Episode 79: Lessons from my Sicilian Pilgrimage on Minimalism
This week I took some time to try to crystalize some of the thoughts that were bouncing around my head on my hike through the mountains of Sicily from Palermo to Messina.
Part of the reason one does such a trip is to hopefully think about aspects of our lives and I did just that for hours each day. For nearly 30 days during my stay in Sicily I lived out of a backpack. I became very conscious of my things and was aware of why I carried each item and the purpose it could serve. I cannot say the same thing for all the stuff I still have in my home, which is massively reduced from what it used to be and from what the average American owns.
In consciously streamlining my life, my possessions, and commitments of my time and money have profoundly changed my life for the better and I'm searching for ways to continue this. My life on the road reinvigorated me for this project.
I've shared some of my thoughts here!