Author: Ronithi Sardathilake

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Decluttering & Organizing Health & wellbeing Minimalist mindset Parenting & Family Sustainable Living

Happy life is a choice !

A friend who spoke to me says that you have already won.
We actually talked about some values of our lives.
Regarding our age ,mostly about our health and wellness.

Many people plan to retire and be happy when they are 50, 55 or 60 years old.

It is true ,that my life is going the way I like with the change that I started at the age of thirty.

Some of the sacrifices or decisions I made for it are not suitable for everyone. or easy for all.

At that time I wanted to change the normal life pattern.

With the support of a family specially spouse , it is decided whether it can go well or not.

If I hadn’t changed like that,
With the way I was,
I could have been the proud owner of a tired life in the revealing world.

As ordinary people, none of us are born of flowers,
So fed up with many ways . There were crashes. I too had many bad traits. !!

I think they are very normal as humans.

But I wanted to change how to live freely.

Then I understood me and changed myself .
I did little by little. It took many years and still I’m changing me in someways .
All the good changes that came after that are things that I got with this lifestyle.

That’s why even the little sinhalese
book ” simple me” was written based on my true experiences . Many readers said that it is like a handbook for change the life in minimal way.

With the gradual changes, everything went smoothly.

Even today, every day I set goals for myself.
“Like two liters of water. “
Such goals can be very small.
But even if it’s a small goal, spend my days happily.


At the end of the day, I saw myself satisfied, even if the goal is small, it is very important to me.

Even the family members around me are happy that I am happy.

I will not describe these as one by one, the things we keep as goals are personal. Values are different .

However, I demonstrate with myself. Even my children can see.
As I talk to them about it.

They are getting to know , “Instead of what I should do rather than how others are doing, what they are doing,
How I am today – What I want to change tomorrow than today is the only happiness “

I see a feedback from my daughter and son,
And there are times when they remind me too.

Being happy in the moment while keeping goals and objectives makes life easier.

Good Luck !

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Health & wellbeing Minimalist mindset

Need rest ! Take your time .

There are some days, no matter how busy you are , want to do nothing .

Same for me.

I will be there for you.

I think that day is a good opportunity for rest to make the next step more effective and I can also implement it very well !!
I already have some experiences .

Me and my husband, the lifestyle we have chosen is a light ,simple one .
so I don’t think that life has gone backwards or having a loss because of a day just passing by like this in resting way .

Everyone in the world does not need to run in the same pattern or same way.

As others wish,
If I go to live as they say “oh well”, the only thing that will happen is that
I will lose the life I got,
before I die when I get tired !

As I have lived only in a way that is good only for others , not for me !!

I felt lost when it didn’t make sense.
Due to not knowing how to find a way or lack of understanding, there was a possibility of being dragged into the wave.

But, little by little, I changed my life , my mindset and my patterns .

Even today, I smile at those who ask me about certain things .

“That is, will see ;” such kind my answers with the words they want to see.

I think that is enough.

Protecting my inner peace and mindset is the most important as i feel .

Have a good day 💙

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Decluttering & Organizing Home & Living Sustainable Living

Minimalist theme house .

It doesn’t go with the minimalist theme if the things in the house are kept to a minimum.

If a house is designed in a minimalist way,
it should be like that from the beginning of the design.

Generally,
in this kind of house,
the outside and inside with simple shapes, openings, etc. are minimal.
The roof shape is simple.

Reducing the time spend on cleaning and paying more attention to relaxation,
External and internal freedom are the basic elements of minimalism.

The choice of furniture, including the coloring of the walls and the floor, is done using two or three eye-pleasing colors to match the same pattern.

Although it looks simple from the outside, it basically costs more than an average house
But long term benefits with high quality finish.

Usually expect no regular replacements or damages by using high quality goods as a long term plan.

Pictures or decorations hung around the house
Small decorations piled on the tables, (ornaments) other decorations especially artificial plants etc. are not used.

Some live indoor plants , minimal wallpaper or designs could be used as the preferences of who are living in the house .

Before external material things
Mindset practice
Appreciates calmness, likes to live lightly and freely.

Although it is easy to live in this type of house for a person who maintains his inner peace well,

It is possible that this system will not bring happiness at all to those who enjoy collecting and accumulating souvenirs photos , ornaments , antiques and such things .

Find your own way , then your house will be a heaven !

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Fashion Money & Financial Aspect Sustainable Living

Fashion & Minimalism

Many people think that minimalism has nothing to do with fashion.

But within the concept of minimalism, fashion is very important.

Let me say some thoughts about it.

Branded and good quality are important here. Then the amount of clothes to be bought is very minimal.

If some common brands not suitable with your comfortability, you can choose your own uncommon designs with body friendly materials like linen, cotton and row clothing materials .

body friendly and comfortability mostly goes with this too.

👩 If you are someone who wears denim with a blouse or t-shirt,
you can wear blue denim with white, yellow, brown, green , black or any plain color t-shirt or blouse by mix and match .

you can wear it with a belt,
you can wear it without a belt or you can change sandals and shoes or earings or hairstyle , whatever !

👩 Also, being able to wear single color clothes usually gives you a very high look.
Minimal colour pallets go with nature and some nude colours with eye comfort .

So it brings simple and elegant look.

👩 Designs with large flowers and other patterns are used very less in clothes in the concept of minimalism.

👩 If you are a person who likes to wear frocks ,
you can use a belt there too,
don’t do it next next time for the same frock.
change the color of the belt or without belt!

try these methods.

👩 When wearing single color clothes,
it is important
not to wear dark colored clothes and to wear light colored with eye rest and try usual goes with minimal color pallets .

You can get more ideas on pinterest app too.

👩 Even on festive occasions, you can change and wear by keeping few collection of clothes in different suitable colors for morning, day or night.

All you have to do is change the belt, shoes Hairstyle and make-up.

👩 It has been mentioned above that clothes with different big patterns, big and big designs, big flower designs,… are not talked about in the concept of minimalism.
Apart from single color, check and stripe designs can be used.

Let’s talk separately about jewelry and shoes.

I have written about this based on the information I have studied.
Looking forward to see your valuable ideas too.

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Health & wellbeing Minimalist mindset Sustainable Living

How minimalist mindset practice is important for your life ?

Mindset practice is one of the most valuable aspects of minimalism I see.

As weary people in a hectic world,
we all expect things to be relaxed,
for Physical and mental health.

The things chosen for it are different.

Among the de stress /relaxation techniques,
Deep breathing exercises,
simple meditation or yoga practice , walking or exercises dancing
although there are several methods that I use throughout the day and
Maintaining an offline day once a month is something that is usually done.

Despite this, I had to engage in online work continuously, so I use some weekends to relax and get rid of those things.

Even so, it becomes an addictive thing.

A person doing online business or studies can take a break from their work and start refresh in a relaxing environment.

It brings great mental healing.

Also, even those who want to control their online time can use this method.

You cannot be done this without desired .

While offline like this,
“Oh, what happened on Facebook now”
I want to see whatsapp messages.
It looks like you need to update the status!

If you think like that , this method would not be work.

But this method is very successful for someone who wants to practice mind relaxation & detox.

It’s okay if you manage your time as best you can.

Usually, on my offline days, I rest my eyes in nature with greenery surroundings that brings patterning nature colors.

Happy times y’ all , enjoy your days !

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Health & wellbeing Minimalist mindset Money & Financial Aspect Sustainable Living

Some initial steps to train your mind to become a minimalist.

Here are some initial steps to train your mind to become a minimalist.

  1. 🧘‍♀️Collect memories rather than physical things.

Experience that no matter how much you pile up,
happiness is in the sweet moments.

2.🧘Remove surpluses –
if the goods can be resold or distributed.

This can be used on humans or any other occasion.
It is very important to know the form of conflict-minimizing relationships.

  1. 🧘‍♀️Use a limit to tools such as social media websites or mobile phone television that waste time unnecessarily and give priority to other work and then spend a little time on smart tools for relaxation or fun.

(Even those who work/do business related to the Internet,
it is better to have a good understanding of the time spent on social networks in order to better allocate time to the relevant work.

  1. 🧘‍♀️ Getting closer to green.

Having a good plan for essentials to minimize waste.

Loving an eco-friendly life and living with an understanding of what we can give to the environment and what we can take from the environment.

  1. 🧘‍♀️Keeping good understanding about shopping.

Always shop consciously according to a list.

Processing of purchases using thirty day / ninety day methods etc.

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Fashion Money & Financial Aspect Sustainable Living

Minimalist fashion

Minimalist fashion is in the one of top places in the world .

Along with many things like home decoration, time management, money management, fashion also has a high place in minimalism.

There are several main reasons for this.

  1. Financial convenience.

Answering global problems, being the least expensive.
Because a minimalist is tempted to maximize those resources, money is saved or money is not wasted.

  1. The green factor.

This is not strange.
Minimalists always think about the environment.

He always thinks about the things he discovers as well as the things he discards from himself to the environment.

Hence minimizing waste and disposal in an environmentally friendly manner,
always try to use eco-friendly fabrics.

  1. Amazing fashion

A minimalist has the potential to find out about customize your style.

You can afford and be yourself .
Find the right style.

By seeing it is lovely , attractive uncommon and different from just trending .

  1. No to the running wave or ongoing trends

This is the same as before.
Without changing the world from moment to moment,
Create your own unique style and wear it confidently .

  1. There is more to do than fashion.

The minimalist leads his life in balance

Even prioritization & exclusions are balanced.

So, like other needs, fashion also gets a place,
so life is led with the understanding that there are several aspects to achieve in life not only fashion .

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Decluttering & Organizing Home & Living Money & Financial Aspect Sustainable Living

Some tips for financial management for home

We received several kitchen utensils as wedding gifts in 2014 .
Almost eight years later, I still use them.

Immediately after the marriage, we both took a house for rent, so we only had to buy a few essential items apart from the usable items we received.


A year later, when our son was born, we bought the washing machine, pressure cooker and blender while staying in my mum’s house for a while.


The following year, when we moved to
another city again after having our daughter,
it became easier for me to do the work alone with those essential items and with two small children,
we did not keep other dangerous furniture and things that children might fall or face accident .

As the children grow up and go to school, I Bought some other appliances which mostly needed to can manage my time better and easy.


I always try to buy brand new and brands with good reviews .

Those are convenient because I use them almost every day.
no need spare time for cleaning or just checking as they are using daily .

As our need arises from time to time
That’s where I buy kitchen or other things.

For that, I
It also refers to what is said to be in good condition and branded because it can be used without any problem without any problem even if a large amount is invested at once.

Usually minimalists do not try to buy stuffs when they just arrived to the market or during introducing period of a new item. They wait for sometimes and see .

I don’t like to buy random sale items or items that are offered to pay little by little.

By not doing so, I avoid unnecessary accumulation of belongings in my house.

Essentially, I save my money to buy goods in good condition and actually needed .

Don’t forget to try for thirty days rule before buying it.

It may happen that some of the items brought home and collected will be removed without being used once or sold at a low price.
As with clothes, I have similar past memories !

Many people do not have the space to build large houses like in the past times .

With a clear mind, it is better to do something to the best of your ability than to take a big loan and live a life where you have no freedom of mind.

Some are without considering economy level
Filled with all kinds of stuff,
Unable to move around inside the house.

By creating your home as a free place that provides space to live and not as a noisy place with unnecessary tables and chairs, you can automatically inherit a happy life.

After coming home from busy work or business place
A quiet house without turbulence is a place where the mind is calmed like a meditation.

That really what we calls a heaven .

Good day (a post written in 2021)

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Decluttering & Organizing Health & wellbeing Minimalist mindset Sustainable Living

Having a positive mind that can be happy no matter what !

No matter what anyone says to me, I keep smiling.

When I made a mistake, I learnt from it and grow.
When it’s not my fault, I choose to let go and focus on positive change.

Even before,
I haven’t gone back to blame.
But in the past, I used to get angry
with those who said my mistakes and used to stayed long period with sorrows.

Time spent thinking about the situation

Nothing lasts forever; this too shall pass away – a reminder to cherish every second.

With positivity, I stopped inflicting pain on myself and transformed my life.

Then I feel so comforted by me.

Because of this, I have hardly suffered any severe pains in my memory, after my changes in mindset .

I experience being happy without problems due to the limited number of people I associate with in the small inner circle.

Now i have an ability to connect with someone in any understanding or any situation without judgment .

After started to learn about minimalism, after started to add things to practical life, it is understood that minimalist mindset is very important before all other physical matters .

be happy.
It’s easy to practice not to crash anywhere

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Decluttering & Organizing Home & Living Sustainable Living

Transform your space, transform your life: embracing intentional minimalism [Minimalist Home ]

You might think that minimalists want to leave everything or give-up behind and live.

But minimalism is not like that.

When we identify our true needs, we have money left over to spend.

The value of things that last for a period of time increases a lot.

If you can easily create a house that you design yourself, you can install the necessary things that are higher than the price of a period.

Then you can get a luxurious look with a beautiful finish.

“Minimalism is expensive”
the reason for using this kind of term,
It may be because the concept of minimalism uses branded and good quality things .

Like minimalist luxury interior designs, there are also plenty of designs that can be adjusted to suit one’s economy.

But from the point of view of durability, using something more expensive cannot be considered as an increase in costs.

Decide for yourself whether you want to change the low-priced stuff that breaks down twenty times over ten years, or whether you want to complete the design with high-quality, high-quality stuff that is suitable for 20 years at the same time.

When creating the plan of a house,
do not go for the usual traditional designs and make a unique and different simple design for yourself.

Spend your life comfortably and comfortably to beautify your own place,
Get help from the experts in the relevant fields.

මම රොනිති සර්ධාතිලක! අවමවාදී ජිවිතයකට අ අවතිර්ණ වීමෙන් මගේ ජිවිතය තුළ සිදු වූ සුබවාදි වෙනසත්, මා ඉන් ලැබූ ප්‍රතිලාභයත් ඔබ හා බෙදා ගැනිම මාගේ එකම අරමුණයි.

I’m Ronithi Sardhathilake! The power of minimalism has changed my life, and I’m eager to share that transformative energy with you.

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