I used to develop my own black and white film several years back, and around that time I also picked up several small point & shoot film cameras from various places such as eBay and Amazon. This was around 2011, and at that time old, compact used film cameras were pretty cheap and easy to … Continue reading Decluttering old film cameras on eBay
Tag: Minimalism
iPhone XS camera review for the Lite traveler
There are a lot of well written reviews that come out on the interwebs every time a new iPhone is released, and over the last few years as smartphone technology has reached somewhat of a plateau, the camera is often touted as one of the best reasons to upgrade. This review is going to focus … Continue reading iPhone XS camera review for the Lite traveler
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
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
Traveling with the absolute minimum
If you really want to push the extreme limits of minimalist travel, one experiment you can try is to pare down your luggage to the absolute least amount of stuff that you can get by with and still not look and smell like a derelict. I've done this a few times on my shorter travels … Continue reading Traveling with the absolute minimum
How to pack light
The secret to packing light? It comes down to one very basic concept: Pack only what you need; not what you think you might need. And if an emergency comes up, you can usually buy yourself out of the problem in real time wherever you happen to be. This comes up surprisingly less often than … Continue reading How to pack light
Why pack ultra light?
What's the purpose of doing this? Why even bother packing light when you can simply check a big bag and take any and every item that may be of some theoretical use on your vacation? You know; just in case. Fellow adventurers, if you've ever experienced both sides of the coin and have both traveled … Continue reading Why pack ultra light?
Lite Adventurer 