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Be Happier With Less — 16 Tips To Living A Minimalistic Life
3 min readSep 29, 2021
- Get Rid Of Stuff — Sell or donate clothes you haven’t worn in a while, finally get rid of childhood stuff you know you will never use again and only buy what you need.
- Consume Less Entertainment — Try to produce more instead of consuming TV, video games or shows. Work on yourself, your life or your relationships instead.
- Create A Place For Everything — Unless it is decorations, you should have a place to store everything. Build a shelf, order a cupboard or get rid of it. If it does not have a place refer to #1.
- Schedule Your Time — To create more time you must take control of it. If you want to work less, produce more and become more effective overall, then schedule the hours of the day and make a plan.
- Become Cost-Efficient — Think of everything in terms of $/hour. Buying a T-shirt is X hours of work, buying a TV Y hours and that Netflix subscription costs you Z hours a month. What could you live without? How many hours a month would that save you? How much extra money would you earn?
- Shop Smart — Get a shopping list and only buy what is on there. Take stuff from the lowest shelf as that is the cheapest. Look for similar, non-brand products when buying something or buy it second-hand.
- Get A Pre-Paid Credit Card —…
