exercisetips – Page 2 – My Minimalist Lifestyle

How Minimalist staying with Maximalist under 1 roof 😃

Hi everyone!! Today’s topic is a bit bizarre to discuss, but yet most of times happening and is an issue for minimalist out there, including me 😄

So, we all know how minimalist characters, we love simple things, and keep things that only really means to us. But hey, how bout if you got no choice to live with those who are maximalist? Well…well…well…you are not alone! I’m living with my parents and my mom is maximalist…😀

I should say, it’s kinda depress to see a lot of unwanted stuffs everywhere in the kitchen, in the living room, in the garden, but yet you just can’t throw it out coz it’s not yours and its your mom’s stuff, plus you are staying in their house. You are not…alone…😂 🤪

Well, you actually really can’t do much, but for me, I will take some my little space, in each of corner in the kitchen especially for my own stuff. My mom, not allow for me to have my whole 1 cupboard, but she just allow me put my things in 1 container at the places. You heard me right, its plural ‘places’. She gave me, one corner in the fridge, 1 corner in the spices, at the other corner for my dry ingredients like my takoyaki flour, bonito flakes and other dry stuff, and another corner for my sauces like honey mustard. To be honest with you, it gimme a lot of headache to find my stuff, so I keep some in my own cupboard, in my room. Like a small cupboard pantry 😃

My Small Cupboard Pantry for dry food packets 😃

This is one of the cupboard or some call wardrobe. But, I have 2 wardrobe, well..I’m living in a family whom all members are maximalist, except my dad and me. So yeah, I have 1 big wardrobe, and 1 small wardrobe. So the big one, as you can find in my other post, is solely only for my clothes, handbag, duvet cover and bedsheets, towel and scarf. And another 1 small cupboard, I keep the sort of unwanted stuff that need to sort, like cables, candles, essential oils that Im barely use, projector, gun glue and sort of stuff. So, I keep one rack for my dry food stuff, like coffee, sauces in packet, jelly packet…etc..

Tadaaa…one of the rack is for my dry food stuff

Haha…well, when you got no choice, built choices on your own 😂 so, another thing I have is, a small minifridge under my desk 😂 Yes, you heard it right..under my desk coz I got very limited space in my room. But soon, when my house completed, I will make it as my serum storage 🙂

My Micro Fridge for some drinks and small treats 🥰

Its very tiny fridge, obviously not for meat or vegie 😂 but for a small can or drinks, or some small treats.. should be okay 😊

Okay guys, thats all for today..oh yea..by the way, today is Eid-Adha, wishing all Muslims Happy Eid-Adha ❤

Till then, to be continue. I will show you how to make Homemade Takoyaki at home tomorrow..Wee!!! I love takoyaki, I believe most people love it. See u tomorrow!!

Love, Sofia

My ‘me time’ – fast furious diy basket’s lid 😂

Hello!!! HellOoooooOoo…hello!! Everybody! How are you? Today, I got a lil time for myself..so I made some diy items.

My room is super duper dusty lately. I’d bought dust mite vacuum, but unfortunately the parcel was lost during shipping. I bought it again, and hoping it won’t lost again.

Because of my room sooo dusty, so I was thinking to cover up all my baskets. You really can’t see with your eyes the dust on fabric, but its there 🥲

So I do some research on how to diy it by using recycle things I have now – boxes.

Things you need to make this lid are:

1. Scissor or cutter

2. Glue gun

3. Marker pen.

4. Ruler.

5. Big empty box.

6. Wrapper paper.

7. 10mm jute – optional

DIY basket’s lid 😃🥰

1. Make a measurement of the existing box. Well, u can measure using the ruler, but I prefer easier way. Just put the basket like this on the box, then line it 😂

2. Then, u make a straigh line with all points with thicker marker pen.

I make few points on the box, then straight it with ruler and thick marker pen.

3. Cut all the lines!! I cut it with blade first, then cut it with scissor because the box is soo thick 😀

4. After cut all the lines, I glue the lid with glue gun. U need to wait for quite some times before applying the glue, to ensure the glue is smooth, coz we want a smooth surface for the glue. Until, its liquid state, then only u apply it on the box. Or else, it will easily tearoff and not glue properly 🙂

Cut the lines, and glue all the edges, make a rectangle lid.

5. Once u can see the lid shape, wrap all way with wrapping paper. I prefer use whatever I have now. U can do ur own creativity to decor your box.

Glue all the wrapping paper using glue gun 😁

6. I glue it all the way. At the both ends of the box, there are some extra paper. So I fold it and glue nicely.

And…fold like this…i glue the end and glue it all the way…hahaha. Im glue here…glue there..glue here..glue there and glue all the way…haha..gluing while singing the song!! 😂

7. Tadaa!!! My box’s lid is DONE!!! Just a finish touch up to make it a smooth finished product, I glued jute rope at the edge of the box.

Tadaaa!! Okay, u need a lot of patience when gluing this. U can’t do it fast, because it will smear or glue wont stick longer. U need to do it, slow and steady..then u will have a smooth nicely glued jute rope 🥰

8. ALL DONE!!! 😍 My basket is a flexi material. I can bend it to fit the lid 😂😂 Doesn’t fit? Just make it fit right there by force 😆

Jeng jeng!!! The finished product is here. Now dust can’t easily go into my things in that basket..hahahaha. Problem solved 😆

Till then…..to be continue…

Love, Sofia

How to fold your towel and blanket, neatly

Hey Everyone! Happy Sunday! I wish I’m too late to wish for that. Haha!!

It’s been for over a week, I didn’t post anything here. Because I’m trying to split my page from Minimalist stuff and other stuff. Seems, it’s kind of stuffy here and mix up. I want to declutter my site 😁. So, yeah, feel free to visit my new site – sofiamustaffa.com 🥰

I’m still struggling for my wardrobe, up until today. I should say, it is not fully 100% organize, and I’m still having issue on how to store my towel, blanket, linen sets and also my prayer clothes in a proper and neat way. So, I was googling and found this method, which I found works for the rest of clothes. 1 easy way/method, which works for the rest of clothess..Weeee Yeppie!!~

Check this out, guys!!

How to Fold Towel, Blanket etc….Easily & Neatly 🥰

1. Firstly, spread your towel like this.

3. Then, bring the bottom up, and meet at the center..

4. Bring the upper part down, and meet the bottom at center like this. From here, you divide into 3 part.

5. Fold one to another inside this pocket.

6. One end, fold into the other end. A neat fold.

7. Tada!!~ 😍 You will get something like this. Its neat as one side folding inside the other.

Experimenting the fold method for my prayer clothes 😁

1. Folding the other cloth as usual, and I put on top of the other clothes like this.

2. Tried the method, from one end, folding into the other ends. It works perfectly!! Easy and Neat as well.

Okay, guys. My blanket and other clothes done for now. Next post, I’m going to explore on hanging clothes item.

Till then, to be continue…

Love, Sofia

The New Hobby!! 🥰

Hi Everyone!! How are you? Hope everything goes well.

Recently, I got a new hobby..it’s Aquascape 😃

I managed to buy the equipments and tools for over a month. Yes!! You hear it right! Over a month ‘coz I’m collecting the daily free shipping. So, at least I save up on the shipping fee for the new hobby. Weee!! 🥳

So…here you go. Here are things that I bought online for my Basic Aquascape…