At the beginning of the year, we set an intention to live more simply and to create a compact, uncluttered lifestyle with minimal impact on the Earth. Our aim was to break the cycle of unnecessary spending and accumulation by refusing to buy anything we didn’t really need this year, apart from essentials. We made a resolution to discover what it was that truly made us happy and to remove anything from our lives that wasn’t a reflection of our true, inner selves. We set ourselves a series of mini challenges, where we simplified different areas of our lives and pared down our possessions to only those of greatest importance. Our final challenge for the year is to go back to basics, bring together all the information we have gathered, and focus and define our interests, in the ultimate challenge.

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