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EDIN SIMMS – CONTENT WRITER Hi! It’s your fellow white friend here. Minneapolis is burning. It is all across our social media feeds. There is an ongoing debate raging among the white community asking “Is violent protest ever morally permissible?” 9 TYPES OF BABY POO NEW MOMS CAN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT I made this handy infographic when I was a new Mom (6 years ago now!!). I thought I would repost it in honor of our new little pooperon the way. 😉
EDIN SIMMS – CONTENT WRITER Hi! It’s your fellow white friend here. Minneapolis is burning. It is all across our social media feeds. There is an ongoing debate raging among the white community asking “Is violent protest ever morally permissible?” 9 TYPES OF BABY POO NEW MOMS CAN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT I made this handy infographic when I was a new Mom (6 years ago now!!). I thought I would repost it in honor of our new little pooperon the way. 😉
EDIN SIMMS – CONTENT WRITER Hi! It’s your fellow white friend here. Minneapolis is burning. It is all across our social media feeds. There is an ongoing debate raging among the white community asking “Is violent protest ever morally permissible?” 9 TYPES OF BABY POO NEW MOMS CAN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT I made this handy infographic when I was a new Mom (6 years ago now!!). I thought I would repost it in honor of our new little pooperon the way. 😉
EDIN SIMMS – CONTENT WRITER Hi! It’s your fellow white friend here. Minneapolis is burning. It is all across our social media feeds. There is an ongoing debate raging among the white community asking “Is violent protest ever morally permissible?” 9 TYPES OF BABY POO NEW MOMS CAN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT I made this handy infographic when I was a new Mom (6 years ago now!!). I thought I would repost it in honor of our new little pooperon the way. 😉
EDIN SIMMS – CONTENT WRITER Hi! It’s your fellow white friend here. Minneapolis is burning. It is all across our social media feeds. There is an ongoing debate raging among the white community asking “Is violent protest ever morally permissible?” 9 TYPES OF BABY POO NEW MOMS CAN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT I made this handy infographic when I was a new Mom (6 years ago now!!). I thought I would repost it in honor of our new little pooperon the way. 😉
EDIN SIMMS – CONTENT WRITER Hi! It’s your fellow white friend here. Minneapolis is burning. It is all across our social media feeds. There is an ongoing debate raging among the white community asking “Is violent protest ever morally permissible?” 9 TYPES OF BABY POO NEW MOMS CAN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT I made this handy infographic when I was a new Mom (6 years ago now!!). I thought I would repost it in honor of our new little pooperon the way. 😉
EDIN SIMMS – CONTENT WRITER Hi! It’s your fellow white friend here. Minneapolis is burning. It is all across our social media feeds. There is an ongoing debate raging among the white community asking “Is violent protest ever morally permissible?” 9 TYPES OF BABY POO NEW MOMS CAN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT I made this handy infographic when I was a new Mom (6 years ago now!!). I thought I would repost it in honor of our new little pooperon the way. 😉
EDIN SIMMS – CONTENT WRITER Hi! It’s your fellow white friend here. Minneapolis is burning. It is all across our social media feeds. There is an ongoing debate raging among the white community asking “Is violent protest ever morally permissible?” 9 TYPES OF BABY POO NEW MOMS CAN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT I made this handy infographic when I was a new Mom (6 years ago now!!). I thought I would repost it in honor of our new little pooperon the way. 😉
EDIN SIMMS – CONTENT WRITER Hi! It’s your fellow white friend here. Minneapolis is burning. It is all across our social media feeds. There is an ongoing debate raging among the white community asking “Is violent protest ever morally permissible?” 9 TYPES OF BABY POO NEW MOMS CAN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT I made this handy infographic when I was a new Mom (6 years ago now!!). I thought I would repost it in honor of our new little pooperon the way. 😉
EDIN SIMMS – CONTENT WRITER Hi! It’s your fellow white friend here. Minneapolis is burning. It is all across our social media feeds. There is an ongoing debate raging among the white community asking “Is violent protest ever morally permissible?” 9 TYPES OF BABY POO NEW MOMS CAN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT I made this handy infographic when I was a new Mom (6 years ago now!!). I thought I would repost it in honor of our new little pooperon the way. 😉
EDIN SIMMS – CONTENT WRITER Hi! It’s your fellow white friend here. Minneapolis is burning. It is all across our social media feeds. There is an ongoing debate raging among the white community asking “Is violent protest ever morally permissible?” 9 TYPES OF BABY POO NEW MOMS CAN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT I made this handy infographic when I was a new Mom (6 years ago now!!). I thought I would repost it in honor of our new little pooperon the way. 😉
EDIN SIMMS – CONTENT WRITER Hi! It’s your fellow white friend here. Minneapolis is burning. It is all across our social media feeds. There is an ongoing debate raging among the white community asking “Is violent protest ever morally permissible?” 9 TYPES OF BABY POO NEW MOMS CAN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT I made this handy infographic when I was a new Mom (6 years ago now!!). I thought I would repost it in honor of our new little pooperon the way. 😉
EDIN SIMMS – CONTENT WRITER Hi! It’s your fellow white friend here. Minneapolis is burning. It is all across our social media feeds. There is an ongoing debate raging among the white community asking “Is violent protest ever morally permissible?” 9 TYPES OF BABY POO NEW MOMS CAN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT I made this handy infographic when I was a new Mom (6 years ago now!!). I thought I would repost it in honor of our new little pooperon the way. 😉
EDIN SIMMS – CONTENT WRITER Hi! It’s your fellow white friend here. Minneapolis is burning. It is all across our social media feeds. There is an ongoing debate raging among the white community asking “Is violent protest ever morally permissible?” EDIN SIMMS – CONTENT WRITER Hi! It’s your fellow white friend here. Minneapolis is burning. It is all across our social media feeds. There is an ongoing debate raging among the white community asking “Is violent protest ever morally permissible?” 9 TYPES OF BABY POO NEW MOMS CAN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT I made this handy infographic when I was a new Mom (6 years ago now!!). I thought I would repost it in honor of our new little pooperon the way. 😉
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Posted on April 12, 2021by Edin
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I have been decluttering my home for the past year using the onion method. I have found it to be the easiest way to approach family minimalism. Decluttering is a process which needs to be revisited again and again as you get a clearer idea of what you need and how you want your home to look and feel. The idea of revisiting spaces and working towards progress not perfection is built into the onion method and makes it one of the easiest ways to declutter both physically and mentally. So, let’s get started! The main idea behind the onion method is that your home has layers of stuff in it and you work by peeling away those layers bit by bit. The big idea is to start with the lowest hanging fruit. Declutter something that is easy and obvious. Tackle a part of your home that has been bothering you and that you feel certain about. Joshua Becker suggests grabbing a basket and just going around your home and filling it with items you know you no longer need. Dawn from the Minimal Mom suggests starting in the kitchen as usually we are not emotionally attached to our cookware and it is easy to both make decisions in this area and it yields a high reward – a kitchen that is much easier tocook in and clean.
I have found that the way I have peeled my onion is to work on items that take very little mental energy (the outer layers) and slowly work my way towards the tasks that are more mentally and emotionally taxing. This method is very fluid and you will know where to begin. That being said, I will share with you what my onion layers have looked like over the past year to give you an idea of what you mightdo in your home.
LAYER 1 – OBVIOUS ITEMS – Trash, Broken Things, Items That are Physically in The Way This is a really satisfying stage of the declutter. You are just getting started and you get to purge all the things that you know are trash/recyclables. All the empty boxes, receipts and so on are gone. All the broken toys, electronics and ripped linens and clothing can go. Ripped books and games missing too many pieces to play can go. Get rid of the cracked or chipped glasses and plates and the rusty kitchenware. Also, get rid of the stuff that you have just been physically tripping over and running into like that pile of donations, the stack of mail, and the huge children’s toys that were abandoned a year ago. Clear it out and feel yourself and your house breathe! LAYER 2 – OUTDATED ITEMS – VHS, DVDs, CDs, Old Board Games, Magazines, Old Electronics These items can give you some grief because letting go of CDs full of songs you love and VHS tapes and DVDs full of movies you enjoy can feel strange. But, if you are already using digital media, let go of the physical copies which you either do not or cannot use anyways. You might be holding onto it all because you have calculated how much money you have spent on your collections which you no longer use. Whatever is holding you back just remember – you wouldn’t guilt someone for donating their cassette tapes which they no longer can use so why are you doing it to yourself? LAYER 3 – NON-WORKING ITEMS – Clothing that you don’t like or doesn’t function well, Toys that aren’t played with, Kitchen Gadgets that aren’t being used, Books that you don’t like I once had a beautiful, black shift dress that was perfect in every way except that the back zipper was too heavy for the fabric so over the course of the day it would slowly unzip and need to be rezipped continuously. I finally stopped wearing this item after I had to ask a coworker to zip it for me because my hands were full of boxes and disaster was imminent. This dress did not work. I got rid of it along with other clothing items that I bought but just didn’t love or wear. You can involve your kids in this step by simply asking them what toys they don’t play with and want to donate to make room for what they will receive for their birthday or Christmas. LAYER 4 – APOCALYPSE ITEMS – Items you are afraid to throw out I have heard The Minimal Mom refer to these items as “what if” items. What if I need this? What if we do use this one day? I had a moment with a potato masher where I realized my “what if” was way out of whack. I held my masher in my hand knowing I hadn’t used it in years. “But what if there is a huge apocalyptic disaster and we no longer have electricity to use my blender and I need to mash my potatoes?” I thought. My rational brain replied, A.) “You will have bigger things to worry about than potatoes.” and B) “Use afork.”
LAYER 5 – BOSSY ITEMS – Items telling you to take care of them when you don’t want to This concept has been popularized by Fumio Sasaki in his recent book _Goodbye, Things_ . The idea is that certain items in your home are always telling you what to – scrub me, sort me, stack me, water me and on and on. This stage is really empowering because it is at this point you get to start bossing your house around. You have peeled away broken, unused, non essential items. Now, you get to look at what is there and ask yourself if you really want to take care of this or that. Do you really want to keep putting away 20 bath toys or could you live with 5? Do you really want to keep dusting all those knick knacks or could you do without them? LAYER 6 – GUILT ITEMS – Gifts you don’t want, Sentimental Items, Stuff you spent money on and can’t part with because of the waste This can be one of the toughest layers to peel back. Gifts from Grandma and Grandpa for the kids that you just can’t stand – like a loud toy or a bucket of slime. Gifts from family or friends that are sentimental but just not your style – like clothing or home décor. Or expensive things from decades ago which you spent money on but no longer like – like designer handbags. Holding onto this stuff will not get you your money back and getting rid of it is not a reflection of your relationships with others. LAYER 7 – IDEAL SELF ITEMS – Clothing you want to fit, Books which you have been meaning to read for years, Hobby things you never use This can be a tough category! For me, many of my books fell into this “ideal self” category. I bought them intending to read them and left them on my book shelf for years. I really liked picturing myself as an avid reader. I am finally accepting that I am in a phase of life (7 years and counting) where I only have the mental energy to reread my favorites. I got rid of a lot of my books by telling myself that if I do get back to reading a lot again then I can always visit my locallibrary.
LAYER 8 – SENTIMENTAL ITEMS – Photographs, children’s art, wedding memorabilia, souvenirs, I think the easiest way to begin dealing with these items is by a) digitizing what you can and b) getting a container/album and just deciding that whatever you keep has to fit inside of this container. Each member of my family has a container for sentimental items with their name on it. My hope is that over time I will find ways to bring out and enjoy more of these items in my home but until then there is at least a limit on the stuff and it is easy to find and enjoy now. LAYER 9 – “MEH” ITEMS – Items that you can live without This layer is what I think of as the refining layer. You will find yourself getting better and better at getting rid of what doesn’t add value to your life. I try to keep just what I really love not just what I am okay with. Some people might be able to do this in their first pass through their space but for me decluttering was a muscle Ihad to build up.
Have you found this to be helpful? What decluttering methods have youtried in the past?
Good luck!
Edin
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KNOW YOUR MINIMALISM WHY Posted on February 25, 2021by
Edin Leave a comment So, you’ve decided to become a minimalist…now what? There are many ways you can approach minimalism – financial minimalism, family minimalism, digital minimalism and so on. Before you dive in and choose an approach, I would encourage you to write out your reason, or reasons, for becoming a minimalist. I think there are two good reasons to do this. First, writing out your personal reason or reasons for becoming a minimalist encourages you to be more intentional and authentic in your approach to minimalism. Your individual circumstances, personality and likes and dislikes will all contribute enormously to what values you want to maximize in your life and therefore to what you think you should cut out in order to foster those values. Second, writing out your reason or reasons for becoming a minimalist will help you when the going gets tough. If you are torn about getting rid of something you can go back to your primary motivation and ask, “Does this foster my values?” and center yourself in thatquestion.
When I first started finding my way to minimalism, I was looking to promote peace and freedom in my life. I wanted to lessen my feelings of shame and guilt and free myself from the physical, mental and emotional management of my belongings. These are still my primary motivations and continue to help me make decisions about what to minimize and maximize in my life. You could choose broader reasons like I have or you could write down something very specific you would like to achieve. Maybe you want more time with your family. Maybe you want to live more sustainably. Maybe you want to stop spending time and money on things you don’t need. These are all great reasons and will help you intentionally tackle the clutter in your life. Perhaps if you want to spend more time with your family the first thing you will tackle won’t be your possessions but your schedule. If you want to stop wasting money the first thing you look at might not be the physical items in your home but your spending habits. That being said, the first step I intentionally took toward finding a more minimal lifestyle was clearing out my physical space. I have a physical reaction to how clean and clear and orderly my space is. I can concentrate more and just breathe better when my space is under control. So, that might be a good spot for you to start too. The important part is to know your “why”, to start where it makes sense for you, to re-center yourself in your “why” when things get tough and to keep going! Also, expect your why to grow or change and effect areas you hadn’t even thought about. The more you get rid of, the more you will want to get rid of. I have found a lot on inspiration over the last few months from people who approach minimalism in different ways. Below are some of my favorite video resources to get inspired. Let me know what you are working on first!-Edin
The Minimal Mom
Joshua Becker
Natalie Bennett
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Dave Ramsey
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on Know Your Minimalism Why USING MINIMALISM TO MAXIMIZE Posted on February 24, 2021by
Edin Leave a comment When I first started learning about minimalism, I had a very narrow view of what the word meant and how it applied to my life. I associated minimalism with people sitting on floors in white walled, empty apartments or nomadic backpackers carrying all the possessions they owned – 20 items or less. I associated it with intentional austerity – a way to reign in and suffocate desires fueled by consumerism. I was right about one thing. Minimalism is about intentionality. But it isn’t about intentionallydenying yourself.
To me, minimalism means intentionally clearing out the distractions in your life so that you have room to maximize what you value. In my case, that meant starting with maximizing peace. 2019 was a year of loss for me. I lost a pregnancy which devastated me in a way that surprised me and ultimately contributed to a gnawing feeling of depression in my life. I moved and lost my sense of community – my friends, my church, my routine, my neighborhood, my home. Months later I lost a 20+ year friendship. These different upheavals sent me into what I can only describe as a mid-life crisis. I used to think that a mid-life crisis meant trying to be young again – buy a fast car, get plastic surgery, marry someone new and exciting. Experiencing it felt more like me questioning my priorities. What did I value? Where was I headed? Was I happy with the direction of my life? While wrestling with these questions, my family moved again in December of 2019 and settled into our new and more permanent home. Then 2020 happened. The world felt even more volatile and uncertain. The pandemic and racial reckoning in our country fueled my anxiety. I looked for a way to wrestle back control in my life and took my first step towards minimalism by deleting all of my social media accounts except for myLinkedIn profile.
I realized how much all the incessant information, ads and opinions were fueling my anxiety, depression and general anger with the state of the world. I recognized how this thing that I once associated with entertainment and community was now making my life harder so I cut it out and it was freeing. This is what minimalism is about. It isn’t challenging yourself to be a martyr or to go without. It is asking if what is in your life actually adds value and if it doesn’t – intentionally riddingyourself of it.
I didn’t recognize deleting my accounts as a step towards minimalism until I started clearing out my physical possessions. Quarantine meant my family was doing more from home than ever. I got inspired, by bloggers and vloggers espousing different forms of family minimalism, to clean out my space to maximize it for our family. It was eyeopening.
I have always loved to have an organized and uncluttered home and consider myself a tidy person. Our family of five people, two dogs and one fish, lives in a 1,200 square foot home. I have donated three truck beds full of items and am still going. I still can’t believe how much stuff I owned. At first I was both empowered and embarrassed by how much I was getting rid of. The embarrassment came from the piles of donations that seemed to accumulate from nowhere. Where did all of this come from? How could I be this wasteful? But this was a good experience for me. Confronting the waste made me question my relationship with stuff and how I wanted to change things moving forward. Minimalism was freeing. The sheer feeling of my house breathing was freeing. Not having to organize it, track it and clean it was freeing – a feeling I valued and wanted to hold onto. Letting go of what I don’t want in my life and confronting what I need to change in order to maximize what I do value is my understanding of minimalism. Because of that, I think minimalism will look different for every person and every family. You get to define it. You get to create it. Minimalism isn’t a numbers game where you can only own 20 things or a state of deprivation where you see how much you can get rid of. It is getting rid of physical and emotional clutter so you can move on to something better. Minimalism is the tool not the destination. I am excited to see where this journey takes me. I hope you will find it tobe of value too!
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