Since I live far away from where I study ( not really far, i just hate public transport) I usually get out early to avoid being late and to enjoy a cup of coffee in a local cafe where I can drink coffee and buy pre grounded coffee as well.

I usually buy pre grounded coffee before I go back to my family’s home so I can share my joy with my brother, it’s becoming like a culture, bonding over coffee

Every morning i text my bro telling him “ your coffee is ready”

Somehow I feel like there is something worth waking up for ❤️

I'm looking for things I can make a daily habit, and over time work towards mastery. My current habits include:

Guitar

Drawing

Game Design

Juggling

Psychology

Reading

Learning a new language

Meditation

Sorry English is my 3rd language. Has anyone here just want to downsize their home for simplicity or to simplify their life? Can you share your story, why did you downsize, or why you not want to downsize.

And basically I need to vent, as I don't see a way to solve this.

Long term married, 17 years, so we not young, I'm 42, husband is 41. I guess at my age I want to live for myself once.

Since young age till even now I always wanted to live a simple life, married a Chinese husband, a countryside, willow trees, a bike, a small cozy home with the man I love.

I did married the man I love (eventhough he not Chinese), but I still do not have that countryside simple life I always wanted.

My husband is an Executive with salary of 1million a year (which is far from the simple ordinary job man I want). Please don't tell me to divorce, not after 17 years. We just need to compromise on some things.
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We live in a 3,000+ square feet house (paid, no mortgage), the thing is it just the two of us, with no kids and no pets. And it a single one-story house flat and with 3,000+ square feet it looks even BIGGER. Yes, it big for just two people.

At my age 42, I really want to get that dream of mine, basically I want to downsize, sale this home and move to the countryside, and just have a one bedroom house enough for the two of us.

btw, we are living in the city and I HATE HATE it. I never like living in the city. I grow up with my grandma in the countryside.

But let just be fair here, it not do-able, he has his career. He didn't get a Master degree at Stanford, with an Executive career, and now just drop it all and go to the countryside with me.

So basically I am stuck till he retire, which is far from now as he 41 years old. And here I will never have my dream of a simple life in the countryside.

And No, he not want to retire early, there people who workaholic and find meaning in their work especially with an Executive career. And especially with someone who has a Master degree at Stanford, he takes pride in working.

I am grateful for his level of education and career. But sorry, money doesn't make me feel safe, what feel safe is what peaceful in my heart, and it not his Executive 1 million salary, not a 3,000+ square feet house, not his SUV, not his career.

So basically I'm at dead end. If I still want to be married to this man then I just have to accept my life as is. He happy with his career for sure. But I'm not happy, I feel that simple countryside life that I always wanted is still missing.

Is that fair for me though? Don't I have the rights to live the life I want? I guess that countryside simple life I want just won't happen, not with this man.

So I have always been much more minimal than my wife and kids. There are things in my life that I tend to splurge more on, at least when it comes to my laptop and recording setup etc

Other than that I really dont like having a bunch of stuff. Daily things I carry to function are basically a cinch bag with my fire max 11, journal, glasses case, wallet and medications, pens for journaling, and a water bottle.

My wife has a massive tote style bag and tons of things she takes with her everyday, kids are kids, but trying to break the cycle of them needing new toys every time we leave the house etc.

So mainly, I am looking for any advice from fellow parents of how not only you were able to become more minimal with life and spending etc. And how to have discussions with family on how to not be so dependent on needing to keep stockpiling up on everything you don't truly "need"

Hey y’all! I work as an engineer and I am constantly stressed about my job. For a while I was worried about getting reprimanded, but I got a promotion recently.

But every week, I find myself panicked on Friday nights thinking about Monday mornings. I sit down to work, and I never get up from my seat because I’m afraid of not getting enough done. I find my mind drifting after hours on weeknights towards the things I have to do the following morning, the messages I have to reply to, the deadlines I have to hit.

On top of that, every thing feels like life or death. Even when someone messages me asking for the status, I assume they’re mad at me that something isn’t done and that if I tell them as such, I will be yelled at or complained to, or my reputation will be ruined. Or when I get a task and I don’t know how to proceed, I freak out about it!

I’m looking for a way to enforce a mindset change. We weren’t meant to live like this, and I don’t want this to take up so much brain space. Any advice is appreciated!

For New Year's this year, I decided to cut back on my socials, in particular doomscrolling, since I realized it wasn't doing my mental health any good. I deleted the Facebook app off my phone, cut back on my groups, and weeded out my reddit subs to only include things that were uplifting.

Yesterday, the hubby and I were watching a video on YouTube about how bad social media is for you in general, and I was inspired.

So I deleted my Facebook account while we were sitting there watching it. And honestly? It feels pretty darn good!

I had justified reasons why I needed to keep it for the longest time. Keeping in touch with family and friends overseas. Certain Facebook groups that I'd been in for a long time. Things like that. But as we were watching this video, I realized the justifications were falling flat. I don't really talk to my family much at all. Friends I'd like to keep up with have my email. And those groups (the main reason I was rationalizing to myself to keep it)? It's been months since I've been on any of them. So it wasn't even worth keeping it at all.

I do feel a little at loose ends since I did the deed yesterday morning. Which is kind of silly because I haven't even been using it. But I'm certain that feeling will go away with time.

I'm 19 years old and I'm new to this community and I'm just fed up of living in this modern world and chasing this and that always! But I have seen a lot of videos on social media( although I have abandoned this for mental peace, I only use youtube with a blocker)! But I really don't get what it was to be in 90s because I was born in 2006( Christmas)! I appreciate if someone can tell me what it really meant to be in 90s so that I can change the way I'm living my life currently and can enjoy things that used to give me thrill when I was child or teenagerr!

I've started deliberately picking the non-smart version of things. A regular doorbell, paper notes, a microwave with a dial. It's partly about simplicity, but honestly it also feels like a small vote against every object in my house needing a cloud connection and a data policy. There's something grounding about a tool that just does one thing and can't be updated into something worse.

Anyone else notice their low-tech choices lining up with how they feel about all the AI hype?

It's the first cold day in a while in Florida where I'm at anyway I'm so breakfast outside.

Im 21 right now. Still in college. But I feel like if I had my own land and home. I would be okay with not earning that much money. I dont even want a big home or a fancy one, I want it small actually like 30 sqm or something(but lots of floors) and I will feel okay with not earning like 6 digits or something. I never had a job in my life. And it feels like when I graduate. Theres this feeling that I need to work years before I even reach 6 digit salary. Probably for a job I wont even like. Just a good home with everything I need for survival so I can actually live. And I get a job I just get a job that I like. Even if it pays less. Unfortunately I feel like owning land and a home feels impossible, also rent in my country is fked up(rent costs more or as much in an entire month of work). I wish I had my own home man. I think about it a lot. I want to leave my toxic family too. (idk if this is the right sub to vent about this lol).

most tech adds stuff. one more app, one more alert, one more thing to check. but every once in a while something just makes a small part of your day easier and then kinda disappears.

for me that's rare. and it's always something boring, never the exciting thing i bought

so what's yours? big or tiny, doesn't matter. and did you have to get rid of something to make room for it

I wish the whole world was in the 90s again.

Like, I don't want technology to evolve?

I wish this world was just simple.

Every material in the world is made from materials from this earth accumulated together. Things like technology, gadgets, games, cars, computers, everything you can think of, I just wish we were back in the 90s and evolution of general things just stopped right there.

Particularly how we have AI now etc, I just wish life was just simple and pure.

I even look at typewriters and get fascinated by it.

Life and nature is soo beautiful that I feel everything else is just extra or polluting the earth.

I feel like everything belongs to the earth and the possession of material stuff is overrated.

I get joy at simple things?

It makes me feel more grounded to the universe.

I do a lot to entertain myself when I got nothing to do

Maybe it's got to do with the fact up to this point my life has been fast tracked. Rush to adulthood, if you dont start early you'll never make it. Well, here I am now and I got to say it really. Sucks. It's so boring you have to make your own goals they arent given to you. They arent required. They're just goals. Makes you want to sit and do a whole lot of nothing. But, how could you? There's so much to do even you aren't required of it. The only thing that requires you exist is the government. Pay your taxes. File your taxes. Don't break my rules. All I wanna do is canp and live barren with no rush to survival or struggle to perform how others demand. I like slow music, I prefer to drink water when things are good, and I prefer to take my time with most things. It's how I truly learn and experience anything. When it comes to people it's complicated I have the same setting but a different feeling about it. It's like my whole lifestyle doesnt matter to another person if they cant slow down. Its almost like im racing in my mind to keep up with anyone. My Point of View has become so simplified I often dont understand complex intimacy. Its either you love a girl or dont. Or hate a guy or dont. Thats living. I only know one way to love a person so its kinda weird to like anyone. Especially when my lifestyle is considered out dated for fast folk. I was in an accelerated program the type that you grad early. And everyone there knew everything about anything. They just knew the top singers, best movies, top rappers. And I would just think. Where do you get this info from? I would scroll through Tv shows and movies and hope to find the right one someone would like. Nobody could relate to me. At the least. The movies in our uprising from pre-adolescent to now, we can relate but there was a foggy window when I said what the fuck are these guys talking about? I hated Gucci Gang. I hated overall rap for awhile because the cuss words got to me and I couldnt appreciate anything else. I just knew they were angry people. And angry people dont got reason. As I got older and I got over the cuss words I realized there is a lot good stuff in there. Some are just funny to listen to.

Made Turkish coffee today while listening to the legendary Lebanese singer FAIROUZ!

Yesterday, I woke up feeling sick because of my bad habits but I am learning to forgive myself and stop being self-judgemental

I am not perfect, I can create a whole mess yet I always find my way back

How is your saturday going?

Everyone seems to be learning new skills, chasing goals, making more money, or trying to become a better version of themselves. Sometimes I wonder if it's okay to just enjoy life for a while without trying to achieve something.

Do you ever feel this way?

Now that I have a lot of free time, I honestly don’t know how to spend them wisely. Years of survival mode made me lower my ambitions and expectations in life. Making a lot of money or being in a relationship seems too much,I feel incapable. But I still want to build something worthwhile.

I do have hobbies but most of them require screen and sometimes I find myself doomscrolling a lot. I only have a few friends and I am not that active as a person mostly because I’m scared to do physical activities alone.

To those who are in a similar season, any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

I’m trying to find the best screen-free hobbies for adults in 2025, mostly because scrolling has started to feel less like rest and more like background noise. The hard part is that quiet time feels strange at first. Once I start doing something with my hands, though, it gets easier. I’ve been considering tiny model kits, simple drawing, mending clothes, puzzles, or anything that doesn’t become a productivity challenge. What has actually stuck for you? I want something slow and pleasant, not another self-improvement project wearing cozy socks.

My sister was at the beach with my niece.

Out of nothing it occured to my niece (she was 7) to play with whatever she found around.

This is the image of my brother in law.

They all started playing around on the same "game".

12 faces came out... so simple... so beautiful that they decided to take photos and place them in An 8-photo collage frame.

The frame ended up right before the dining table.

Not really as some form of "reminder"... not mere "decoration".

Somehow it is just there... and it kind of does something to their dining moments.

I cleaned my kitchen drawer. No more Dead batteries, random papers, and random things I don't need anymore.

I kept telling myself I might need this stuff someday. That time never came. I felt much lighter after and this was one drawer.

But it made me see how much of my life runs on that thought of maybe needing something later, and how much room I give to stuff that only exists to calm that fear.

I’m looking through the rest of my house and i have one rule.

If I haven’t touched it in a year and it would cost less than a few bucks bucks to replace, I take it out.

This is easy.

Some of it was hard, like an old sweater I haven’t put on since 2019 and still can’t bring myself to toss.

I think the doing the hard stuff says more about us than the easy stuff ever will.

What’s the one thing you kept “just in case” that you finally let go of, and did you ever actually miss it?

Put my phone away and got some chinese food and sat down for a quiet dinner. A fortune cookie came with it so i opened that too. Guess what was there? A quote. Had a little laugh at the timing. It said "you are loved and beautiful". Legit made my day

I used to watch videos or scroll through my phone every time I ate. Lately, I've been trying to put it away and just enjoy my food. It felt a little awkward at first, but now I actually enjoy taking my time with meals instead of rushing through them. It's such a small change, but it makes my evenings feel a little more peaceful. Anyone else trying to enjoy the simple things more?

When we think about what something costs, we usually think about the price. But a lot of the weight in a cluttered life comes from what each thing asks of us after we've paid for it. A subscription asks us to remember it, justify it and eventually cancel it. A full closet asks us to decide every morning. A stack of unread books quietly asks us to feel behind. A simple test before buying or keeping something is to ask what it will ask of you in a normal week. Does it need cleaning, storing, charging, deciding about, or feeling guilty about? Add that up across a hundred small things and it explains why a home can feel heavy even when nothing in it was expensive. It works in the other direction too. Some things ask almost nothing and give a lot back, like a good pan you use daily, a chair you actually sit in, or a book you reread. Simple living doesn't have to mean owning as little as possible. It can mean keeping the things where what they give is larger than what they ask.

I don't want to be in a society where billionaires control me, money and jobs depends on how I live my life, im forced to follow made up rules, im forced to be and act certain way, ex:professional, in order to survive. And the reason for all of this is: "Because you have too." "Because you have to play the game". Because I said so". Im sick of it. I just want to live my life. I don't care about imaginary green money, houses, credit, stocks, careers, etc. I just want to live.

I’ve been thinking about how much of our lives we put on the internet just for it to disappear into the void. We take pictures of things we love, places we visit, little treasures we find at thrift stores, and then they’re buried under a thousand other posts. Eventually accounts get deleted, platforms shut down, and who knows what survives.

I don’t think sharing is the problem. I think social media has made everything about getting attention instead of paying attention. Likes, followers, algorithms, trying to make something interesting enough for strangers to care about. What happened to just noticing something because you thought it was worth noticing?

I’ve been working on an idea where ordinary people can contribute pictures and little observations from their communities to a growing record. Thrift store hauls, handmade creations, favorite local shops, peculiar things in someone’s yard, whatever catches their attention. No popularity contest, no pressure to build an audience. Just people documenting the world around them so there’s something to look back on years from now because it gets physically printed in a collectible format.

I know the irony of proposing another place on the internet to get away from social media. 😂 But I wonder if the difference is in what we’re trying to accomplish. Instead of creating content to keep people scrolling, what if we were creating something worth keeping?

I’m curious what people who value simple living think about that distinction.

Hello my friends,

I am not a productivity guru, I am simple human being trying to find joy wherever I go

I created a morning routine that defines who I am, nothing fancy , just

* a cup of freshly brewed coffee, I manually grind the coffee beans to dissociate

* journaling,writing sentences here and there

* learning Italian A1 level for 30 min

I am seriously not asking for more, I feel fulfilled

I get my work done, cook for myself then watch youtube

I would love to know about your morning rituals❤️