Got something sitting in your crawl space, attic, garage, or basement that was once useful but has been catching dust for months or years?  I’ve got news for you: it’s now obsolete and you need to let it go.

As the famous William Morris quote goes, “Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.” In the office, both must apply.  That is why I finally donated a beautiful, stainless steel, German-crafted notepad that had been largely unused for years.  

I’ve been accused of not being sentimental enough.  I’m so sentimental that I kept my first yoga mat from the late 1990s up until very recently.  Dingy, worn thin and replaced many times over, it served no purpose but to make me feel mostly bad every time I saw it in the various hidden places it landed.  Moreover, my mom gave it to me and we had matching mats for years.  It had been with me to Costa Rica and is the place I first learned to connect breath with movement... 

What is it about T-Shirts that makes them nearly impossible to donate?  It’s almost like they’re woven of 100% pure emotional attachment. I break it down for you in my latest minimalism tutorial video where I tell the tales of the beloved T-shirts that I finally put in the donations bag. You’ll perhaps be pleased to know that I fell victim to a common decluttering pitfall: 

The minimalism video tutorial series is back!  I just posted a lesson on getting rid of your old MRIs and X-rays.  Yes, many of you have MRIs and X-rays that you cannot get rid of for various reasons, but many of you DO have MRIs and X-rays that are totally obsolete that you should get rid of, like I finally did. Watch the video below. Click here to watch the entire series.

Joshua Millburn, half of the famous duo, "The Minimalists" guest posted A Day in the Life of a Minimalist on Leo Baubata's Zen Habits blog. You’ll agree that Joshua has absolutely earned the label “minimalist,” not just by buying less, but also scouring his days for superfluities, thus, finding true breathing space in his life. This is one of the most unique and inspiring “day in the life” posts I have ever read, stressing habits over routines.