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Minimalism

Take away to improve

When beginning to embrace the concept of minimalism, it’s easy to take things to an extreme – to go too far. The goal shouldn’t be to end up naked in a cave, surrounded by nothingness. ( Unless that’s really what you want. In that case, go nuts. ) Everything you take away should improve your [...]

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Minimalism is not a place

You can try and try, but you will never get to minimalism. If this is your goal, then everything that you take away, everything you cut out or drop, every single method you use to simplify your life – all these things are meaningless. You can never get to minimalism. Minimalism is not a place; [...]

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GL3 Minimalism Thesis Skin Available

Recently I set out to design my first skin for Thesis, my current WordPress framework of choice. My goal? A bold, simple, very minimal design. I am currently using a slightly modified version of this skin here at Simple Llama – my only addition was a very small header image. In the official version of [...]

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Carnival of Minimalism Episode III

Welcome to the November 11, 2009 edition of carnival of minimalism. OPTED Magazine presents Rejecting clutter: how life stages affect dependence on possessions posted at OPTED Magazine. Thailand Breeze presents The Art Of Traveling Light posted at axel g. The Everyday Minimalist presents Prejudices about collections posted at The Everyday Minimalist, saying, “We all have [...]

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But your life isn’t getting better

I had an interesting conversation with my wife the other day, as we discussed the concepts of minimalism. My point was this – look at how much time we spend working to pay for things that we’ve already purchased. House – a huge mortgage payment. Cars – two car payments Credit card bills ( we [...]

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Carnival of Minimalism – Tiny Llama Edition

Look, up in the title bar. It’s not a bird, it’s not a plane – it’s a tiny llama! That’s right, I finally got around to creating a favicon for Simple Llama. Now, whenever you’re at this site, you get to see a tiny blue llama on the tab. And, of course, it will appear [...]

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