The Personal Development community encyclopedia

I’ve had several questions lately about what certain terms are that I’ve been using here. Well, to make things a bit clearer I’m going to provide you with a post on  terms that are being used in the personal development and lifestyle design niche. It’s by no means complete though and I urge you to [...]

My blogchallenge, a weekly update 10

Time flies when you’re having fun. It seems only yesterday I was writing the last weekly update. Well, here are the numbers again. I’ve heard from various sources that they appreciate these updates and are looking forqard to them every week. The end date of the challenge is slowly coming closer though and the person [...]

Kindness as an Internet currency

Something new happened to me today, I was a bit stuck on a topic to write about. I confessed this to Carl (Slacker Reform, have been talking a lot lately) and he suggested I write something on Kindness or Generosity. A brilliant idea and let me start with saying thank you Carl for this kind [...]

Upgrading for the sake of upgrading: an ode to the old

How often do you see a commercial claiming a “new and improved” formula, or just something stating it’s “new” or “the latest”. Almost every month they design a new toothbrush that’s supposed to be an improvement over the old one. I still use a simple average toothbrush and it does what it’s supposed to.
The best [...]

Living on a small footprint, minimalist living: The Japan edition

I’ve been looking into minimalist homes a lot lately and at how the Japanese tackle this challenge in particular. In my previous article on minimalist living I identified what it is exactly that we need to live somewhere, for convenience I’ll give the list again:

A bed
A desk/table and chair
A toilet
A shower
A kitchen
A place to store [...]