215 Extreme Decluttering

The Voluntary Life

“Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.” Charles Warner Over the last three years, I've reduced my possessions to only those things that will fit inside one suitcase and one hand luggage bag. My wife and I decided to pursue extreme decluttering, in order to make a lifestyle of long-term travel more practical. Decluttering was easy at first, but got harder the more extreme I took it. My possessions were not just serving practical needs, but emotional ones too. I had to work out how to address those needs before I could get rid of my stuff. Decluttering also forced me to acknowledge mistakes I had made in the past— mistakes I preferred to avoid thinking about. Overall, extreme decluttering has been a fantastic learning process. I feel much freer because of it. I think that you can benefit in a similar way by decluttering, even if you don't want to reduce your stuff in such an extreme way as I did. Show Notes:

• Previous episodes on Minimalism
• Going Paperless part 1 and part 2
• Episode on Inventory
• Home Inventory app
• GoodReads
• If This Then That
• Evernote
• Apple Photos