Colleen is on vacation visiting her daughter and other family, so I'm exploring the blog world this week and picking the Friday's Favorite Five. As a reminder, I rarely read blogs, so picking 5 favorites is always an experiment for me. 1. There is not one post I'm  specifically pointing to here. The Good News Network is my favorite site besides 365 Less Things, and I have visited it every day for years. I think we all could use more good news and less grim in our lives. Geri, who founded the Good News Network, has excellent journalistic credentials as she used to work for CNN, which she … [Read more...]

Hi Folks, it's Friday again and here are my favourite five comments of the week This is the first comment we've received from Smoothagator and what a great one it is too. I hope she will join in and share her special brand of wisdom with us on a regular basis. Thanks Smoothagator and welcome to 365 Less Things. This comment came from Grace in Brazil in response the Cindy's Weekly Wisdom ~ First Fruits. It is short but sweet so I have cut and pasted it here rather than add a link. ~ Something my 17 year old daughter said recently also puts this in perspective. She stated quite wisely, … [Read more...]

Once again there has been some great comments this week elaborating on the topics at hand. Here are this weeks favourite five. It is clear from this comment from Ornela that she has her shopping strategies all worked out. With a plan like this in place there should be no more fear of clutter building up in her home. ~ I am slowly learning to shop by list only... Read more This comment from Melissa is a good example why it is important to sort and label your photo collection. This is the comment chosen by Cindy from the responses to her Weekly Wisdom this week, it is from Ideealistin … [Read more...]

Once again it was a strong week for insightful comments and here are the five I selected for you not to miss. I loved the words of wisdom at the end of this comment from Kelley ~ Having done quite a bit of decluttering this year it’s clear to me how much better I feel with less stuff around… Read the entire comment here. If you read no other comment this week make sure you read this one by Deb J it is a perfect example of what slow and steady decluttering is all about ~ Oh how I know what you mean about “interesting” papers... Read more I have received several comments from … [Read more...]

So much great wisdom always surfacing from our readers. Once again it was hard to narrow it down to only five. Natalie in response to The pervasive effect or clutter on peace of mind ~  “There is the burden of guilt for spending money on the now unused stuff.” That is me... Read more. Jess @ miniMum had this suggestion in response to  Where is the light at the end of the tunnel? ~ This problem is why some minimalists recommend the tabula rasa method of decluttering... Read more. I had to add this one to today's favourite five as it was a big achievement fro Andréia although … [Read more...]

This week's favorite five have been chosen by Cindy because Colleen is away on vacation Favorite Five comments From Cat's Meow in response to Do You Shop to Fill a Void? She shares the control she'd taken over her money and her spending. http://www.365lessthings.com/?p=1208#comment-7633 Also from the same post, Delores talks about feeling out of synch with friends who still want to shop, shop, shop. http://www.365lessthings.com/?p=1208#comment-7624 Ornela loved my post on honesty, and encouraged me to let the girls go wild on my remaining scrapbook supplies. … [Read more...]

Here are this weeks favourite five comments... Jess@minimalistmum in response to Simple Saturday ~ Key mini mission ~ I think you’ve found the key! Read more Cindy in response to Simple Saturday ~ Key mini mission ~ When I find unknown keys… Read more Juhli in response to Thoughts on the use it up challenge ~ I really laughed when I read the 8 month saga of using up soap… Read more Liina in response to a comment from Snosie ~ Snosie – I’m not sure if I’m understanding your predicament exactly, but... Read more Paola in response to My Stumbling Block ~ My … [Read more...]

There is so much to be learned from your fellow readers at 365lessthings. There are as many great tips and ideas and encouragement that goes on in the comments section as there is in the posts themselves. But if you don't have the time to read them all every Friday I am happy to choose five that I would want you to miss. Here are this week's five... Andreia in response to Becky's comment on My stumbling block ~  Hi Becky! Don’t save the clothes... Read more Deb J ~ We recently had a craft and craft supply sale here in our community...Read more Eve in response to Your responses to … [Read more...]

Once again there were plenty of great comments to choose from this week I could easily have chosen ten or more but five it is... okgirl in response to Repeating the same action... ~ Thanks for the kick in the pants! I love *reading* about decluttering...Read more Di in response to The Mysterious Case of the Tottering Stalagmites ~ Katherine, what a great and timely post... Read more Liina in reaponse to Mini Mission Monday - Give yourself permission ~ Great stuff this week! I had a lot of success last week... Read more okgirl in response to Mini Mission Monday... ~ Overcast and … [Read more...]