{"id":7629,"date":"2024-05-25T16:39:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T20:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/inspiring-simplicity-weekend-reads-27\/"},"modified":"2024-05-25T16:39:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T20:39:11","slug":"inspiring-simplicity-weekend-reads-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/inspiring-simplicity-weekend-reads-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiring Simplicity. Weekend Reads."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/hop.clickbank.net\/?affiliate=infohatch&amp;vendor=J1R2C\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10614 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png\" alt=\"Profit Gen\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png 400w, https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-30966 br-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.becomingminimalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Inspiring-Simplicity--1024x648.png\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"648\" alt=\"\" data-brsrcset=\"https:\/\/www.becomingminimalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Inspiring-Simplicity--1024x648.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.becomingminimalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Inspiring-Simplicity--300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/www.becomingminimalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Inspiring-Simplicity--768x486.png 768w, https:\/\/www.becomingminimalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Inspiring-Simplicity-.png 1152w\" data-brsizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>My desire with each Weekend Reads is to provide you with articles and posts that encourage simplicity and minimalist living. Below, you will find links to blog posts and news stories that I hand-picked over the last couple weeks. I hope you find inspiration and practical help inside them.<\/p>\n<p>That is my goal on Becoming Minimalist: to intentionally promote simplicity in a world that needs to hear it. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/the-perfection-myth-times-luxury-6tngw69b3\">The Myth of the Fairytale Wardrobe<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/\">The Times<\/a> by Anna Murphy. There is no such thing as the perfect white shirt or pair of jeans, or any item of clothing \u2014 so let\u2019s give up the hunt.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richinwhatmatters.com\/2024\/05\/18\/minimalism-as-a-tool\/\">Minimalism as a Tool<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/richinwhatmatters.com\">Rich In What Matters<\/a> by Julia Ubbenga. Here are four ancient minimalists who used minimalism as a tool.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/littleminimalistontheprairies.com\/2024\/05\/17\/how-to-simplify-life-when-life-isnt-simple\/\">How To Simplify Life When Life Isn\u2019t Simple<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/littleminimalistontheprairies.com\">Little Minimalist On The Prairies<\/a> by Lauren. How do we deal with and strive for a simpler way of living when it seems like everything around us is running at a hectic and chaotic pace?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zenhabits.net\/slow-retreat\/\">The Possibility of Slowing Down<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/zenhabits.net\">Zen Habits<\/a> by Leo Babauta. What would it be like to slow down? To find stillness in your day, moments of rest and quietude?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/simple.money\/10-practical-ideas-to-spend-less-money-shopping\/\">10 Practical Ideas to Spend Less Money Shopping<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/simple.money\/\">Simple Money<\/a> by Harper Bennett. Here are ten practical ideas to help you spend less money while shopping.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nosidebar.com\/how-to-edit-everything\/\">How to Edit Everything<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/nosidebar.com\">No Sidebar<\/a> by Karen Trefzger. If we edit the clutter from our homes the way a writer edits words, we wind up with just what we wanted. No fluff. Just the pure and useful cream of the crop.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recently Released Inspiring Videos<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wg3UJH7NzJ8\">The Single Easiest Habit Change to Improve Your Life Forever<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@JoshuaBecker\">YouTube<\/a> by Joshua Becker. Today I want to share with you the easiest way to get more time in your day and improve your life, and it\u2019s probably easier than you think.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7Cg-3nIgexg\">There are Better Things to be than Rich<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@JoshuaBecker\">YouTube<\/a> by Joshua Becker. Once our basic needs have been met, money contributes very little to our overall happiness and well-being. But more than that, there are actually a number of inherent dangers in possessing riches. Or maybe I should say, at the very least, there are better things to be than rich.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hop.clickbank.net\/?affiliate=infohatch&amp;vendor=J1R2C\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10614 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png\" alt=\"Profit Gen\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png 400w, https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My desire with each Weekend Reads is to provide you with articles and posts that encourage simplicity and minimalist living. 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