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The Minimalist community presents It's More or Less the Best, a curation compilation highlighting some outstanding blogs published over the past week.

These selected authors shared their personal stories and views on different aspects of their minimalist lifestyle, giving some insight into what the style of living involves.

This compilation is presented to help shine the spotlight on the selected posts, with the hope that you will take a look at them in case you missed any.

Outstanding Minimalists Blogs in no particular order.

The weight of time travel

✨"Living like this is quite heavy, regrets become a giant heavy suitcase that you force yourself to carry even when you can let go or even roll it. I say that from experience, I used to imagine at night how things would be if I had done what I had the opportunity to do some years ago and yes, it caused me a lot of damage. That became a habit and it didn't take long for me to experience anxiety because of the damage I was causing myself for something that was no longer in my hands to change." @jemima1996

The life I left behind: A revival of some memories...

✨"For me it is a conflict that many things I have left behind (positive) I can no longer live or feel again. Mainly because it has human beings as part of that strange feeling of loss and at the same time longing.... I know, it's confusing, I know. However, time does not ‘forgive’ absolutely no one. We are all transitory passengers." @chris-chris92

Applying Minimalism in Relationships

✨"Forgiveness is another way I apply minimalism. I believe in giving room for change because no one is perfect. If you recognize your mistakes and are eager to correct them, I forgive and forget. I also expect the same from my friends, no hoarding grudges, no silent resentment." @princessbusayo

Pouring Into What Matters

✨"I always invest my resources according to the kind of energy people exude. I don’t tolerate negativity in any form, whether as a joke or not. This isn’t just something I came up with from nowhere, it’s a lesson I learned from experiences. I remember how an old friend of mine reached out to me about an issue and from the very onset, she was so pessimistic." @abenad

People Are Not Furniture

✨"People are not furniture or clothes to be tried on, used and discarded when of no use. They are humans with feelings, emotions and beliefs just like me. Yes, there are some relationships that only has superficial value. Sometimes, we focus on breadth instead of depth while building connections." @terjix

Less Is More

✨"These days, I make a budget for the things that I need at the beginning of the month and I try to stay within the budget. Most times my friends would text out of the blue and ask if we could go out, I would say maybe next month, I didn’t make plans to go out and it wasn’t included in my budget. I’m glad that they understand whenever I explain to them and recently, they would tell me to make plans for it." @beeeee

Know When It's Not Working

✨"Letting go and building meaningful relationships since this year has been my watchword. When it’s not working, it’s not working, so I don’t try to argue myself into waiting. But at the same time, I’m more intentional about the people I keep close." @jhymi

It’s A Journey Not A Trip…

✨"Just like the lifestyle of a butterfly, you can only tell and appreciate the beauty of a butterfly when it fully matures. But there were stages it passed through before it became the beautiful butterfly we appreciate today." @abdul-qudus

Kiss 152: Have a million friends?

✨"Certainly, I am an extroverted and adventurous person, and that makes you think that my circle of friends can be very wide, but no: I haven't had any new friends for a long time, because the ones I have are already enough. " @nancybriti1

Amplifying Connections.

✨"I have always known that life isn't easy for many of us, and we are just trying to support others physically, mentally, and emotionally while fighting personal battles, so when someone doesn't show any sense of appreciation or reciprocate this gesture in the simplest of forms while in a relationship, it's no relationship." @george-dee

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Some additional tips

🔸 The community encourages authors to engage and build rapport with other team members by leaving meaningful comments.

🔸 If possible we recommend that authors try to use original photos taken by you. Photos count toward the possibility of your post being curated.

🔸 Just a reminder that the weekly #KISS Blog Ideas is presented with ideas on topics to write about and to help you to structure your blogs, they are not meant to be questionnaires for you to list information and publish.

🔸 The presentation of your blog goes a long way and sharing aspects of your lives and your personal stories and experiences should be a lot more than a list that can be found in various places over the web.

🔸 You do not need to wait or only blog in response to the prompts provided. You're free to share any aspect of your minimalist lifestyle at any time.

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