First out of twelve

January is literally over, the promises if you had one, the new year new me things are probably behind us or just slowly fading away. Glad to say, this year I said no for the new year promises and said no also new year new me. This year is all about being present for me, same as last year, that might gonna mean also less posts, more living, but regardless it does not mean that I won’t share my thoughts.

Honestly January happened so quick, some remarkable things, like the yearly shopping already happened pretty much, we went to Italy to an outlet to buy the necessary clothing and such for the year and being good minimalists, we also donated a large amount of our items to charity. Basically we sticked with the one item in, one item out rule.

Talking about charity, in our city the charity shops are so cool, the local one we are going to, have a lot of things basically all sorts of household items, glassware, tableware, furniture, toys, clothes (even though the clothes are probably the worst section), books and the weirdest or most random things under the same roof.

Would have been great to know this place when we moved to the city, but better late than never. So big shout out to the charity shop goers, we even got two coupons to get a coffee in the charity ran coffee shop for our donation as a nice gesture. Truth to be told I guess it also depends on the amount of items donated or their perceived value cause last time we did not get anything or were just not sympathetic to the guys at the pick up section.

Nonetheless we grabbed a few items, namely a bread knife, a brand new pack of glass straws, I was clumsy and broke the previous one, this pack came with 4 and knowing myself probably will need them in the future, ohh and the pack also came with a cleaner, nice addition.

Thinking of January, lot’s of things are happening, at work I also picked up another program whereby I’m working with another team on a project and at the same time doing a course related to big data by Cambridge University, so I guess all these things are pretty much explaining why I’m so busy.

What else, what else, ahh I know, Christmas is over, is already over, hope you had a great one, to be fair I’m kind of proud to have gifted well this year, better than expected, all things worked out well and the Christmas dinner was on point too and still zero alcohol as well. so far the year going strong. Come at me February.

Next month is gonna pass real quick without even realising it, so will try to make the most out of it, also having these study programs going on plus work, plus life is happening so can’t wait to share again the important things.

Just to add, as a tip, if you are new to minimalism and interested, go slow and go far, a good way to start would be the one in one out rule and go from there, may your new year will bring the best out of you.

See you at the next catch up.

Yours sincerely

To/Minimal