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Minimal Moves
by Haruka Noishiki
For minimal minded folks, from minimalists to maximalists. Sharing bite-size steps on how to declutter, live on the move, and build your own flavor of minimalism. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/haruka-noishiki/support
Episodes
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EP 59: Clothing Compactly | Shoes, Hats, Scarves, Ties
I had fun editing this one for once- interesting to think about how much can change in a year, both in the logistical detail (what I have, where I am, what lifestyle I lead) and in how I interact with the world. So here's to a throwback on shoes/hats/scarves and an attempt at understanding ties....
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EP 58: Rules and Regulations | The no-buy year
Here's a quick chat about an accidental no-buy moment I had - if you haven't yet, would you give it a try? The minimalist I mention here is Ashlynne Eaton :)
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EP 57: Frugal Financials | Wasteful (?) things that I will invest in in 2021-22
From skincare to books, there are a lot of aspects of life that you might expect minimalists to rule out - and that might make you hesitate to consider minimalism at all. In this episode, I wanted to give a little air time to those counterculture aspects of minimalism if you will. The essence of...
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EP 56: Digital Declutter | Everything Local
In this episode, we walk through four categories: saving the lag, interface organization, browser organization, and files and folders. Tune in for tips to make your laptop more efficient and faster!
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EP 55: Clothing Compactly | the capsule wardrobe in a real context
Often times when I watch minimalist content on capsule wardrobes, I wonder how that can be applied to a non-creator like me - a student then, a 9-5er now, with clothing needs spanning from galas to business casual to Thursday nights in sweats. In this episode, I talk about small steps I take and...
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EP 54: Frugal Financials | Habits to cut back on today
From wannabie outfits to tech updates, there are mindless-to-semiautomatic costs that are easy to spend, and just as easy to habitualize cutting out. If these items bring you meaning, by all means, keep it -but if not, habits are an easy way to reallocate your resources to things that matter more!
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EP 53: Digital Declutter series | Phone Matters
For this episode, I invited my friend Frank to talk about how to keep everything from notifications to the app library minimal. Anyone trying to keep their digital life organized this year?
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EP 52: Minimal Makeup | Lips
Today, I talk about the minimal approaches to lip products that complicate my love of the neutral-to-bold. Enjoy!
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Exploration 1: Reading of So Lose, I Will Not.
I wanted to try out reading my blog posts- I know I write in rambling thought, so I figured, why not see what people think about it actually being rambled out loud? A potential of this becoming its own thing, so please please let me know what you think (including a very honest don't do it! I will...
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EP 51: Frugal Financials | Care and Clothing
From gym memberships to shaving cream, there are a lot of things in the care and clothing departments that I think are lifestyle-optional - we might think it's a must, but we can just as easily rethink how we incorporate them into our lives. In this episode, I talk about which ones I'm keeping…
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Ep. 50: Frugal Financials | Home Edition
Hi Minimal Moves! From vases to iPads, in this episode, I talk about random things around the household. If you're a plant hater or a plant lover, listen to feel justified or angered (or both?).
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Making #1: Making Uvida Shop
I'm excited to bring to you the Making Series, my first ever collaboration where I connect with zero waste/sustainable living creatives. In this episode, Maria from the Uvida Shop shares her experience starting one of the few zero waste stores in Boston as an undergrad.
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Ep. 49: Frugal Financials | Food and Kitchen!
Here are some musings about keeping college/young adult and generally minimalist kitchen setups cheap and sustainable! Tea fanatics, pasta lovers, listen on.
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Ep. 48: Having Hobbies as a Minimalist
I wanted to sit down and chat a little bit about how hobbies come into play in a minimalist's life, from the tool intensive to merely vocal-cord-requiring (and I swear I use words a little better than that in the episode itself). Here are some tool-gathering resources I mention: Facebook...
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Episode 47: Minimal Makeup | The Base
Today I talk through sunblock, foundation, concealer, and other base-coverage thoughts- one of the lasts for the minimal makeup series. Stay tuned for newer series episodes on financials and digital declutter!
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Episode 46: Frugal Financials | How much I spend in a week
In this episode, I walk through my honest typical spending in a week, how that can vary depending on the season (hint: Christmas hikes), and how I keep track of my expenditures.
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Episode 45: Rules and Regulations | the 10/10 Rule
In this episode, I talk through one of the "rules" that minimalist adopt. The 10/10 rule helps focus on what matters to you in your life and make sure that your spending aligns with your priorities. I'm planning to check in using this rule every couple of years - I hope you find it useful too!
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Episode 44: Clothing Compactly | Thrift & Resell Picks
From ThredUp to friend group swaps, there are so many ways you can pick up clothing that is new to you but known to the earth (aka second hand). In this episode, I walk through the various second-hand sale and purchase options, including Depop, Instagram, and craigslist! Which one's your favorite?
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Episode 43: Minimal Makeup - Cheeks
We're back with a minimal makeup episode! This week let's chat about everything cheeky - and I have to give you an update. Since recording this episode, I've caved into picking up my first ever highlight (my justification: it was on like 33% ish off sale and came in funky packaging that I will…
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Episode 42: Minimal Water Bottle Basics
Today I want to walk through some minimal water bottle basics. Water bottles are a great first step into making sustainable swaps that have a significant impact - and can be such a statement piece in our daily lives! I talk through some of my favorite brands (think S'Well, Keep Cup, Zojirusi) and...
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Episode 41: Alcohol and Minimalism
CW: alcohol/alcoholism mentioned Many in the minimalist community have no-drinks or low-drink phases if not long-term commitments. I also was recently surprised to learn that some people drink just for social purposes (to be "fun" or to fit in, as opposed to out of the enjoyment of the drink...
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Episode 40: How my 300+ Item Declutter is Going So Far
I started counting the number of items I was letting go of towards the end of last summer when I heard about the minimalism challenge - but didn't have the time to set aside to declutter up to 31 items on a given day. Today I talk you through the ins and out of my decluttering count, how I feel...
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Episode 39: Struggles in Minimalism
With every lifestyle change comes hurdles, and minimalism is no exception. In the spirit of being as real as is reasonably palatable, here are just a few struggles that I'm facing as I take on this minimalist shift.
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Episode 38: How Minimalism and Feminism Parallel
Nuff said, I say, like a 1980-s dad sipping a bourbon (I have no idea where that came from … #patriarchy?). Enjoy!
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Episode 37: Experiences to invest in 2021
Here are some new and continuing experiences that I want to invest in, experiences that others are helping me have, and some that I don't plan to invest in, 2021 onwards.
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Episode 36: How to be a Fairy Godmother but Sustainably
You know, I might just not blabber on in the description for once, and just say ... gather some fairy dust, and get ready to fairy-godmother but sustainably ;)
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Episode 35: Back to where I came from - Japanese Heritage in Minimalism
In this episode, I talk through five aspects of the Japanese aspects of minimalism: 1. Wabi-sabi 2. Konmari method https://konmari.com/ 3. Komono 4. Kintsugi 5. "Small tests" + Cleaning in my Japanese elementary/middle school experience Owning my culture is a privilege and a joy and my duty all…
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Episode 34: Planning Towards Minimalism
Whether you are a google calendar user all the way, a bujo queen or a somewhat average paper journal juggler, I can relate. Planning systems is an object of my fascination. In this episode I talk through all this - and at the end have a quick update on what I'm headed into the new year with. Link...
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Episode 33: Gimmicky things you don't need, and your friend doesn't either
In this episode, I talk through a couple of gimmicky things that have become so trendy. I wanted to make sure we're thinking through swaps that can be multi-functional before picking up these items that don't really do more than one job. At the end I go into a little bit about truly appreciating...
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Episode 32: Minimal Makeup - Eyes!
Here's my eye routine, slightly minimal :) It's really only slightly minimal because I love a bold eye look, and try to do one - in whatever ways my limited technical capacity and obsession with blue will allow. I'll keep y'all updated on any sustainable alternatives I find!
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Episode 31: Three things I invested in in 2020
I've been seeing a lot of people, minimalist or not, sharing the products and experiences they're glad they invested in in 2020. Here, I talk through three products that I'm glad I invested in this year, though they were higher budget items that I'm used to. The idea of minimalism is to redirect...
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Episode 30: Honoring Gifts, Decluttering Gifts
Today I come to you with a rather odd proposition: declutter gifts to honor the gift giver's intentions. I. talk through my personal example that involves a kindergartener in Petaluma, California, and tons of second-hand books. And here's a reminder that it's okay, of course, if you don't agree.…
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Episode 29: When Materialism Hits
I'm still thinking through my Black Friday purchases - while none of them were impulse buys (they all were things that came from my year-curated wish list), I am still conflicted in my digestion of it all. Today, I wanted to ~ get real ~ as they say and talk about what I think through when I want...
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Episodes 28: Minimal Makeup Steps - in Hair!
The second Minimal Makeup Step is in the hair direction. From Backpacking Bananas (yes, you guessed it, another YouTuber)'-inspired Jojoba interests to Trader Joe's hair serum, options abound; here's how I try to minimize branch-like split ends and nourish my confused, thick and wavy/curly-ish hair.
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Episode 27.5: Lil habit kickstart update
In this episode, I update you on what little habits I've been trying to kickstart (including, my Japanese-servant-leadership-emphasizing, Catholic-school-education-forbid, asserting myself!) before the New Years, and how those have been going <3
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Episode 27: Setting Goals and Aspirations
I just watched a video by an actor (also one of my favorite YouTubers, Michel Janse) moving onto newer goals, and was thinking over how my personal goals are shifting. Thinking through your goals and adjusting them as life shifts IS minimalist - in this episode, I explain how that's the case and...
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Episode 26: Minimal Makeup Steps - in Brows!
Okay y'all. Series 2 of this podcast is on makeup, an art form might I dare say that I hope to continue to learn. Before my non-makeuped friends run away, might I dare remind you that this could be helpful for holiday, birthday, and pick-me-up gifts? Today, I go over brow-related products, talk...
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Episode 25: Minimal Snacking
Even in the dimension of snacking, I try (and, again, fail sometimes) to be more minimal or sustainable - whether it's in what I'm eating itself or what wrapping the snacks come in. Here's to baby steps.
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Episode + : Making new years moves NOW!
Santa might not be the only one making a list and checking it twice, you might be too. Got your new years resolution list ready? Why not get started on them now? Today I talk through how minimalism can frame a December kickstart to New Years resolutions, and how that can help set good habits on...
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Episode 23: Minimal or not? Tea and Coffee Practice
If you know me, you might know that I have a tendency to carry 2-3 water bottles - 1 for water, 1 for tea, and 1 for coffee. I also recently realized I have been holding onto a precious tea a friend gave me over a year ago; for those who don't take tea, you're supposed to go through your tea…
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Episode 24: Gift Receiving Minimally + Sustainably
Having gift swaps with friends before heading home? Having different gifting arrangements online this year? Today I talk through how to receive gifts with all the grace, becoming of a sustainability-minded minimalist. P.S. Did that sound fancy enough for a mantle with stockings? I sure hope so!
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Episode 22: Minimal Morning Essentials
Here's a somewhat-aspirational, somewhat-realistic twist on what a minimal-yet-stressed morning can look like! Thinking about tomorrow morning already:)
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Episode 21.5: Black Friday Post-Action
This episode is almost a blooper, but I think adds to the mission of this podcast -to share a very real + human experience in minimalism. I talk through here somewhat of a mini, guilt-gilded haul if you will, and the minimalist elements within all that. You could call it an excuse of an episode,...
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Episode 21: What I've decluttered so far - November 2020
You might have heard of the Minimalism Challenge (I believe started by The Minimalists), which asks you to declutter 1 item the first day, 2 the second, 3 the third ... for a full month. Whether you're a college student, work full time, or care for a family, you may find that picking up...
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Episode 20: Gifting Intentionally
The Holiday-season got you semi-stressed and/or excited? I wanted to share with you my thoughts on how to gift give as a minimalist, or with the minimal-minded folks in your life. Confused about what to give your friend who seems to have nothing and yet need nothing? Trying to figure out how you...
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Episode 19: Minimal Black Friday
The Friday after U.S. Thanksgiving is the Day for some, and it certainly is for me. There are definitely sales I've waited for, and purchased I've planned to make for, oh, I don't know, about six months. This is not a buy-nothing advocacy, but a realistic acknowledgment of the capitalism-driven...
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Episode 18: Versatile (and, daresay, minimal) Gift Options for 2020
So. Your house is decked with joy. Next step (or rather, the year-long step for me) is getting those gifts in line - in my mind, gifting can be a minimal practice when you truly think through the receiver's experience. I talk a little bit about that mindset in this episode, and some versatile…
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A Welcome and Thank You
This week is launch week, and many of you might be new to this podcast. Start here! And I mean every word when I say - welcome, welcome to the chaos of my brain, thank you. Thank you for picking minimal moves, let's chat, let's collab, I'm so grateful for you. Also, I know that this year, there…
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Episode 17: Holiday Ed. 2 - Versatile Decor for All Kinds of Holidays!
This is an episode for after you declutter the season-specifics. What now? How do you brighten up your space? I talk through a couple of options that might help liven up your holiday festive space without it getting all-too event specific. This way, you can keep up the decor throughout the…
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Episode 16: Holiday Edition 1 - Fall/Winter Holiday Basics & Easy Minimalist Swaps
Today, I chatter on about Fall and Winter Holidays, and minimalist swaps you could do to make your holiday festivities a bit more sustainable and minimal. I also go on a rant about halloween (oops), please bare with me! Happy (possibly slightly early) Holidays, hope your favorites are good this...
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For minimal minded folks, from minimalists to maximalists. Sharing bite-size steps on how to declutter, live on the move, and build your own flavor of minimalism. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/haruka-noishiki/support
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