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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 Minimalist Blogs in no particular order.

Travel style: Filling the suitcase

✨"I'm more of a simple wear person...just polos, jerseys, trousers, and footwear. So these enter the bag first, in limited portions, if I'm travelling home, because my siblings have jerseys that I can wear. And the funny thing is, the more I pack those clothes home, the more I forget them when coming back. In my house, once an item is forgotten, it's a seized item." @kingsleyy

My Essentials Must Suit my Case

✨"While some may think they can always get their toiletries where they are going. It's not always advisable, especially as a minimalist, we don't have to abandon what we have at home when they can easily suit our case, to later spend a lot of money on them outside. Some of those hotel attendants are funny; once they know you are in dire need of an item, they increase the price as if there is no tomorrow. " @ainajane

Slow but fast

✨"I like to believe that I have a huge role to play when it comes to how people relate with me, and I don’t think I’m wrong about that at all. If anything was to spoil my relationship with someone, I prefer to think I was the one who didn’t do something right because I know myself better, and that has helped me travel light in the sense that I don’t get into arguments with people unnecessarily or even worry about holding grudges towards them." @hopestylist

A test of simplicity and growth

✨"The biggest factor that would influence my decision on what to carry along would be versatility, things that serve multiple purposes, that are durable, lightweight and also adaptable. I'll focus on the most likely things I may need and not the "what-ifs".
I'd also like to carry along with me an open heart, curiosity and flexibility because I think one year away is not just a test of what I can carry, but how much I can grow, how well I can adapt, and how deeply I can appreciate the little things." @madilyn02

Minimemo #5 The 5-4-3-2-1 Method But Make It Simple

✨"I am not always perfect in my groceries, in fact, sometimes I get so horrible at it. But recently, I noticed one thing that I barely noticed in a long time. There were days when I got hungry, but we had no ingredients in our pantry, and as a result, I resorted to delivery, which is convenient and makes sense. However, they come with costs, and sometimes, they even cost more than fresh ingredients that we have at home." @macchiata

Living free with light bagpack.

✨"I won't let you use my things. I hope you are not depending on my clothes because we aren't the same size. I also get teased about sharing a hairbrush." These funny responses are what I always get, but in the end, I leave my host wondering how I survived on that small backpack for sometimes a month." @lara-bee

"Tired but still trying"

✨"I’ve been working on setting a boundary between my younger sister, my family, and myself. I know you might be thinking, "Boundaries for families?" Yeah! I guess that's the only way I can get rid of the burden, feel lighter, and be at peace with my conscience. I somehow believe that if I eventually succeed, I will not only have the peace and happiness I crave, but I will also earn a good level of respect." @ginika

Packing With Intention...

✨"Two shirts and an armless top, a palm sandal and crocs, my toothbrush, paste, deodorants, and a few other things for body care. My headphones and water bottle, I need them always, so it's important. As long as I am not going outside space for a whole year, I can get whatever I need that's not in my backpack when I arrive." @george-dee

The lighter the luggage, the better

✨"To add colour to my world: I'll bring a lipstick and nail polish for when the days are too grey.
In a small, closed box, I would put a pair of scissors, a needle with black and white thread, two pain pills, a nail clipper and three band-aids for small wounds I'm sure I'll get because I'm so clumsy. Oh, and a stamp of the Virgin of the Valley to take care of me." @nancybriti1

Travellin' Light

✨"Jamie said that to me the other day. 'You manage to find happiness all the time,' he said. I was excited about the new garden bed out the front, which looked fantastic. I checked my heart. Yep, it was happy. Jamie doesn't experience happiness like this, and certainly not as often. I wonder if that's the reason he goes back in time, to a time he thought he was happy, except he wasn't - he was messed up a lot of the time, but life was punctuated with extreme highs of raving. " @riverflows

Things I consider essential

✨"I set out for the bag that contains everything that I will be needing because I can't afford to carry two bags with the struggle and weight. After that is sorted out, the first thing I will put inside the bag is my underwear. I remember going on a journey to another state that would take up to a month. I was in such a hurry as the preparation for that travel was urgent." @coolbabe88

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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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