By Josh Rueff on May 10, 2013 The ugly side of minimalism is hidden from most minimalists. When I was in junior high, my friends from the church youth group decided that secular music was evil. They gathered their CD’s and destroyed them like a Spanish Inquisition book burning. Some did it quietly, silently mourning […]
By Josh Rueff on May 16, 2013 This excerpt from my journal helps illustrate the characteristics of the 6 word story with a comparison to memory: It was in coastal Yokosuka – a fog-swirling morning after rain. A ghostly light, like a gray halo, was edging over the line on the dark blue Pacific. Salt […]
By Josh Rueff on May 09, 2013 The haiku makes abstract art look like a Rembrandt. When a novice like myself writes a haiku, the communication isn’t clear, and the words fall into a wretched jumble of flowery nonsense. But when a pro picks up a pen, a pro who writes haiku, the words […]
A more accurate title for this post is “The First 10 Simple Steps to Life Simplification”, but long titles aren’t displayed completely in Google search results, so in the spirit of minimalism, I stuck with the simplified version. The other day I was staring violently at my computer screen, willing Google to give me the information […]
By Josh Rueff on May 19, 2013 Finding True North by Defining For a long stretch of my life, I couldn’t pinpoint exactly what kind of lifestyle I wanted. Minimalist living wasn’t an option because I didn’t know it existed. So I pursued what I considered a lifestyle of freedom – freedom from debt, escape […]
The purpose of this post is to introduce the concept of Minimalist Living, and to share with you why I’m pursuing this kind of lifestyle. What is Minimalist Living, and Why is it Important? Minimalist living is essentially the growing response to a perceived problem with the way we live. The American Culture, and […]