minimalism.

I knew what I wanted the end result to feel like, but I had no idea how to get there. So, like all good yuppies, I headed straight to the oracle: Google.

living with less...enter
how to live with less...enter
getting rid of stuff...enter
how to simplify...enter

My quick search revealed two striking truths: 1) There sure are a lot of religious people talking about this stuff, and 2) I am seriously late to the party.

Friends, I give you The Minimalists. These guys are amazing. Their former lives? Eerily like mine. Their new lives? Pretty much exactly as I envisioned. Anything original I thought I had to offer on the idea of stripping down one's modern life is...um, not. Not original at all. Turns out there's even a patented name for what I'm craving: minimalism. Just putting that out there.

Which is not to say I won't blog about my personal experience. I will. But I must first curtsy to my elders, who are super rad and you should totally go over to their site right now and soak up their wisdom for yourselves.

It's cool, I'll wait.