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Nurturing My Inner Happiness

cajiro — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:06:18 GMT

Like many others, I believe in traveling to certain places to relax and let go a little of the burdens that come with day-to-day responsibilities and tasks. In most cases, these are spontaneous trips without much planning beyond what’s necessary. This not only brings me happiness but also helps me see the true value of things—and that this value shouldn’t be tied to material possessions, but rather to recognizing that everything has its own time and place. If we’re talking about letting go for our own good, I think the first step is to avoid making our luggage a burden that’s hard to carry.

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A few months ago, I traveled with a friend to an area full of beaches and mountains—two excellent settings for enjoying nature. My luggage? A small bag containing just a couple of shirts, a pair of pants, underwear, and an extra pair of shoes, in addition to my toiletries. To my friend, this was, to some extent, a bit irresponsible—especially when compared to everything he was carrying. It was like trying to pack his entire bedroom into his suitcases. The place we went to was quite rural, lacking the comforts of the city but offering something completely natural and different—exactly what you need to break out of that bubble we sometimes lock ourselves into from working so hard and just going through the daily grind.

From very little, I can gain a lot, which is why I try to make the most of every trip I take to nurture my mental and emotional well-being. I don’t usually take long trips or travel for extended periods, so I try to make these small breaks in my schedule—which I always prioritize highly. I like places that are far removed from the urban routine and as simple as possible. When my mind feels detached from the frantic pace of my weeks, it’s as if a soft melody begins to play, allowing me to relax. Reading a book or spending a pleasant afternoon listening to music are ideal scenarios that bring me true peace—small moments that bring me great happiness. I’ve also noticed that when I carve out this alone time for myself, I enjoy cooking or going for a walk even more.

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There are times when I simply can’t escape my responsibilities, but I try as much as possible to treat myself to some free time at home—always with music as the common thread. I can spend an entire day exploring my favorite genres and artists without ever getting bored; on the contrary, I feel more motivated and emotionally rejuvenated. You could say that when I don’t have the chance to go somewhere special, I try to create my own atmosphere at home, with just a few things that bring me so much joy. I really appreciate those moments when it’s not so much what you think but what you feel—so naturally—that it becomes a great source of comfort.

The sense of fulfillment I feel after these moments is simply priceless, especially because I feel like I’ve nurtured and invested in something as important as my own happiness. It’s so profound that it might seem quite strange to many people, but the key is knowing that what I do doesn’t have to be outwardly flashy—rather, it’s the profound impact it has on my emotions, my feelings, and my outlook on life that matters most.

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Thank you for taking the time to read this post.

See you soon.

The way to feed my souls

intishar — Sun, 25 Oct 2026 19:36:42 GMT

"A body without a soul is a corpse, a soul without a body is a ghost"- Ayn Rand
It says that most of us are just surviving, but we forgot how to live our life. We have a soul, and it’s kind of dying just by following a similar schedule, like we are running inside a circle, and every morning is just we are starting from the same point again and again, like reset. Such kind of loop is non-ending and with time our souls get exhausted and slowly we die. It means we are forgetting how to enjoy our life. We need to break the cycle from time to time to feed our souls and feel the inner happiness. It’s very important.

I what actually give me the feeling of being alive. I think that changing the environment and exploring new places is something that can give me happiness. That's why from time to time I go on adventures and tours. Whenever I go, I feel like I become free from the shackles of all burden. It’s a temporary relief but it is enough to give me strength to keep going for more weeks as it boosts my mind and it’s quite refreshing also. Besides, it gives me a sense of achievement.

There is no way I can go to explore new places all the time. Sometimes the time is too short for it. In such a case, I also have an option that can make me happy and it’s ordering food from restaurants. In rare cases I try fast food, but when I feel my mood is not right and I don’t feel like going outside also. I just install applications for ordering food and order some good food for myself. This actually works quite well for me. I feel happy whenever I taste those foods. But I try not to make it a habit, as I think home made food is the best one and I need to maintain hygiene.

Reading books is something that hits differently. The habit of reading books has been reduced a lot, but still, whenever I start reading books, I lose in it and at that time, I feel that smartphones and computers are boring. Maybe my mental state gives me that kind of suggestion in that moment, and It’s also a good thing in my opinion.

I know gossiping is not something good, but I feel that sometimes it is also good and brings many interesting stories to us. I usually gossip with my siblings, and I must say gossiping is quite fun as long as you are with people who belong from the same wavelength as you. Most of the time siblings are those people who are qualified.

Watching anime is something I like most. I feel I am lost in a different world when I start watching anime. It’s the world where I can be lost in fantasy, and in that world, I can forget about the real world. I think that I can forget about anything when I watch anime, and it gives me a different level of satisfaction.

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Room with a View

shanibeer — Sun, 25 Oct 2026 09:34:09 GMT

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There was this time I walked into a room and there was nothing in it except a comfortable bed with pillows and covers and a Cornish ware blue and white striped jug on the window sill holding red and purple black centred anemones.

It was warm, the winter sun streaming through the glass.

The room was plain, dowdy, an ordinary size double bedroom (a single next door, holding a drawing board and a rack of overcoats) in a modern townhouse, set near the city boundary, in a quiet cul-de-sac built on top of the council estate.

There was a break-in once, the murdered step ladders flung on the lawn, the shovel used to prise open the lounge windows dead on the patio.

What did they want to steal? The battered brown leather nineteen thirties suite? The Raoul Dufy poster of a cart horse and farm worker? Ah, the television, those old heavy things with a tube in the back.

Anyway, that's just me explaining context to you.

It was the room, walking into that room with nothing but a bed and a vase of anemones in the sunshine, that changed things.

I went back home to my house filled with necessary things - things I thought were necessary to have in a house. I had a secondhand mentality about the way to acquire things, South London working class, wartime generations of deprivation and old no-money ways.

Ugly double wardrobes, ugly upholstered chairs, a heavy dining table with barley twist legs, stained George Orwell spitting tobacco dark brown, in a clumsy mish-mash of a room.

And I left the man I was with.

Lol, this sounds almost too devastating.

That was the first clearing out, though even the second-hand wheeler dealers with the lot by the Underground station refused the wardrobes.

I remember the storage place with my few bits and bobs. The stand alone gas cooker with the eye level grill and plate warming racks, given by my mother's aunt, a New World model, inexpensive then, a luxury brand now.

A sturdy ancient upright Hoover gleaned from a junk shop, the wooden carver chair from Deptford market (not actually for sale but he said, "make me an offer"), still with the adhesive label with my name on it, standing in my bedroom. There were more things: my grandfather's army trunk, although that has gone now. One of those things you lose the run of. Maybe it was annihilated in a later purge.

That's the thing about minimalism: there's a cost. It's not an easy add-on, a style, pick the bits you like, buy the latest perfectly made, impossible to use, real pig's bristle, vegetable scrubber. It's real life wounds, tearing away from detritus, your skin, and heart, raw and bleeding.

Now I wander the world in a carefully authored carapace of old and new and new to me, layered, unhurried, notebook and pen in hand.

Buying a Sunday newspaper I've run out to get, all the sections and the supplement, staying with my lover in a place with no internet, reading every page.

Later, going to the gallery, hanging over the escalator, watching the tiny people below, looking at Tracey's Bed, and thinking, thank goodness that's over, although, of course, I never smoked. Afternoon tea on the edge of Green Park, the slight chill in the air as the temperature drops, a faint autumnal mist starting to form.

Supper in Chinatown.

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Above: Looking east to the City of London and 20 Fenchurch St, the Walkie-Talkie building.
Below: View from The Corner Bar, Tate Modern.
Saturday 15 November 2025

Leave all material things behind without looking back

jemima1996 — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 20:51:06 GMT

Minimalism completely changes our perception of things, because living a simple life is always the most important thing—and even when pursuing this lifestyle involves making big changes, minimalism somehow helps ensure that these changes aren’t as complicated or difficult as they might be for some people. I feel that this is one of the things that has personally helped me the most.

Of course, when you work hard to acquire your material possessions, they become part of your life, and you naturally develop a special fondness for them because they’re the fruit of your efforts. But living a simple life also means appreciating what you have as a result of those efforts without losing sight of the fact that they’ll always be just that—material possessions—and that they shouldn’t take on a more important role than they deserve.

Personally, this has helped me avoid unnecessary suffering. For example, when our circumstances changed and we had to move out of our home, I didn’t suffer more than necessary over losing the things I’d worked so hard to obtain; instead, I felt free to leave them behind because, just as all material things can eventually be replaced, having to move to care for a sick family member or something similar is on a completely different level.

On the other hand, material possessions will never stop you from pursuing your dreams when you’re a minimalist. For example, you won’t give up on that trip you’ve been longing for just because you have things to take care of and don’t want anything to happen to them while you’re away. My husband and I love exploring new places, and although life and its responsibilities don’t currently allow us to do it as much as we’d like, we’ve learned over time to detach emotionally from our material possessions because anything can happen at any moment, and it’s not worth giving up the joy of what we have because of them.

On the other hand, I’ve also avoided letting it get me down. I’ve noticed that sometimes people, because they don’t have what everyone else has, get a little frustrated, so they spend too much of their lives striving with all their might to get something that’s been heavily advertised. And you clearly notice this shift in your mindset when you look around and see that everyone has different goals than yours, and most of them are related to having the latest phone or owning many more material possessions.

In my opinion, living a simple life frees you from so many things. The main one I’ve seen in my own life is the fact that I don’t suffer unnecessarily over things that are fleeting and temporary—and that anyone can have with money. Instead, I realize there are things that go far beyond the material world and are so valuable that they’re priceless because of their immense worth—and it’s for those things that living a simple life allows me to strive.

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KISS BLOG IDEAS: WEEK #235 (Oct 24 - 30)

minimalistliving — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 23:00:00 GMT

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Hello, All Minimalists!

### It's that time again for our #KISS. This initiative gives you blogging ideas revolving around the minimalist lifestyle, and the good thing is that you have all week to write on this topic.

The guidelines are simple, so feel free to present your blog in a format of your choice.

##### Be creative, have fun sharing your knowledge and experiences with us, and make your blog as personable as you can. :)
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Option 1: What brings your soul joy, and how do you make time for it to nurture your inner happiness? Option 2: How can minimalism change the way we perceive and value the things we own?

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Being fully present means everything

jemima1996 — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 18:44:00 GMT

There are many things that, from my point of view, require my full attention, but I’ve noticed that I don’t always give it to them—or that other things prevent me from doing so. And I have to say that I hate that—realizing that I’m just there out of habit and that I’m not enjoying it or turning it into a pleasant memory for later. One of the things I feel is most important to me is when it comes to my family and friends.

I’ve noticed, like everyone else, that social gatherings with our friends or family are now very technology-heavy—in the sense that everyone has an electronic device in their hand to distract themselves for a moment right in the middle of a conversation. Sometimes, I look around and absolutely everyone present has a phone in their hand—and, unfortunately, so do I. These days, when I notice it, I put mine away immediately, but it’s still a problem.

As the years go by, you realize that time passes faster and faster, and moments like these are the only ones we have left when there are people so dear to us who are no longer with us. Thinking about this, I make a big effort—because the truth is, we’re already so used to having our devices nearby that it’s hard to put them down. I’ll have time to check my phone later, but right now this moment belongs to my family or friends, and that’s what I’ll hold onto.

It’s true that we have to stay up to date and understand how things work these days, but the truth is that the more technology we have, the fewer lasting relationships we manage to maintain. I love how my mom and dad now put their phones down when I go to visit them, and that makes me want to put mine down too so I can be with them. Something really crazy and negative—though I’m also seeing the positive side of it—is that in my country they’re implementing power outages of up to six hours a day.

And while this is terrible because it prevents us from doing what we need to do every day—or at least makes things inconvenient—the truth is that when I visit my parents and there’s no electricity, I’ve noticed that we spend much more time talking, catching up, and there are no interruptions to our conversations—which allows us to understand what the other person is thinking, feeling, or even worrying about. And although I wouldn’t want them to keep cutting off the power, the truth is that I’m even learning from these power outages.

I must fully admit that what steals my attention without my consent is my phone—in this case and in many others. Glancing at the time is just an excuse to log into social media to reply to a message or something similar, or even to make a bank transaction. All these things can distract you and trap you in a vicious cycle where you can’t stop swiping your finger on your phone to do whatever it takes—you even forget what’s being said or respond without really listening to what people are telling you.

And the truth is, when you step back and look at this whole situation from the outside, you realize it doesn’t make sense. You’re wasting precious time you’re spending with people you love by doing something you can do later, when you’re no longer with them. Nothing is so important that it can’t wait—and that justifies ignoring absolutely everything important right in front of you.

So if there’s one thing I’ve learned these days, it’s that when technology isn’t involved, you’re able to connect much more deeply with your loved ones and friends, pay closer attention to what they’re saying, and, as a result, understand the other person better. So there’s only one outcome, and it’s positive: the bonds of friendship and family are strengthened when we put down our phones for a moment and are simply fully present.

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KISS BLOG IDEAS: WEEK #234 (Oct 17 - 23)

minimalistliving — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 23:00:00 GMT

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Hello, All Minimalists!

### It's that time again for our #KISS. This initiative gives you blogging ideas revolving around the minimalist lifestyle, and the good thing is that you have all week to write on this topic.

The guidelines are simple, so feel free to present your blog in a format of your choice.

##### Be creative, have fun sharing your knowledge and experiences with us, and make your blog as personable as you can. :)
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PROMPT

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Option 1: What deserves your full presence today, and what has been borrowing it without your consent?

Option 2: What might you discover in the pause between one thought and the next?

Option 3: If you could say only one honest sentence about your life right now, what would it be?

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Learning to be open to it? Yes, it's possible

jemima1996 — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 18:44:00 GMT

I really liked this week’s third Kiss question because I feel it opens the door to talk about something I enjoy discussing—and that has actually been a big topic for me these past few months. From my perspective, there are burdens tied to our words—what we share or what we choose to keep to ourselves—and I also feel that keeping quiet or preventing others from knowing certain things about us is one of the ways we create the most mental noise.

I’ve noticed—at least in my circle and among people I’ve recently met—that for most people, it’s usually best to keep their feelings to themselves, perhaps to avoid being labeled as weird, or as having a mental health issue or something along those lines. This, combined with the fact that people generally aren’t open to admitting that something is wrong with them or even that they needed help at some point.

And while there are things that simply aren’t shared, I’m now very clear on the idea that expressing who you truly are from the depths of your being is never a bad thing. Many times I was labeled as strange for speaking openly about how I felt, for admitting that something made me sad or that something made me angry—mainly because many of us learned that doing this somehow made the other person love you less.

But over time—and with a little help from therapy over many years—I’ve learned that there’s nothing to be ashamed of. Feeling is, in fact, the most human thing there is. Whether it’s feeling sad, anxious, or even angry about something, it can even be positive because, in some way, it might help someone else who’s going through something similar. But when you share something so deep about yourself—such as your emotions and the way you experience them—there are always two sides to the story: there are those who understand you and relate to you, and there are those who judge you and tell you that you’re wrong.

Although it took time, I’ve learned that for me, this is also a way to feel a little lighter, to have less mental noise, and to avoid carrying around unnecessary baggage. So, in the pursuit of simplicity, I’m willing to reveal something that—at least in my circle—isn’t commonly shared: the way I feel. I do this even knowing that others won’t necessarily feel the same way I do and that I might even be criticized for it.

For me, it’s even therapeutic to talk openly with others—even with people I’ve just met—about emotions, how they influence us, and so on. But this tends to be a rather uncomfortable topic for some, so I can’t always do it with just anyone, even though I could. Obviously, it took a lot of work on my part to learn how to do this, but now that I’ve mastered it, it just comes naturally to me. In fact, I can say that my favorite conversations are the ones where people open up their hearts completely and share what they’re feeling without fear that it will be seen in a negative light.

A while back, when I felt free to talk about my feelings and someone judged me for it, I experienced a lot of emotional distress. I felt like they didn’t understand me or that somehow I was doing something wrong, and that I should hold back just like everyone else. But I gradually learned that the truth is, not everyone feels free to talk about things like that—and that doesn’t mean they’re wrong; it just means they’ve learned a different way of coping, and sometimes that involves keeping things to themselves.

With experience, you learn who you can share these things with without making them feel uncomfortable—and who you can’t, because it’s simply too much for them to handle. In any case, learning that what we feel is part of who we are—and talking about it with others—can even help us understand ourselves a little better. Feeling free and comfortable talking about it, even when there are those who don’t understand me, goes far beyond that, because it’s about letting go of the burden that what we feel makes us weak, and in the process, we empathize with those who feel the same way.

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More than just the dishes .

soma18 — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 13:09:39 GMT

Not some days, we all tend to spend most of the days on autopilot, and that too without even realising it despite carrying out the activities consciously.

I mean, the moment you're getting up from bed, you're grabbing the toothbrush, whipping a meal, having a prayer/ meditation moment, running a bath and more, in no specific order before eventually burying ourselves in school or work activities. So yes, your body and legs are already in motion before the brain gets a second to register it.

And that's something everyone can't just deny. You're guilty of it and so am I... Oppose me if you have the guts. 😏

To make it sound fancy, I often dare to convince myself that I'm simply making a mental note to set the tone for the day (but that isn't always true). Otherwise, 24 hours would tick past and I'll look back to see that I haven't done a single thing.

But then, what exactly will happen if we all binge some of our day to day activities on slow motion? Less haste, more attention?

Of course, the world is moving and no one wishes to be left behind. If it's moving, we just have to move along with it but genuinely speaking, a moment of stillness whereby we allow the universe to go on while we do our thing our way happens to reward more than it could ever punish, if only you let it.

Years back, washing the dishes was the only responsibility I had assigned to me at home and you bet it was merely a chore to me. Nothing more, nothing less. I vividly remember grumbling each time I had to do so but I had to do it anyway or I'll have to suffer my mum's wrath.

Overtime, washing the dishes went beyond being just a chore carried out in annoyance and murmurs and transcended into a moment I often look forward to.

Maybe it was the transition that comes from picking a dirty dish and having it sparkling the next second, and equally getting to admire the rack full of fine wares.
Or how each time I spent clearing the sink became a moment to clear my mind as well, thinking about anything, everything and nothing whilst the sounds of the running water and plates gently clattering sounds like a rare music to my ears.

Either way, it's more than just about the dishes and it being a chore as I continue to appreciate the serenity steaming from the least expected place. For the record, ever since the realisation dawned on me, it's been something I engage more often in. Something I find sacred.

Thanks for reading!

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KISS BLOG IDEAS: WEEK #233 (Oct 10 - 16)

minimalistliving — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 23:01:00 GMT

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Hello, All Minimalists!

### It's that time again for our #KISS. This initiative gives you blogging ideas revolving around the minimalist lifestyle, and the good thing is that you have all week to write on this topic.

The guidelines are simple, so feel free to present your blog in a format of your choice.

##### Be creative, have fun sharing your knowledge and experiences with us, and make your blog as personable as you can. :)
________ ________

PROMPT

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Option 1: What does living with less mean to you, and how has it changed the way you find happiness? Option 2: Write about something you chose to let go of — a possession, a habit, or a belief. What prompted the change, and what did you gain by releasing it? Option 3: How much of yourself are you willing to reveal in the pursuit of simplicity? What would you feel comfortable letting go of, both physically and emotionally, in front of others?

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