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10 Minimal Website Design and Ideas
Some websites opt to have a complex look with lots of graphics and text. It does look attractive and are also effective.
» slow, effective reading
Recently I read a post that teaches you to double your reading speed … and made the following claim:
Post written by Leo Babauta . Follow me on Twitter . How does ‘simple’ differ from ‘minimalist’?
» On minimalism
» minimalist books
Yes, books. I know for many of us, getting rid of possessions is an attractive prospect … but not books!» learn to love less
“The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.” - Socrates
You can become a minimalist overnight, by not only changing your mindset but renouncing all possessions. Of course, that’s not a realistic approach for most of us.
» minimalism in steps
» reduce your footprint
In celebration of the Copenhagen conference on climate change, I thought I’d share some ideas in minimalism that can help you reduce your personal carbon footprint.
While paper letters (though cool) have become mostly outdated, most people still get a lot of mail. And it piles up, sitting unopened or unfiled or unacted upon. The answer to this flood of mail isn’t in better handling methods (though this is also a good thing), it’s in getting less mail.
» The sweet science of less mail
While minimalism strives to own little — not much more than you need — what if we followed this to an extreme, just for fun. What if we owned nothing at all? I don’t mean we have no clothing or shelter or tools, but rather that we abandon the idea of private property.
» on owning nothing
Less can come in many forms.
» the beauty of small
» the lust for new things
A couple days ago I wrote about alternatives to buying new things , and someone replied on Twitter: “I want to have the money to buy new things!” Or something like that (I’m too lazy to go back and find the tweet).As we talked about in the True Cost of Stuff, buying something new requires the extraction and destruction of a lot of resources, not to mention the destruction of our environment in extracting, hauling, manufacturing, packaging and shipping the item. So if we want to avoid buying new things, what should we do if we need something?