The Minimalist Mindset
A step-by-step to guide to writing a better life story.
Mission Accomplished!
As of May 25th 2017, I completed every item on my Life List. You can check out the wrap up post here.
Latest Stories
A New Monthly Life List (February 2018): Fun, Free and Local
It is monthly Life List time again! This month you will find a whole new assortment of local, free and helpful activities that you can start doing today!
How To Learn To Be Productive: A Distillation of What Works
After spending over 100 hours researching, testing and using a vast number of productivity techniques, tools, books, and software, I have put together a productivity guide that showcases all of the most useful resources for learning to be productive.
Seven 15-Minute Decluttering Projects You Can Complete Today
The following decluttering projects are quick yet valuable mini-projects that you can finish today.
Latest Adventures
Is The World Cup The World’s Greatest Sporting Event?
Nine stories up in a high-rise building in the middle of a city of 22 million people, I lay awake, dazed and energized. Outside explosions were going off and horns were blaring. I was in Sao Paulo, and Brazil was in the middle of their first World Cup match of this...
Beyond Slush, Strays and Stalin: An Alternative Sochi Story
I only have one rule for the woman whom I will eventually marry. Before I propose, we have to go on a bad trip together. If the planned trip turns out too well, we will need to try again. The trip needs to go poorly. I'm a hopeless romantic; I know. Complaints are the...
How I Unexpectedly Ended up in North Korea
Under the unflinching eyes of five armed soldiers I was led toward the world's most hostile room. The room straddled the unmistakable physical boundary, the Military Demarkation Line, the border that separates North and South Korea. The tension between the enemy...
Latest Guides
The Beginner’s Guide To Productivity
After spending over 100 hours researching, testing and using a vast number of productivity techniques, tools, books, and software, I have chosen the following productivity resources as the best of the best. This guide starts with the assumption that you know nothing about productivity and walks you step-by-step through a streamlined process for learning to be productive. This guide is a distillation of only the truly valuable resources that you need in order to master the skill of productivity in your own life.
The Beginner’s Guide To Meditation
After spending hours analyzing the latest research regarding the science of meditation, Brenda Umana, (who holds a Masters of Public Health from Columbia University) has combined her eight years of practice in meditation in both the United States and in India to narrow down the key actions newcomers should take to most efficiently learn the skill of meditation.
The Beginner’s Guide To Live Storytelling
After interviewing award-winning radio producer (This American Life‘s Seth Lind), television writers (Bojack Horseman‘s Shauna McGarry and The Slate‘s Kevin Allison), competitive storytelling champion (The Moth‘s David Crabb), podcast hosts (Risk!‘s Kevin Allison and Michelle Walson), and best-selling author (Margo Leitman), Washington Post reporter and three-time Moth champion, Melanie Hamlett has narrowed down the key actions newcomers should take to most efficiently learn the art of storytelling.