I feel incredibly lucky to have such a great group of readers and commenters, and know I have some pretty amazing people visiting this blog. However, I (and other readers) only get small glimpses into your stories; I wish I could sit each of you down, buy you a cup of coffee, and learn more about your experiences in minimalist living.
Even better: I’d love to share your stories with everyone here. I’m pretty sure we’d all like to get to know each other better. To that end, I’d like to introduce a new feature here on the blog: Real Life Minimalists.
If you’d like to be a featured minimalist, simply email me something about yourself in approximately 350-750 words. (I’ll post your words exactly as written, so don’t include anything you don’t want on the internet!)
You can remain as anonymous as you’d like; if you don’t want to use your real name, simply make up a handle (sorry, Miss Minimalist is already taken!). If you’d like to include a photo, fantastic—it can be of yourself, or some aspect of your home that showcases your particular minimalist style.
It doesn’t matter whether you’re a master minimalist, a minimalist-in-training, or a minimalist newbie—we take all kinds here! :-) No matter where you are on your minimalist journey (even if you’re just starting out), we’d love to hear your story.
And if you have a blog, please include your URL and tell us something about it. That way, we’ll all know where to go if we want to learn more!
I’m so excited about this, and hope you share my enthusiasm! If so, all you have to do is:
1. write up an approx. 350-750 word profile about yourself
2. email it to me at ct09 AT missminimalist.com (remove the spaces and replace the AT with @, of course!)
3. include an optional .JPG photo of yourself or home (500 x 500 pixels maximum size)
If you have any questions, simply ask them here in the comments.
I can’t wait to get to know you better!
the intentional minimalist features farm-to-table recipes and links to encourage our northern michigan neighbors to cook with local, seasonally fresh produce and locally produced products.
recipes are created based on my 9 bean rows community supported agriculture weekly share (seasonal greens, fruits, vegetables, herbs, eggs and wood-fired artisan breads) paired with zero-waste pantry cooking staples from our local natural foods cooperative and weekly farmer’s market finds (herbs, fresh pastas, local dairy products, local wines, etc).
my current post from yesterday features a peak into my minimalist kitchen, pantry supplies and my zero-waste shopping trip to the farmer’s market. currently i live in a condo that is approximately 180 square feet.
http://theintentionalminimalist.blogspot.com/2011/05/tiny-minimalist-kitchen.html
thank you for taking the time to read the minimalist kitchen post and thank you for all the inspirational musings that you have shared with us.
cheers-
kristin celeste
I am definitely a wannabe minimalist. I have been married for 33 years, have three sons who have all recently moved out (permanently this time, not just for college!)and have a house full of memories that need to be thinned! My husband and I would like to downsize soon, and so have started the process of “shedding”. I am absolutely CRAVING this. (My husband, not so much!) I have recently moved my mother into a retirement home and had to move and disperse her things. She was a wonderful homemaker, and decorated for every season, as I have learned to do from her. But what an eye opening experience to have to go through all of someones things and realize how little we really need in this life. How much waste is just weighing us down.
I am having a hard time motivating my husband to let go of some of these things. In theory he is on the same page, but in practice it is different. There are so many memories that accumulate in 33 years of marriage and family, that it is hard to let go sometimes. But every trip to the donation center is a thrill for me, and makes me feel lighter and freer.
I will pack up a memory box for each of my children and happily pass this on to them. I will thin my decorations to just a few pieces for each seasons.
I am ready to “empty my backpack” and move on!
–Wannabe