Traveling is a great way to get a taste of a minimalist lifestyle. You can only take what you can fit in your car or suitcase. However, most of us tend to overpack and end up spending more time searching our luggage for things than we would like. That’s where it helps to have a minimalist travel mindset.
It was a road trip about a year ago that kicked off my minimalist journey. We were gone for 3 weeks and knew we’d have access to washing machines during our trip, so I packed for 1 week. Each week when I did our laundry, I was amazed that everything fit in one batch. It was laundry for all four of us, but it was only one batch a week instead of 3 or 4.
Of course, I knew this would be different at home. At home, I’d have to wash towels, sheets, and other non-trip things. But If I could get all of our clothing done in one load, that would be wonderful. (Laundry is NOT my favorite chore. More on that to come in a future blog post.)
And so when I got home I started researching family minimalism, found The Minimal Mom, and the rest is history. This year as I packed for our annual road trip, I tried to apply minimalist principles.
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