The Minimalist community presents It's More or Less the Best, a curation compilation highlighting some outstanding blogs published over the past week.
These selected authors shared their personal stories and views on different aspects of their minimalist lifestyle, giving some insight into what the style of living involves.
This compilation is presented to help shine the spotlight on the selected posts, with the hope that you will take a look at them in case you missed any.
Outstanding Minimalists Blogs in no particular order.
Figuring it Out Together.
✨"There are people who fit snugly into this type of lifestyle and there are those who end up feeling overwhelmed afterwards because they prefer the quiet and low-key kind of gatherings or merely experiences that do not involve a lot of clutter. Over time, friendship between these two sets of people on the opposite sides of the spectrum starts to dwindle. This may leave both parties feeling excluded, misunderstood or even judged." 
Friendship, to the Minimalist Me.
✨"Friendship to me is beyond going out every weekend, having fun, showing off, and all, and that is why I do not have any friend that does that. It’s beyond the surface for me, and that’s why when I counted my friends, I realized how small my circle has gotten." 
Where Quietness & Cleanliness Blooms...
✨"The strong connection I have with my environment causes mood swings whenever something changes. When it’s a positive change, I don’t have issues, but when it starts messing with my mental health, it affects me deeply. What draws me to places I’ve lived in Lagos is cleanliness and quietness. These things elevates my mind and help me stay functional at any time of the day." 
Letting Bygones be Bygones.
✨"Just like it's way easier to practice some minimalistic behavior, cutting and decluttering the trash and waste amongst one’s personal properties, and putting them on a scale of preference. I also felt it was time to declutter some of my habits and traits that I had to let go of." 
Something I left behind.
✨"I thought I could manage myself, but there was a need to get these things because I detest inconveniencing myself or anybody. While packing, I left those things behind, and a few people asked why. It's simple—these items weren't necessary things to journey with, and leaving them behind would be of help to someone else. " 
Books Left Behind
✨"The weight wasn’t what really mattered though. It was the dead weight. Any book that patiently waits for anyone to open it, feast their eyes on it… is in a coma. Turning dead after a couple of years. I realized most of my books were of that kind. Great, rare books. Unused. Comatose." 
A Path That Wasn’t Mine
✨"Eventually, she threw me out of her place one night and normally, I would apologize for doing nothing but this time, I just left. Because I was tired. Tired of being someone I’m not and all for what? So I held my head high, walked out of her place and never looked back." 
De-CENTERING
✨"And I can’t over-stress how strong I consider myself to be when I finally let go of something or someone. Maybe it’s because I know that I stumbled several times before finally getting to that stage of finally letting go." 
KISS #172: The peace that comes from leaving some relationships behind
✨"This toxic relationship made me a caricature. I became a gray character who could not act or speak on my own. My partner's constant jealousy caused me to live in constant stress and eternal bitterness. I spent hours without sleep, crying, wondering how I allowed that man to control even my thoughts." 
Not Everything Is Meant To Stay
✨"I forgave everyone even those who never apologized, I let myself stop overthinking every little thing, I walked away from relationships that drained my inner peace.it did not happen all at once, It was slow. Some days, I cried, some days, I wanted to go back but I kept going and in letting go, I started to feel free." 
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🔸 The community encourages authors to engage and build rapport with other team members by leaving meaningful comments.
🔸 If possible we recommend that authors try to use original photos taken by you. Photos count toward the possibility of your post being curated.
🔸 Just a reminder that the weekly #KISS Blog Ideas is presented with ideas on topics to write about and to help you to structure your blogs, they are not meant to be questionnaires for you to list information and publish.
🔸 The presentation of your blog goes a long way and sharing aspects of your lives and your personal stories and experiences should be a lot more than a list that can be found in various places over the web.
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