• Ending the Cycle of Busy

• Drastically Increase Your Standards

• New Minimalism's 11 Core Principles

• The One Reason We All Have Clutter

Outside Reading:

Contentedness: You Already Have Enough (Leo Babauta)

Pick the topic that resonates with you most and read at least one (1) linked article.

Wardrobe: The Capsule Wardrobe by Un-fancy, and shopping rules to live by from Zero Waste Home.

Kitchen: Zero Waste Home has simple habits, routines, and thoughtful purchases which help her family of four be mostly waste-free.

Family: Pretty much anything written by Becoming Minimalist, but especially this, this, and this.

Habit Change:  Zen Habits is the ultimate resource for shifting from behaviors and mental pathways that aren't serving us. Read more here, here, here and here.

Moving Homes: Karen Kingston wrote one of our favorite articles of all time here.

Memorabilia + Emotional Clutter: I love the articulate, thoughtful frankness of The Minimalist's approach to clearing emotional items.  They're truly walking the walk and can show you how here, here, here, and here.

Bedroom: Our own article on making your bedroom into a restful retreat.

EXTRA CREDIT: NM CORE LIBRARY*

For the voracious readers, autodidacts, and naturally curious, we've compiled a list of our favorite websites and books relating to minimalism.  These are the writers who helped shape the New Minimalism philosophy and continue to inspire us today.  Some books directly relate to clutter-clearing, while others elucidate the connections between our desires and how inherently that relates to simple, intentional living.

NEW MINIMALISM Decluttering & Design for Sustainable, Intentional Living

• Everything That Remains by The Minimalists (Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus)

• SoulSpace by Xorin Balbes

• Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui by Karen Kingston

• The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo (and our review)

• The Story of Stuff by Annie Leonard

• The Power of Less by Leo Babauta

• Zero Waste Home by Bea Johnson

• Becoming Minimalist by Joshua Becker

Broader topics, but as you'll learn - it's all related!

• The Desire Map by Danielle LaPorte

• Your Money or Your Life by Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez

• A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

• The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer

• Mr. Money Moustache (www.mrmoneymoustache.com)

*At New Minimalism we physically own about 25% of these books -- yes, even though they are our favorites!  When we want to revisit certain passages, we simply visit our local public library.  We recommend that you do the same.