Before I began my minimalist retirement travel adventures, like many people in the “developed world,” I had so many possessions that I couldn’t remember where my stuff was, or in many cases even remember that I had it. My junk drawers were expanding....
I really didn’t know what to expect when our road trip from Toronto to Texas took us to the place where one of my favorite authors, Henry David Thoreau, wrote his most famous work – Walden. I didn’t expect Henry David Thoreau’s Walden Pond to be pristine...
Just before I retired in 2011 I sold almost everything I owned. It wasn’t because money was tight, but because I wanted to spend my life as an adventure, traveling the world, pursuing my passions of writing and photography and most of the things I owned weren’t going...
From the moment we are born, humans are encouraged to take on an ever-increasing amount of responsibility. As children, we learn to be responsible for our toys, to clean our room and to help with a few chores. As we mature, society demands that we retain our...
A Minimalist Lifestyle Allows You to Concentrate on What is Important What it is Like to Begin Living a Minimalist Lifestyle For some people, the notion of a retired person to begin living a minimalist lifestyle may seem counter-intuitive. You have spent your most...
