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by Undine Almani 20. Januar 2020

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Minimalism saves time. It really does. I think, m

Minimalism saves time. It really does.

I think, most of these things are common sense and very simple. And maybe you think: Come on, that does not make that huge of a difference. But think of the weekends you spent moving from one place to another. How long does it take an average person to move from one apartment to another? It's weeks. Weeks of unpacking. Do you know how much it took me to unpack all my stuff? 1 day.

Not all the time. I certainly had my relapses into consumerism, and wasn't always super minimalist. But mostly, I was still faster than "normal people". And it is like that with everything. E-ve-ry-thing.

It's your decision how many weekends you want to waste with stuff, if you can sacrifice a few for decluttering and then start over with a life of no more wasting time. I find it pretty awesome. And tbh, I still think I have way too much stuff / or I have too much stuff now again.

Anyway, I often hear people say that it does not make a big difference, especially with the cleaning. But I think that is only true if you are both not really bothered by it and are very organizied. If you are lazy like me and not super tidy, you will find that tidying up and cleaning your apartment is 10× easier when it's all nice and minimalist. I've had both. I know. It's physically impossible that an apartment with more things in it is less work. As in: It is against the laws of physics (which I studied, so challenge me, if you like!).

#minimalism #minimalstyle #minimalismtips #decluttering #declutteryourlife #declutter #declutterlikeamother #declutterchallenge #declutteringtips #declutterwithme #declutteryourhome #minimalist #minimalisthome #minimalistinterior #miniamlistlifestyle #minimalistlife #extrememinimalism #minimalistblogger #minimalismblogger #minimalismus

Some mindful eating advice for the office. ☕️

Some mindful eating advice for the office. ☕️

I am so guilty of number 2, and escpecially in R&D environments it seems so normal to talk about work stuff during lunch. Boy, we are all so invested in that new machine becoming super efficient, are we not? Oh, we need to optimize this and trouble-shoot that. It's not a job, it's a passion. If you love what you do, you never work a single day.

BLA BLA BLA BLA BLA.

I call 🐮💩.

You don't get it.

Work is work. You are paid for it = It's work and not free time. If it's free time you're not paid for it, period. If you talk about your work issues over lunch, you're not really having lunch, you're hosting a meeting. Get it in your friggin head.

I gave up this discussion with co-workers, because 99% of people do not care about how they eat or even if they like their food and they think this is normal.

But I care. This is my break time and my quality of life. Enjoying my work does not mean, I can't have a break from it. It comes from extreme privilege not to take your break time seriously. It comes in fact from a lack of appreciation of that privilege of having a designated break from work, and from being disconnected from knowing what hard work actually is like.

Trust me, I have worked both as a nurse in a hospital and a physicist in R&D. And I've seen less nurses talk about work while on break compared to engineers, true story! Physical work *IS* harder and more exhausting than mental work. It just gives you less of a headache (not because of all the thinking, because you don't sit straight at your desk.)

Get over yourself and your friggin privilege and honor that time that's given to you and that our ancestors had to fight for. Value it and concentrate on your friggin food for once!

#mindfulness #mindfulnesspractice #mindfulfood #mindfuleating #mindfulworking #mindfulwork #mindfuloffice #mindfulofficemoment #mindfulnessroutine #mindfulthinking #mindfulnesstips #mindfulnesstipsandtricks #mindfulnessforthepeople #mindfulnessmatters #mindfulmoment #mindfulnessideas

This is my first pretty minimalist apartment. ⁣

This is my first pretty minimalist apartment.
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TW: mental health 😉
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It was in Nuremberg and I lived next to a crackhead and a drunk pharmacist. The drunk pharmacist sometimes opened my mail, because he didn't check the addresses on his less sober days, and the mail man just always dumped the parcels in his pharmacy. In the basement, there was this Chinese takeout "restaurant". It wasn't really a restaurant, more like a tiny little corner with one chair, and it was the stinkiest place I have ever been in—and I've been in an OR when a patient's small intestine blew up. (I was tired and very hungry. Also a bit curious...)
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Anayway, my place was pretty #minimalist. I had basically no furniture, although later my mom brought me a chair and a little desk, which I got rid of pretty fast... And I also got a desk after half a year, because I could not work on my laptop on the floor all the time (and I don't recommend that to anyone, because it can take do a real number on the neck curvature of your spine, which is really really bad.)
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However, my habit of getting rid of things actually almost got me into a little bit of "trouble". I frequently put up these flyers to sell my stuff everywhere. And one of my teachers in nursing school found one (we had like a bulletin board for that), took me aside, and asked me whether I had mental problems…
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I was like: LOL WHUT?!
WHAAAAT?
WAIT...
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A student had killed herself ~ 20 years ago, and gotten rid of all her things in advance. My teacher was super concerned and it was really sweet and sad. Also, that was the first time I ever had to explain "my minimalism" to anyone.
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🙈 Like, if you want to hear more weird anecdotes from my life. Let me know what your first moment of explaining was in the comments!
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#minimalistlife #minimalistlifestyle #decluttering #extrememinimalism #extrememinimalist #furniturefree #furniturefreeliving #furniturefreehouse #furniturefreehome #germanminimalism #minimalismus #minimalism #simpleliving #simplistic #frugalminimalist #frugalist #frugalfamily #minimalistfamily #minimalisthome #declutteryourlife #declutteredhome #decluttered #declutterchallenge #minimalistinspiration #minimalistapartment

My favorite LAME EXCUSES not to do yoga and how to

My favorite LAME EXCUSES not to do yoga and how to tackle them 🧘‍♀️
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Collab with Chloe chloe_peace_72 → Check out her part of this list ☯️ She's a yoga teacher and she has a lot of inspiration and tips on her site.
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EVEN AFTER 15 YEARS OF YOGA…
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…I still have these phases. I call them "yoga ruts". Then I just don't want to move an inch. I feel so busy, so caught up in "life", I just forget about it. Especially because yoga is an everyday thing for me. It is just as casual to let it slide.
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None of the above are good reasons. They are all lame excuses. And I hear them quite often from other people, especially after class. In my first yoga class, me and one(!) other person were the only ones who practiced more than just during lessons. And that's very common.
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We "don't have time". Yeah, sure.
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We're all healthy though until we aren't.
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I mean, come on. I have a kid, I have a job, I run a YouTube channel, I write 3 books on the side, I design my merch, I record my own music for my videos, I film them, cut them and write a blog article for each of them, I code my own CSS and HTML, I write my own copy. NOTHING of my whole online business is outsourced. NOT ONE PIECE. DO YOU THINK I HAVE "TIME" FOR YOGA?
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I do 40 min to 1.5 hours of yoga every day. Or at least 5/7 days. (<40 min just doesn't cut it for me, and I truly believe that the real benefits start sky-rocketing once you go over that limit.)
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I HAVE TIME FOR YOGA.
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Because I make time. If I don't, I might just as well stop doing everything else. After a few weeks without yoga, my anxiety, stress level ans tight muscles start killing me.
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And even if you have none of these issues... just wait, sista (or brother). You will get there. We all get there. No one stays healthy forever, and boy, did I regret my dumb ignorant young arrogance once I grew up. In some cases, sooner is always better. Yoga is one of them.
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#yogapose #meditationplace #meditationspace #mindfulness #minimalism #downwarddog #downwarddogpose #yogatips #yogainspiration #mymeditation #meditationroom #yogameditation #yogachallenge #practicemindfulness #intentionalliving #mindfulmoment #minimalismusblogger #minimalistlife #minimalist

My current READS & RECOMMENDATIONS: ⁣ 1. Siegel/

My current READS & RECOMMENDATIONS:
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1. Siegel/Payne Bryson "The Whole-Brain Child"
2. Tsabary "The Conscious Parent"
3. Niel "Save te Bees!" (Sauvons les abeilles!)
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THE WHOLE-BRAIN CHILD
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I've been reading this for as long as I have my kid now. But a good time to start reading this book would be around 15 months. When kids start to understand "reasoning" better.
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It's a very helpful books for all parents, if not the most helpful one. Moreover, it also helps you better connect with yourself. So basically a recipe on how to not f_ck up your kids, even if you're damaged goods yourself 😁
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THE CONSCIOUS PARENT
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I am not done reading this. It's a difficult read for me, because it's so full of pathos. I was kind of over that in 1800… 😜 It is very cuddly, warm, full of heavy adjectives... I have a hard time reading it without rolling my eyes. But I want to give it a try.
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It comes highly recommended by "The Parenting Junkie" parentingjunkie.
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SAUVONS LES ABEILLES
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This is only available in French, but maybe something fro my French, Tunesian, French-Canadian friends?
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I like this book, because it is very practical. Spring is the time to prepare doing more for the bees wherever you can. And I want to do that. It is a very informative and hands-on book and I can definitely recommend it.
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(If you're in the US or Germany and want to support my channel, post a 🐝 in the comments and I'll send you my affiliate link via DM.)
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I got these books as a paper version, because I am often very tired in the evening and my reader gives me a headache sometimes. I like to be able to touch a book while reading it. And I like the idea of having something not too delicate to just throw under my pillow.
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I love reading before going to sleep... can't decide what's better, reading or meditating…?!
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#minimalism #readingchallenge #readingchallenge2021 #booksforparents #loveparenting #attachmentparenting #kindparenting #parentingbooks #savethebees #mindfulnesspractice #mindfulminimalism #mindfulreading #bookloversofinstagram #bookloversunite #minimalistmom #minimalistmama #minimalistfamily #minimalistlife #minimalistlifestyle #minimalistbooks #minimalisthome #minimalismtips

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