I read many blog posts each day. They mostly focus on personal finance, but also on minimalism and travel . Here are some of my favorites that I read in the past 2 months.
I have a habit of saving posts as open tabs in my browser, and putting together my favorites post all at once. Unfortunately, my browser decided to reboot at the beginning of March, and refused to restore all my open tabs (the horror!). Since most of my February favorites were lost, and March was going to be crazy anyway, I decided to smush together posts from both months. Enjoy.
10 Life-Changing Tips for Decluttering Items You Thought You Couldn’t. I have been working on clearing the clutter from my home for years (more successfully since 2020). This list from Joshua Becker at Becoming Minimalist is the best collection of tips I’ve seen, all in one place. I know most (all) of them, but will likely need to review this a few times a year. I would add, as an extra, bonus tip, that sometimes a second pass of decluttering helps you clear away things that you thought you couldn’t possibly part with on the first pass.
In no way would anyone call me a fashionable dresser. My idea of dressing up is wearing my newest piece of clothing, possibly ironed (though the ironing board hasn’t come out of the closet for at least 2 years). However. I understand that some people care more about this stuff, and struggle with too many clothes. I liked this post on picking a style to help manage a wardrobe, though I suppose it could also help with decorating the home, streamlining the kitchen, etc. From Karen Trefzger at No Sidebar: How to Use the Three-Word Method to Simplify your Wardrobe and Home.
As you may have noticed, I basically stopped writing new blog posts for the month leading up to my board recertification exam. I have been overwhelmed with: work, study, work, family issues, work. This guest post at Becoming Minimalist spoke to me about minimizing parts of my life other than physical clutter: Minimalism’s Missing Piece.
A related post from No Sidebar extols the virtues of leaving space open in your home and your calendar: The Magic of Margin Can Unlock Your Home’s Potential.
For the past year or so, I have noticed a number of personal finance bloggers write about learning to spend their money. They are (were) having problems with this, after years of working to spend less and save more. Money with Katie had a thought provoking post which, I think, explains a lot about the problems with shifting mindset. Not expounded on: how better to think about money when you do need to cut back your spending. Anyway, Purity Finance gave me plenty to think about.
I have gotten sucked into watching short videos (no doubt they were originally released on TikTok) served up to me by some algorithm. They are usually comedy skits about healthcare, but this one popped up on why index funds are the way to go. Enjoy.
Do you have any favorite posts that I probably missed?