How I did it: I've always had a deep desire to live simply. I have been working on finding the basics of my life for about a year now. This goal is still ongoing, however, I have truly made massive improvements over that past year. I feel like I can breathe now. I am not surrounded with clutter or confusion, only simple, pure, real peace.
Some tips on how to do it:

• Organize, organize, organize. Clean out everything, examine everything from a need basis.
• Keep a journal with continual ideas of how to make your life simpler. write them down and make them smaller goals. 
• Take your time. Don't get rid of absolutely everything you own in search of simplicity. Take it slow, go day by day and pace yourself.
  
• Create good cleaning and clutter habits. Learn to put things away after you use them, learn to not keep the appealing but pointless clutter that is forced upon you.
  

Lessons & tips: Steadily make your self conscious of your everyday choices. Look at the big things in life and really put all the worthless stuff in your life in perspective.

Resources: 409, cardboard boxes, trash bags and continually working up more ways to live simply.

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Mar 03, 12:36PM PST | 3 comments | 11 cheers