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The Minimalist community presents It's More or Less the Best, a curation compilation highlighting some outstanding blogs published over the past week.

These selected authors shared their personal stories and views on different aspects of their minimalist lifestyle, giving some insight into what the style of living involves.

This compilation is presented to help shine the spotlight on the selected posts, with the hope that you will take a look at them in case you missed any.

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Outstanding Minimalist Blogs in no particular order.

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Children don't need things, they just need responsible parents.

✨"I try, and perhaps the verb try is conjugated in all tenses, to teach them that they must be conscious, responsible, happy and above all: they must believe in themselves. If they believe in what they are, in what they have, nothing and nobody will be able to stop them. Likewise, I have instilled in them the value of things, to appreciate the smallest things, to be grateful, to live in the present, to help and to give, even if you have little." @nancybriti1

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Parenting With Purpose.

✨"Raising kids today can be challenging, but things are easier when we show them the right way to live. It’s not just about telling or forcing them; it’s about showing them.
Kids learn from us as parents or guardians. They imitate our behaviours and values in their early life, which has helped me balance minimalism and parenting. I have never had to push myself too hard in teaching them how to live because they see the things I do and follow my steps, even without telling them to do so." @george-dee

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The Minimalist Mythbust

✨"One thing I have come to experience and understand is that when we say minimalism is about having less, it doesn’t just end there. We are keeping less because the bigger focus is on making more space for other meaningful things. We are decluttering physically and mentally to create more space to breathe. We are letting go of burdens to create more space for freedom. We’re having less to no drama to create more room for peace." @abenad

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My little dress for returning from trips to the river and the beach

✨"After a trip to the river with the family, while we were trying to change out of our wet clothes and put on the clothes we would wear on the way back, my mother-in-law saw me struggling a bit because our skin was damp and clothes seem to be the enemy of damp skin, as it's not so easy to put them on. So she told me that over the years she had learned something that had helped her avoid this discomfort when getting dressed, and that was to always have a loose-fitting dress at home that you can simply put on over your clothes and then take off the wet ones underneath." @jemima1996

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Love, not Luxury

✨"People think that having a lot of toys or clothes is a sign that a child is well cared for, but in reality, it's different. The fewer the child has, the better they behave IMO. Because when the space is cluttered, say with lots of toys, they become overwhelmed faster, they won't even know which one to play with. But when there were a few favourites, a few blocks, crayons, and maybe a stuffed animal, the play would become more meaningful, creative, and quiet most times." @madilyn02

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Just The Basics, Still Enough.

✨"Some people might think at their age, they are supposed to have plenty toys, gadgets, clothes and all that, but in our house, they don’t even have many toys, not because I don’t love them o nah…, but because we don’t see the need to have plenty, because they still play, laugh, gist, and enjoy their day with the little things around them, you will even think they have everything." @treasuree

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Parenting & Minimalist Lifestyle

✨"I would rather work hard and do what I do according to my capacity. I also give my children good food, clothes with quality clothes and shoes, sometimes from second-hand stores, which do appear beautiful, unique and uncommon on them. Imagine the clothes in these pictures are from her second store. I also support and encourage studying effectively at home. Thereby making them good managers of time, and their performance, exceptional at school." @ainajane

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Minimalism And Parenting, How Does That Work

✨"I'm not saying to ignore your child, of course, don't do that. Instead, tell them that you are there if they need you, don't press them for information, or to share their emotions. Give them space to feel, to process. Because a huge part of any healing is being allowed to feel. When we try and step in, our presence can cause them to shut down." @trucklife-family

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Freedom from overthinking.

✨"I used to have a clear picture of my life, but a few years ago, it looked blurry due to many things happening to me and in Nigeria, where youths find it difficult to thrive as they had projected while growing up. Lots of obstacles exist, and we're forced to think outside the box, which some people end up misunderstanding. I've tried working on the effects of overthinking on me, but the progress is very slow."@lara-bee

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Balancing My Parenting

✨"One major area that my minimalism influences my parenting is in the area of her feeding and snack time. My daughter knows very well that she should not take more than the stipulated amount of snacks per day. Irrespective of her tantrums and cheekiness, she can only get the stipulated amount of snacks I recommend." @rukkie

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Please observe our updated community rules

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Some additional tips

🔸 The community encourages authors to engage and build rapport with other team members by leaving meaningful comments.

🔸 If possible, we recommend that authors try to use original photos taken by them. Photos count toward the possibility of your post being curated.

🔸 Just a reminder that the weekly #KISS Blog Ideas is presented with ideas on topics to write about and to help you to structure your blogs; they are not meant to be questionnaires for you to list information and publish.

🔸 The presentation of your blog goes a long way, and sharing aspects of your lives and your personal stories and experiences should be a lot more than a list that can be found in various places on the web.

🔸 You do not need to wait or only blog in response to the prompts provided. You're free to share any aspect of your minimalist lifestyle at any time.

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Thank you for checking out the #MoreOrLessTheBest Curation Compilation presented by The Minimalist. This is the new official community account, where the weekly #KISS Blog Ideas and all community events and activities will be published.
I invite you all to get involved and share your stories about minimalism, and perhaps you would like to invite someone.

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