A special thanks to each of you for making 2023 such an enjoyable year here at Becoming Minimalist. It was my fifteenth year of writing on this blog, and I have loved every...

“You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” ~Louise Hay Since I was a little girl, I believed there was something fundamentally...

This short story was first published in 1916 by Mary Griggs Van Voorhis. It is a heartwarming story about love, empathy, and doing the right thing. I hope you enjoy it this Christmas...

“How you revise, rethink, and rewrite your personal narrative as things change, lurch, or go wrong in your life matters a great deal.”  ~Bruce Feiler It’s happened to all of us. Just when life is...

“You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.” ~John SteinbeckIn the early stages of my relationships, I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what the other person...

“When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.” ~Willie Nelson You know you’re not living the life of your dreams when you’re doing mundane things like brushing your teeth, doing laundry,...

“You don’t have to rebuild a relationship with everyone you have forgiven.” ~Unknown “Forgive” and “forcefully” are not two words I have ever joined together before. My idea of forgiveness involved kind and gentle meekness. Goodness. Altruism. Compassion. But...

As the week of Christmas officially begins, many of us will find ourselves caught up in a whirlwind of preparation and shopping.Almost all of us desire our upcoming week to be a...