A new month is approaching. Let’s play a little game together.

Find a friend or family member. Someone who’s willing to get rid of some of their excess stuff. This month, each of you must get rid of one thing on the first day of the month. On the second, two things. Three items on the third. So forth, and so on. Anything can go! Clothes, furniture, electronics, tools, decorations, etc. Donate, sell, or trash. Whatever you do, each material possession must be out of your house—and out of your life—by midnight each day.

It’s an easy game at first. However, it starts getting challenging by week two, when you’re both jettisoning more than a dozen items each day. Whoever can keep it going the longest wins. You both win if you can make it all month. Bonus points if you play with more than two people.

Win or lose, we’d love to hear about your game on Twitter or Facebook. #MinsGame

Ready? Go!

via Let’s Play a Minimalism Game Together – The Minimalists.

She’s my Catahoula cutie!

Advice From My Eighty Year Old Self.

Excellent post on the power of words…

via I Am Flawed Just Like You.

My wife will love this!

Perhaps you’ve heard this story?

Every Sunday morning, I listen to ‘The One You Feed’ podcast [along with a dharma talk by Tara Brach] in which the host, Eric Zimmer, interviews a current thought leader on how this parable works out in their life. The podcast was voted the best of 2014 by iTunes and perhaps you owe it to yourself to at least sample one episode.

You can find ‘The One You Feed’ podcast here.