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A Lighter Way to Scan

If you’ve been reading my blog for some time, you know I love my scanner. My goal is to be as paperless as possible, and my scanner has been instrumental in helping me achieve that.

So I never, ever, ever dreamed that I might declutter my scanner (and I haven’t yet). But lately, I’ve been bypassing it and using my new favorite app, Scannable.

I should add a disclaimer here that I’m no technology guru. I can count the number of apps I use on one hand: Instagram, Kindle, and the camera and calculator apps that came installed on my phone.… {Read more}

100 Possessions: Laptop

When you live with as little as possible, every item has to pull its own weight. And the more needs a single thing can satisfy, the greater its value in a minimalist household.

With that in mind, if I had to pick my most “valuable” possession, it would be my laptop. It’s a true minimalist workhorse; not only has it enabled me to purge scores of other items, it’s also greatly reduced the amount of living and workspace I need.

How has my laptop helped simplify my life? Oh, let me count the ways! This one little device has eliminated the following physical things from my home:

1.… {Read more}