Comments on: How to Find Your Minimalist Edge http://www.farbeyondthestars.com/how-to-find-your-minimalist-edge/ Augmented Humanity, Second Selves, and Cybernetic Yoga Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:03:11 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Where to Start Your Minimalist Movement — Jarkko Laine http://www.farbeyondthestars.com/how-to-find-your-minimalist-edge/comment-page-1/#comment-3636 Where to Start Your Minimalist Movement — Jarkko Laine Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:15:32 +0000 http://www.farbeyondthestars.com/?p=1535#comment-3636 [...] and you haven’t arrived yet. This is something I need to tell myself every day: keep pushing your minimalist edge. That is the only way you keep growing as a human [...] [...] and you haven’t arrived yet. This is something I need to tell myself every day: keep pushing your minimalist edge. That is the only way you keep growing as a human [...]

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By: Joss Crowcroft » “Stuff holds you down, it keeps you from being free and pursuing your dreams.” http://www.farbeyondthestars.com/how-to-find-your-minimalist-edge/comment-page-1/#comment-3571 Joss Crowcroft » “Stuff holds you down, it keeps you from being free and pursuing your dreams.” Sun, 13 Jun 2010 10:27:06 +0000 http://www.farbeyondthestars.com/?p=1535#comment-3571 [...] nice idea from Everett Bogue, writing about minimalism and living with only 50 things in a backpack while working from the road. [...] [...] nice idea from Everett Bogue, writing about minimalism and living with only 50 things in a backpack while working from the road. [...]

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By: Minimalism Is the New Consumerism - Self Improvement http://www.farbeyondthestars.com/how-to-find-your-minimalist-edge/comment-page-1/#comment-3236 Minimalism Is the New Consumerism - Self Improvement Mon, 03 May 2010 05:29:23 +0000 http://www.farbeyondthestars.com/?p=1535#comment-3236 [...] Everett Bogue is a guy from New York who started a blog on Minimalism called Far Beyond The Stars. [...] [...] Everett Bogue is a guy from New York who started a blog on Minimalism called Far Beyond The Stars. [...]

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By: RachelGrey http://www.farbeyondthestars.com/how-to-find-your-minimalist-edge/comment-page-1/#comment-3221 RachelGrey Thu, 29 Apr 2010 01:25:16 +0000 http://www.farbeyondthestars.com/?p=1535#comment-3221 "There’s a point when you aren’t pushing the edge."<br><br>So what? Must the practice of minimalism be its own end goal? I don't see anything wrong with cutting down to some number of possessions and then being content with that number, while focusing on something else. “There’s a point when you aren’t pushing the edge.”

So what? Must the practice of minimalism be its own end goal? I don't see anything wrong with cutting down to some number of possessions and then being content with that number, while focusing on something else.

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By: How to Keep the Minimalist Movement Attractive to the Masses | Becoming Minimalist http://www.farbeyondthestars.com/how-to-find-your-minimalist-edge/comment-page-1/#comment-3218 How to Keep the Minimalist Movement Attractive to the Masses | Becoming Minimalist Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:35:43 +0000 http://www.farbeyondthestars.com/?p=1535#comment-3218 [...] up by reading a few articles: Why I’m Wary of 100-Thing Minimalism, Minimalism Rethunk, How to Find Your Minimalist Edge, or 100 Things Challenge – Open Letter Rant. Or alternatively, you can skip the background [...] [...] up by reading a few articles: Why I’m Wary of 100-Thing Minimalism, Minimalism Rethunk, How to Find Your Minimalist Edge, or 100 Things Challenge – Open Letter Rant. Or alternatively, you can skip the background [...]

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By: cjp0605 http://www.farbeyondthestars.com/how-to-find-your-minimalist-edge/comment-page-1/#comment-3206 cjp0605 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:58:20 +0000 http://www.farbeyondthestars.com/?p=1535#comment-3206 An analogy comes to mind with the whole "green" thing. The term "green" has been around forever it seems like, but I bet even before people began using the term, they were living "green" or making "green" products - they just didn't call it that.<br><br>For a long time, some minority of the population who were thoughtful and environmentally conscious were aware of the term and quietly did little things in their lives to be more "green", but the larger population was ignorant. And there were a very few people that took "green" living to an extreme, but they were on the fringe and few paid much attention. <br><br>At some point, "green" took off, became mainstream, wildly popular, and the concept was diluted by the hype so as to become almost meaningless in many contexts. People who had been quietly living "green" for years were suddenly surrounded by late comers preaching to them (incorrectly too) about how it should be done.<br><br>I can't see minimalism going mainstream to the degree of "green" mostly because I can't see how companies can effectively market minimalism to consumers without destroying the target. But if it can be done I'm sure they'll eventually figure it out.<br><br>But the point is, it's all natural if not inevitable. Eventually more people are going to adopt "minimalism" and attach their own meaning and values to it. And become vocal about it. Long time minimalists will think "man, it sure is crowded on the band wagon" and feel that all these new comers don't really get it. An analogy comes to mind with the whole “green” thing. The term “green” has been around forever it seems like, but I bet even before people began using the term, they were living “green” or making “green” products – they just didn't call it that.

For a long time, some minority of the population who were thoughtful and environmentally conscious were aware of the term and quietly did little things in their lives to be more “green”, but the larger population was ignorant. And there were a very few people that took “green” living to an extreme, but they were on the fringe and few paid much attention.

At some point, “green” took off, became mainstream, wildly popular, and the concept was diluted by the hype so as to become almost meaningless in many contexts. People who had been quietly living “green” for years were suddenly surrounded by late comers preaching to them (incorrectly too) about how it should be done.

I can't see minimalism going mainstream to the degree of “green” mostly because I can't see how companies can effectively market minimalism to consumers without destroying the target. But if it can be done I'm sure they'll eventually figure it out.

But the point is, it's all natural if not inevitable. Eventually more people are going to adopt “minimalism” and attach their own meaning and values to it. And become vocal about it. Long time minimalists will think “man, it sure is crowded on the band wagon” and feel that all these new comers don't really get it.

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By: Maren Kate http://www.farbeyondthestars.com/how-to-find-your-minimalist-edge/comment-page-1/#comment-3204 Maren Kate Tue, 27 Apr 2010 05:45:23 +0000 http://www.farbeyondthestars.com/?p=1535#comment-3204 Baby steps are the way to go!! I love your writing style & this whole blog's feel :) Baby steps are the way to go!! I love your writing style & this whole blog's feel :)

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By: “99 Bottles of Beer” and my thoughts on the 100 Things Challenge « Less Is Fabulous. http://www.farbeyondthestars.com/how-to-find-your-minimalist-edge/comment-page-1/#comment-3203 “99 Bottles of Beer” and my thoughts on the 100 Things Challenge « Less Is Fabulous. Tue, 27 Apr 2010 03:49:53 +0000 http://www.farbeyondthestars.com/?p=1535#comment-3203 [...] There has been SO much chit chat lately on minimalist blogs (You, Simplified and Far Beyond the Stars, to name a few) about the 100 Things Challenge that I feel compelled to weigh in from Fabulous Las [...] [...] There has been SO much chit chat lately on minimalist blogs (You, Simplified and Far Beyond the Stars, to name a few) about the 100 Things Challenge that I feel compelled to weigh in from Fabulous Las [...]

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By: AntonPanchishin http://www.farbeyondthestars.com/how-to-find-your-minimalist-edge/comment-page-1/#comment-3202 AntonPanchishin Tue, 27 Apr 2010 02:34:29 +0000 http://www.farbeyondthestars.com/?p=1535#comment-3202 "I can't give you a surefire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everyone all the time." - Herbert Bayard Swope, American editor; first recipient of the Pulitzer Prize. “I can't give you a surefire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everyone all the time.” – Herbert Bayard Swope, American editor; first recipient of the Pulitzer Prize.

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By: Owning It « Sanity In Simplicity http://www.farbeyondthestars.com/how-to-find-your-minimalist-edge/comment-page-1/#comment-3201 Owning It « Sanity In Simplicity Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:22:37 +0000 http://www.farbeyondthestars.com/?p=1535#comment-3201 [...] have been a few distressing blogs posts recently from some of my favorite minimalist bloggers, essentially apologizing for their ultra-minimalist lives to people who find their dedication [...] [...] have been a few distressing blogs posts recently from some of my favorite minimalist bloggers, essentially apologizing for their ultra-minimalist lives to people who find their dedication [...]

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