This document discusses the benefits of minimalism, which include peace, focus, contentment, and more time for important things. It provides steps to achieve minimalism, such as decluttering your home and digital life, sorting out finances, and setting and sticking to standards. The first step suggested is to get rid of everything that is not useful, beautiful, necessary, or appealing. Items should be sorted into boxes for giving away, throwing away, keeping, or relocating. Additional blogs on creative decluttering and de-owning are recommended for further inspiration.

1. MINIMALISM a journey to simplicity

2. minimalism offers you • peace • focus • contentment • more time for things that matter to you • learning to live with loss will save you money

3. steps to minimalism 1. declutter your home 2. declutter your digital life 3. sort out your finances 4. set your standards 5. and try to stick to them

4. where to start? • get rid of everything you do not find either: • useful • beautiful / appealing • necessary

5. how? • make four boxes marked: • give away • throw away/recycle • keep • relocate

6. great start • but what to do with all that space? • read more on the following blogs I posted • in my next slide...

7. more inspiration • http://www.becomingminimalist.com/creative-ways-to-declutter/ • http://www.becomingminimalist.com/dont-just-declutter-de-own/ • http://zenhabits.net/18-five-minute-decluttering-tips-to-start-conquering-your-mess/ • http://www.theminimalists.com/21days/