{"id":2244,"date":"2015-01-08T11:37:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T18:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bemorewithless.com\/?p=2244"},"modified":"2015-01-08T11:33:07","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T18:33:07","slug":"everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bemorewithless.com\/everything\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimalism is Everything"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bemorewithless.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/minimalismeverything.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2245\" src=\"https:\/\/bemorewithless.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/minimalismeverything.jpg\" alt=\"Minimalism is Everything\" width=\"645\" height=\"905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bemorewithless.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/minimalismeverything.jpg 645w, https:\/\/bemorewithless.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/minimalismeverything-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When you think\u00a0about minimalism, you might envision white, bare walls, empty closets, and a stark existence. That&#8217;s what I thought it was. Even when I was actively decluttering\u00a0and\u00a0cutting commitments, I thought minimalism was too extreme for me.<\/p>\n<p>As a busy, working mom and wife, I dismissed a bunch of ideas because I was afraid that I would I create an empty life, that I wouldn&#8217;t have enough, or that I would be bored. I also worried about shaking up my family or alienating friends.<\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, all of those fears were excuses in disguise. I was defending my comfort zone because I was afraid of change.<\/p>\n<p>When I finally leaned into the ideas that scared me like owning less, and living in a smaller space, what I created was a full life. Everytime I let something go, I made room for something better to come in.<\/p>\n<h2>Now that I own less and do less, my life is full of &#8230;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>health<\/li>\n<li>love<\/li>\n<li>time<\/li>\n<li>space<\/li>\n<li>possibility<\/li>\n<li>creativity<\/li>\n<li>adventure<\/li>\n<li>joy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Along the way, I learned that <a href=\"https:\/\/bemorewithless.com\/defining-minimalism\/\" target=\"_blank\">defining minimalism<\/a> is up to me. I can enjoy\u00a0my <a href=\"https:\/\/bemorewithless.com\/favorite\/\" target=\"_blank\">favorite things<\/a>, hang art on my white walls, and clothes in my closet and still experience the tremendous benefits that minimalism has to offer.<\/p>\n<p>So lean in. Instead of nothing, minimalism will give you\u00a0everything.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you think\u00a0about minimalism, you might envision white, bare walls, empty closets, and a stark existence. That&#8217;s what I thought it was. 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