The art of enough

Everyday reminders of simplicity

“Architecture is supposed to complete nature. Great architecture makes nature more beautiful—it gives it power.”
— Claudio Silvestrin

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15 practices

1. Live within your means

2. Create good habits

3. Know the source

4. Practice presence

5. Before the how and when, ask why

6. Invest in what is living

7. Support sustainable craft

8. Move with silence and intention

9. Know you’re enough

10. Be translucent, not transparent

11. Repair rather than replace

12. Get mud on your shoes

13. Practice saying no

14. Look up

15. Breathe

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00: The memory of the body

Minimalism Life’s premium edition continues with an essay on how memory is carried not only in objects, but in ourselves. The body remembers—through movement, habit, and the rituals repeated across generations. What we inherit is not always visible, but often felt in the rhythms of the everyday. These embodied traces remind us that simplicity is not just a matter of things, but of gestures, postures, and the quiet ways we carry meaning forward.

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01: Journal

Read entries from the archive of the Minimalism Life® community journal

• Finding yourself in spareness: in spareness, you find enough

  Words by Leo Babauta

• Existential clutter: the only way to silence the noise is to let go

  Words by Joshua Fields Millburn

• The hazards of multi-switching: we can only love a limited number of things at a particular time

  Words by Evelyn Chong

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Do you have an interesting story you would like to share on minimalism.com? We want to read about it. You have the opportunity write about your experience of how minimalism has impacted your life and get your words published in our community journal.

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02: Minimal art

From our curated gallery

Explore a visual catalog and discover artist profiles

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03: Minimal design

Explore our list of curated design resources

• FormFeelingFunction® (hardware/software)

• Sigma BF camera (hardware)

• Ledger flex (hardware)

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04: Minimal lifestyle

Explore our list of curated lifestyle resources for simple living

• Why I don’t want stuff by Derek Sivers (article)

• The laws of simplicity by John Maeda (book)

• Bokashi organko: managing food waste (tool)

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05: Shop

Discover our hand-picked minimalist products in the Minimalism Life® shop

Less, but better objects

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06: Brands anchored by simplicity and sustainability

Minimalism can mean frugality and owning less, but it can also mean supporting ethical brands with sustainability at their core. Here are a few you might find interesting—just remember, clothes are not an investment.

• Floyd: Unique and distinctive travel cases

• Meller: minimal shades

• Steele & Borough: vegan, lightweight and water repellant bags

• Void Watches: simple Swedish timepieces

• Wahts: minimal monochromatic menswear

Discover more minimal brands on minimalism.com