# Living minimally

**Published by:** [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/)
**Published on:** 2015-11-01
**Categories:** architect-this-city, atc, athiscity, evernote, halloween, home, house, housing, laneway, laneway-home, laneway-house, laneway-housing, life, lin-yutang, minimalism, small-spaces, the-minimalists, uncategorized, uniform, wisdom
**URL:** https://brandondonnelly.com/living-minimally

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“The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.” – Lin Yutang Yesterday I posted the above photo on social media with the caption: “This year I decided to go ALL OUT for Halloween.” A friend then responded and said: “A minimalist does Halloween. Love it.”I’ve been called a minimalist many times before. And it is certainly something that I think about. Oftentimes I feel like life is a constant battle against physical and mental clutter. But that the more you can rid yourself of that clutter, the happier and freer you will feel. It’s why I scan most of my paperwork into Evernote and then throw out the hard copies. It’s why I tend to wear a lot of white dress shirts and black t-shirts – it keeps life simple and reduces decision making. And it’s one of the reasons I’m so attracted to laneway houses and small spaces. I don’t think most of us need as much home as we think we do. If this is something that also interests you, I recommend checking out a blog called The Minimalists. I just recently subscribed to them.

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