Comments on: The Simple Guide for Prepping for a Family Move

By: reen

reen — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:32:19 +0000

Love reading your posts. This inspire me to clean,clear and donate a lot of stuffs.
However I have. 3 full of soft toys container that hubby won’t let me give away. He said these r the collection since our daughter was born.
Hmmm

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[...] Most minimalists I know or are familiar with online have a common inspiration: Leo. Leo, as I’ve mentioned before, writes the ZenHabits and Mnmlist blogs. He moved his family of 7 from the island of Guam to the the city of San Francisco. They traveled halfway around the world and only took with them a backpack for each person. That’s one way to eliminate baggage fees! You can read about their approach to moving with less here on ZenFamilyHabits. [...]

By: laura

laura — Sun, 23 May 2010 20:38:59 +0000

Aren’t large families bad for carbon footprints? Kids demand more stuff and that creates clutter the older they get. A one child family is enough in this overcrowded planet. Minimalism and small families fits into the 21st century. I fail to see consistency in Leo B.’s ideas and his large family being a minimalist.

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By: Cath Lawson

Cath Lawson — Tue, 04 May 2010 01:34:28 +0000

Hi Leo – We’re relocating this year and we’re doing pretty much the same as you. It just didn’t make sense to pay a fortune to ship a heap of stuff to another country.

I was going to sell most of our stuff on ebay but the WordPress Yardsale sounds like a great idea. Hope your move goes well and you enjoy San Francisco.

By: Pär Wiger

Pär Wiger — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 04:35:06 +0000

Hi Leo. Thanks for sharing and congrats on your decision to move. SF is a fantastic city!

Having just gone through the process myself, I just feel this urge to reassure you that you have nothing to worry about and that you’re in for a great experience. Yes, you do beat me on the number of kids – I only have four* – but as you probably know better than most by now: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6…; it’s no big difference. People tend to think that troubles multiply (some even logarithmically) by the number of kids, but they forget the truth about joy shared…
* In all fairness, I think my fourth actually being four months on its way when we made our move from Bergen to Sydney last November should cancel out your additional two. Lets call it even ;)

Anyway, besides wishing you luck I just want to back you up on the minimalist approach. We did the same, although with a little more luggage than you guys. Kudos to you! If nothing else, leaving your stuff behind is tremendously refreshing. And scary. You realize you really don’t need the stuff you always considered indispensable**. And good choice of tools too. Especially found Google My Maps really useful.
** Don’t forget your V5F’s though; they really are indispensable :)

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