How to Retire Early with Minimalism

How to retire early with minimalism. This post is part of a series on early retirement and financial independence. You can see all of the Early Retirement posts here. Of course, I need to clarify here that I believe it’s a pretty privileged life that allows one to retire early. Many of these early retirees

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Clutter Free Gift Ideas for Father’s Day

If Father’s Day is an upsetting day on your calendar, I feel you. There were several decades that I never celebrated Father’s Day and it was a downer of a day. Hugs to you.  Cliched list of Father’s Day gifts: bill fold flask cuff links Whiskey *my husband really enjoys whiskey so I agree, it’s

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Going Gray Gracefully: Why I Stopped Coloring My Hair

Should you keep coloring your hair or let it go grey? If you colour your hair to cover gray, have you ever considered stopping? I’ve been colouring my hair for twenty years. Until five years ago, around age 35, I mostly coloured because I didn’t like my natural light brown hair colour. Three or four

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Why Would You Want to Retire Early?

Why would anyone want to retire early? In a newsletter I posed the question “what do you think of early retirement?” and had a wonderful response from a reader. To paraphrase she said, I enjoy my career, find it mentally stimulating, enjoy getting that time with adults everyday while my children are at preschool. Working

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A Screen Free Summer

  This idea to have a screen free summer has been kicking around in my head for months. I’ve talked to my husband about it repeatedly and he recently agreed we are going to give it a go. When my oldest is out of school at the end of June, we’re moving our television and the

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Can You Be a Minimalist If You Live in a House?

Can A Minimalist Live In A House? When I announced we were moving into a house back in the fall a few people commented that minimalists can’t live in houses. Apparently, tiny homes and apartments are the only acceptable form of housing if you want to try and live simply and with less stuff. I

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Minimalist-ish Family Series: Eliza, Minimal MD

Sharing Eliza’s Story of Upsizing and Downsizing Today as Part of the Minimalist Family Series. You can read more about Eliza’s journey at MinimalMD.com. Our Family When we arrive at a new place, people often ask where we come from. My nine year old eagerly responds that she is from Connecticut, her seven year old

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