Essays and reflections to help clear mental load and emotional clutter, ease overwhelm, and create more mental space in real, everyday life.

Turns out 33 is old. Well, old enough to have a knee problem spring up out of nowhere even though I do exactly 0 heavy impact exercises. And would life be life if it didn’t happen when Aaron was out of town for a week? It’s always exciting to find out what will randomly go […]
If you’re here, I already consider you a friend! And that’s because I really love people who want to focus on what matters in life, which certainly isn’t the endless pursuit of stuff.
The idea here isn’t perfection or rigid minimalism, rather it’s to avoid being bogged down by things that don’t bring lasting fulfillment.
I pinch myself regularly that my podcast (Paring Down), my newsletter (The L.E.S.S. Express), and my social media platforms allow me to spread this message of how to discover our most uncluttered, joyful, purpose-driven lives.
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