I have a feeling The Minimalists are going to be my new gurus. They have an inspiring website with everything you need to know about minimalism that I need to devour. It is inspiring and frightening at the same time. I am far from hardcore minimalism, but I am willing to dip my toes in the sparse waters and take some baby steps.
Since it is the first of the month I am beginning with a thirty day challenge to get rid of one item a day. The Minimalists have a thirty day challenge they call the Minimalist Game where you increase the items per day. The idea is sending me into a panic. Instead I will start with an item per day for the month of August and regroup after that. Perhaps by then I will have minimalism fever and desperate to unload piles of things every day. For now I will tread carefully and not frighten myself.
First item I am unloading?
My Joni Mitchell CD cover of Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter. Just the empty case. I don’t know what happened to the CD. I keep holding on to it, hoping that the CD will magically reappear and I can lovingly slip it back in it’s case, but I don’t think it is ever coming back. Good bye empty CD case. Joni, I will love you forever.