The Minimalists

We keep buying excess stuff. We keep working at the same jobs we hate. We keep accumulating debt. Why?

If I know anything about being an American, it’s that the man who dies with the most stuff wins. At age 13, I was well on my way to winning…

People often hold on to things just in case they need them…

There were only a handful of people who inspired me to make radical changes in my life over the last few years…

I’m the lust, the empty desire. I’m the fear, the greed…

There is a light at the end of the tunnel: we all know this. Even when it’s hard to find, we know it’s there, just beyond the bend…

People concoct all kinds of excuses to explain their bad decisions…

A reader wrote us the other day seeking our advice…

This Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year: Black Friday. Retailers prepare months in advance for this day…

In the beginning I was lost. But I made it look like I knew the way…

I manage email differently from how I used to…

There is a warning sign in the dorm bathrooms at Miami University that says, “Please Masturbate in Your Own Room!” Is this a metaphor for our online world?

I spoke with a man in dire straits recently. He laid before me many of his problems: marriage, debt, health…

A loyal reader recently sent us an email titled “They’re All Just a Bunch of Hippies!” Here’s our response…

For us, success is a simple equation…