joy of less | organised castle

Last week I mentioned that I was reading “The Joy of Less” by Francine Jay. In amongst the decluttering guide are some real gems. One stuck in my mind and I find myself thinking about it as I look around the clear spaces in my home.

I quote from the book:

“Music is the space between the notes.” My interpretation of composer Claude Debussy’s words: beauty requires a certain amount of emptiness to be appreciated – otherwise, you have only chaos and cacophony.

For our purposes, we’ll put a minimal twist on this idea and say, “Life is the space between our things.”

This can also be applied to our lives in general. I am trying hard to have some space to just ‘be’ and it feels good. It is something we should all try.

Enjoy the space. 🙂

I am currently reading “The Joy of Less” by Francine Jay aka Miss Minimalist. I enjoy her blog posts but this book is just brilliant.

Francine’s writing style is gentle and inspirational. Unlike some decluttering and minimalism writing it is neither prescriptive nor extreme.

I am inspired and also reassured. Inspired to continue on my quest to have only what I actually need and love as well as reassured that I am on the right track even though I am quite some way from what I would describe as a minimalist.

The best thing is that this ‘book’ is on my Kindle e-reader. It is bought and permanently owned by me for future reference but is taking up no physical space. How good is that?