Shinji Sverige

  If you're looking for the first step of becoming a minimalist, you've come to the right place. As one of the extreme minimalists for many years, I would like to share with you the definition of a minimalist lifestyle. There is no absolute answer or definition for this, so let's take a look at my definition of a minimalism lifestyle. "Why?" is the keyword Before start talking about the minimalism lifestyle, let's define the word "minimalist". In my dictionary, a minimalist is a person who knows what they love, and what they do not love . Also, in most cases, their belongings are only something that they love or that they have to have. To start the minimalism lifestyle, you want to start by asking "why?" to yourself. This can be applied to your job, your belongings, your human relationship, and so on. In this article, I'm going to focus on the belongings so the question you ask yourself will be  Why do I have this? Why do ...

Want to do the digital detox but do not know how to start it? This article will give you some findings in terms of how to manage the use of your phone. Many methods for a digital detox Basically, there are many methods for a digital detox. I, myself a minimalist and a person who does digital detox pretty often, have tried many methods and approaches to acquire the habit of digital detox. In the first stage, I was struggling to enjoy the time without digital devices, but gradually noticing how to enjoy the time without any electronic devices, I realized the difficulty level of each action for the digital detox. So in this article, I would like to go into one of the easiest approaches to do the digital detox: starting from uninstalling the app from your phone one by one. This article will help you if you're having trouble with starting a digital detox habit and not knowing what to do for the first step. Also, if you do not want to delete the app and want to d...

As a minimalist traveler, I love to go to many coffee places around the world. This time, I would like to introduce you "SCHOOL BUS COFFEE STOP" located in Osaka, Japan. If you click on the COFFEE tag on top of this blog, or here , you can read the articles about coffee places around the world. It's coffee time bro. Great place to enjoy espresso-beverages BEAUTIFUL This place offers a lot of different types of espresso-based beverages. They do offer pour-over but according to the barista, their most-ordered drink is FlatWhite. If you do not know about Flat white, it's a very popular espresso beverage in Oceania countries such as Australia and New Zealand. It's almost the same as a cafe latte but more with the formed milk on top of the cup as flat as possible; that's why this is Flat and White (espresso+milk beverage) I ordered flat white with their original espresso blend beans. Inside the shop What I loved about this coffee place is the i...

I broke my smartphone almost 2 weeks ago, and I spent days without it. But I bought an iPad yesterday. Let's take a look at why I came to the solution to buy an iPad. 　 Summary of Day1-Day10  Basically, I don't have any intention of giving up my smartphone, but accidentally I dropped my smartphone. Through spending days without my smartphone, I found both positive and negative effects of not having it. The conclusion that I came to is to have an iPad  (Wifi + Celler Model) instead of my smartphone. In this article, I would like to show you why having an iPad is so useful for people who want to do a digital detox. The benefit of having an iPad instead of a smartphone Based on the situation that you do not have your smartphone or any other devices that you can insert your SIM card, having an iPad is so useful. There are 3 benefits that I can think of; those are... Access to the emergency contacts You can not use it while walking Less screen time than phones Ac...

As I have been writing some blog articles about digital detox , I would like to focus on the advantages and disadvantages of digital detox in this article. Almost 2 weeks ago, I have accidentally broken my smartphone during my family trip. Life Without Phone is the article tag that I have been posting to share with you what I feel from my experience of giving up a smartphone, so if you are interested in what happened to me, please read those articles. Advantages of digital detox  The beautiful forest in Umeå, Sweden Life without my phone has told me three benefits of it and those are... You will find many fun activities in the real world You will have less burden for your eyes  You will be able to enjoy chatting with friends in the real world You can decrease decision fatigue as well  You will find many fun activities in the real world This was actually the first time I realized how much time I have spent on the screen even though I thought I wasn't doing so...

Digital detox is difficult to do when you have no guide or no information to follow. In this article, I would like to show you 5 examples of digital detox activities with each guide on how to do it. It's very simple and if you try any of these activities, you will notice that digital detox is not that difficult. The below 5 methods were invented and tested by myself and all of them worked perfectly for me, so I would like to share how I have done it for people who are interested in starting digital detox. There is of course pro and con to digital detox so please refer to the article  The Advantages and Disadvantages of Digital Detox   to know the advantages and disadvantages of digital detox. Table of Contents The Breakfast Challenge The Lunch Challenge The Dinner Challenge 13 hours Challenge  24 hours Challenge There are 5 challenges that I would like you to know starting from the easiest one "The Breakfast Challenge" and to the hardest one "24 hours Challe...

  In this article, I would like to share 5 steps that you can try to do the digital detox without giving up digital devices. It is going to be all about how you manage yourself. Let's jump into it. Digital Detox is so important for digital nomads  If you are a digital nomad working fully remotely, this article is something that you want to read seriously This is what I have done and now I am completely managing the time that I use digital devices. 5 steps for starting your digital detox habit are... Step 1: Understand how much time you use the digital devices Step 2: Eliminate the unnecessary time of using digital devices during daytime Step 3: Delete the unused or unnecessary app from your phone Step 4: Set the time to turn off/on every single digital device Step 5: Try to continue this habit  Let's take a look at each step to understand more about these steps. Step 1: Understand how much time you use digital devices The first step of digital detox is to und...

The more I spend days without a smartphone, the more I feel why I even have to think about getting it back. Almost a week has passed since I broke my smartphone and decided to not own one anymore. I have been able to continue the digital detox especially when I'm outside, and in my life overall. In this article, I would like to introduce 3 benefits of not having a smartphone while being outside. If you think like " Wait, there is no benefit of being without the Internet outside ." This article will help you to realize that smartphone is not that important. Let's take a look at it 3 benefits of a digital detox when outside Spending the days without a smartphone,  Day 1- Day 4 , and Day 5 - Day 7 , I felt like I am in a different world.  Before losing access to a smartphone, I thought it's gonna be difficult to live without my phone especially when I'm outside. However, a week of interesting experience has taught me that if I prepare enough, there is ...