How to Maintain a Minimalist Lifestyle

<p>Once we&apos;ve sorted through our closets, toy bins, junk drawers, and garages and sold or donated what is not needed; and after we&apos;ve learned to be content with less stuff and make room for what we want from life - what comes next? How do we maintain what we&apos;ve worked so hard to achieve? Today we talk about how to continually be aimed at minimalism and some of the lifestyle shifts and changes that will help keep us in the minimalist lifestyle we desire!</p><p><b>Sponsors: </b></p><ul><li><b>YOUR AD HERE</b>. As if it wasn’t hard enough to source our own sponsors, now the world has fallen apart and there are no ad budgets for podcasts. While we look for our next sponsor there are two ways you can financially support us without giving us your money.<ul><li>1st: sign up for Personal Capital using our referral link, <a href='http://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/pcap'>frugalfriendspodcast.com/pcap</a>. Personal Capital is a free app that allows you to monitor and track all your financial accounts from one place. It’s awesome and again, totally free. When you use our link to sign up and connect 401k, 403b, IRA, 529, or any investment account with at least $1,000 you’ll get a $20 Amazon gift card and so will we. Our referral link is frugalfriendspodcast.com/pcap</li><li>2nd is to sign up for Rakuten and spend $25 at any online store they offer cash back at. Sign up at <a href='http://frugalfriendspodcast.com/rakuten'>frugalfriendspodcast.com/rakuten</a> and download the chrome extension to see every time Rakuten offers cash back at a store. If you do this before June 30th you will get $30 bonus cash back and so will we. Normally it’s $10. Those are the ways you can help us without spending any money beyond what you’ve already budgeted for.</li></ul></li><li><b>1st Birthdays</b>! Today is Kai’s first birthday! We’ve kept him alive for a full year and I am impressed. I’ve been dreaming about throwing him a first birthday since before he was born because let’s be honest, a 1st birthday isn’t for the kid, it’s