking a tasty beverage out of … Continue reading Avoiding complexity
Simplify your life: saying no to subscriptions
One of my consistent life goals over the past several years has been to find ways to simplify my daily life. I like to believe I've made good progress on this by keeping my responsibilities to an absolute minimum and saying no to everything that is either non-essential or non-entertaining. Other than keeping good health, … Continue reading Simplify your life: saying no to subscriptions
The folly of buying & storing multiples
Up until just a few years ago I had a bad habit of buying up extra identical items of things that I liked just in case these items were discontinued in the future. In my mind, I justified this behavior as future proofing myself for any situation that might come up. Here are a few … Continue reading The folly of buying & storing multiples
How to declutter jewelry
One of the last holdouts of my own personal clutter collection is a small selection of gold jewelry that I either bought or received as gifts over the course of my younger days. I have no use for any of this stuff anymore. In the past, I loved these objects. Back when I was in … Continue reading How to declutter jewelry
Decluttering physical photographs
I've been on a minimalism journey for the better park of this decade, and it's been a fantastic change compared to how I lived before. As I was downsizing, one particular group of items caught me a bit by surprise, as I didn't realize I had accumulated so much volume: physical photos. These included individual … Continue reading Decluttering physical photographs
Simplicity
I wanted to take a little break from travel specific topics and muse today on the "why" behind both my minimalist travel methods and my light approach to life as a whole. When I'm out seeing the world, why do I prefer to take so little stuff? And when I'm at home in between journeys, … Continue reading Simplicity
How I can pack for a month+ with a single small backpack
For most travelers who, over the course of time, become "light packers," the pinnacle of this achievement is being able to fit all their belongings into one standard rectangular wheeled carry-on bag. One that looks like this: While that's all and good compared to the hassle of dragging around a monstrous checked bag, I think … Continue reading How I can pack for a month+ with a single small backpack
A thought experiment: what’s the least you can travel with?
Many years back, I went on a month long excursion around Australia with a tour group of around 40 people. About a week into the tour at one of the national parks in the Northern Territory, one of the ladies in our group had some laundry hanging up to dry outside her room on the … Continue reading A thought experiment: what’s the least you can travel with?
Minimalism and living lite in your day to day life
An interesting phenomenon happens when you travel lightly and simply for a while -- at least it did for me. After traveling for many weeks with so few belongings, one begins to wonder: if this works so well on the road, why do I continue to have so much stuff at home? On my … Continue reading Minimalism and living lite in your day to day life
Lite Adventurer 