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What Would Happen If You Don't Buy Anything for up to a Year?
Writer Katie Jgln asks exactly that
Feb 2
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Podcast Episode: Is Minimalism For You?
Spoiler alert: probably
Dec 22, 2023
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A Non-Gift Gift Guide
For those of you looking for something more meaningful than socks
Dec 15, 2023
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The Fetishisation of Fall
Oct 27, 2023
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If Minimalism Wants to Survive, It Must Evolve Away From Minimalist Bros and Insta-Perfect Homes
Jul 28, 2023
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12 Areas of Life to Embrace "Outside the Box" Thinking
Mar 24, 2023
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The Quiet Power of Rejecting "Comfort Creep"
Feb 10, 2023
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7 Thoughts I've Had This Week About What Makes a Good Life
Jun 23, 2023
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The Joneses Don't Just Live Next Door Anymore, They Live in Your Pocket
Feb 17, 2023
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We Have to Stop Telling Young People Working in Bars and Restaurants Isn’t a Worthy Career
Take it from me, it absolutely is
Dec 1, 2023
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“Trumpian Thinking” Is Why the World Has an Empathy Problem
Simple, biased answers for incredibly complex problems may be social media-friendly, but they’re not doing you any good.
Nov 10, 2023
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The Fetishisation of Fall
When 70% of pumpkins go to landfill in a country with 34 million hungry citizens, you know our love of Fall has gone too far
Oct 27, 2023
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Work, Wine, and Wanderlust: A Podcast Episode
Listen to me blather on about all three
Oct 19, 2023
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Charlie Brown
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The End of the Ultra-Cheap Stuff Era Is Coming
It was never sustainable anyway
Oct 6, 2023
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Blue Zones Suggest You Should Drink Natural Wine to Live to 100. Here’s Everything You Need to Know About It
From someone who specialises in the stuff
Sep 29, 2023
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Blue Zones Suggest You Should Drink Natural Wine to Live to 100. Here’s Everything You Need to Know About It
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This Is What Happens When You Move to a Tiny Village with No Shops, No Cafe — and You Don’t Own a Car
Anyone fancy a two-hour walk to the shops and back?
Sep 22, 2023
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