I completed my Minimalist May challenge!
How a challenge improved my life.
At the start of May 2024, I posted on my blog that I would be setting myself a challenge of less. A challenge where I would focus on five areas of my life where I felt I needed to make changes. Some were wishes, others were aspirations.
Minimalist May is now over, and I can celebrate my fifth year of completion. The difference between this year and the past four, is the areas I chose to commit to. This year’s choices were areas I was not willing to be without, so I was putting myself through something uncomfortable from the start.
Oh, how I should have done this sooner! If you have followed me through the ups and downs of the challenge, thank you. It means the world to me, and I hope I have inspired at least someone to have a go at one of them. Daily posts can be found here.
My post will go over the highlights of the challenge and how I got on with each of my goals. Spoiler alert: I did better than I expected, with some surprises along the way.
Diet
In all honesty, I didn’t think the exclusion of cakes, biscuits, sweets and crisps all month was going to be a big deal. I was so wrong. This goal was certainly the hardest. The primary reason is I didn’t plan properly to replace these items, so…
