minimalist – My Minimalist Lifestyle

Ola 2025!! Como esta?! 😃

Hello!! Hello!!!! HellooOooo!! 😃😃😃

I think it’s not too late yet to wish ALL of you, A Happy New Year!!!!

This year is a huge year for me as I’d accomplished most of the things that I want in my life. Wee!! 🥳

It’s been 7 years since I was becoming a minimalist. Below are things I had achieved throughout my journey 🥰

Things I’ve achieved by being a minimalist for 7 years:

More space for my home: I have sold and donated a lot of my things such as dresses, aquariums, exercise tools, etc. I just recently shifted to my a new home which already has a gym downstairs. So I won’t need boxing glove, boxing wraps, boxing knee pads, barbell etc.
More savings for mental happiness: When I stop buying clutters, I have some enough money to go to spas, hotels, and resorts. Recently there are a lot of websites which you ca have a cheaper price for entrance, hotel rooms, theme parks. Mental health is as important as physical health too. By being a minimalist, I’m morefocusedg on balancing both my physical and mental health.
Career goal achieved: This is not easy things to have, but I combined with my faith that to achieve a good environment, good colleagues and bosses and achieving my desire salary. I’m successfully balancing both desire salary with good environment by end of 2024. Alhamdulillah, praise to God. 🤲
More savings for other property: Well, I have 2 properties now. One of it I rent it out, and another one I’m staying with right now. initially, I didn’t plan to have 2 properties. Luckily, support by our government before, in the year 2021, I managed to get another one property. I was thinking this as backup retirement plan when the retirement money finished, so I have property to rent it out. It’s not easy if you need to repair on structure such leaking pipe, leaking bathroom etc. I’m trying to get rid of one property, but unfortunately, I’m still not success. So, I just rent it and be my backup plan. It’s not urgent to sell too, so I just keep the 1st property as a backup plan.
More savings for additional retirement plan : Yes, I’m buying another insurance just cover the remaining years, coz for the 1st propert, my loan was for 35 years, however the insurance only cover for 30 years. The second property loan was 35 years, and insurance just cover for 20 years. There is a huge gap and I just buy 1 insurance to cover the missed gap 😃. Other than this, I’m having another insurance which is the maturity age of 70 years old. I still thinking the best way for retirement plan other than the KWSP funds. I don’t think KWSP is enough for a retirement plan due to high raise inflation.
Focusing on retirement plan: Other than mandatory fund KWSP, I wanna diverse more funds for retirement savings. I have seen, most retirees will go broke after 10 years of retirement. The savings need to beat the high inflation to these days’ economy.

In term of financial, currently, I’m still recovering from renovation my house and insya Allah in the next 1 or 1.5 years,I will recover my finances fully and have a positive cashflow with cash in my hands.

I will share in the next post regarding how I manage my home renovation without being broke. hahaha!! It might be helpful for those in the mid of renovation your houses. Took me several months to plan out my renovation and being a main contractor to my own house.

Till then, to be continued.

Love, Sofia ❤️

Happy New Year 2024!!! Happy Me, New Me 😃

Assalamualaikum and Good Day to All of you,

Alhamdulillah, we had passed throughout all the rough years.

In 2023, none of my goals had achieved, my wish for 2024 is to achieve at least 5 of my previous goals 😃😃

I still remember the day when I went through this, and Alhamdulillah, all my prayers were answered. 🤲

My New Resolutions:

Since my previous year had “successfully” failed to fulfill the goals, this year I listed fewer goals and hope can achieve it. insya Allah.

I started my 2024 goals by aiming max 5 points for this year 😃:

1. Having A Healthy Lifestyle

It’s been very busy years back in 2022 and 2023. This year, I wanna be healthier in terms of physical and mental health. I’m trying to prioritize my own health, the most crucial and important thing is to do. I’d signed up for a gym membership and about to start on 15 January.

My wish is to be committed to going to the gym and control on food intake. Let’s hope this to be happened and keep it consistent throughout this year.

2. Pick Up My Golds from Bank

Last year, I’ve spending some money to buy gold jewelry and put it in the bank. This year, I’m gonna stop buying and just take my jewelry from the bank. Our gov had raised tax % by 2% and gonna implement taxes on gold jewelry. Thus, I bought most in last year, and this year, I will be more focused on taking back all the jewelries. I wanna thank this for my fiancé, as he is the only person who supports me to buy and collect gold after my trauma from my previous relationship. 🥰

3. Take BA Foundation cert

This cert has been pending quite a long period. I wanna pursue this for this year and take the exam. I always feel nervous about taking an exam. I hope I will find strength to take the exam and pass with flying colors. insya Allah ❤️

4. Cut Off more Debt

This year, I wanna cut off credit card debt. It’s been years paying for credit cards, and I hope I can zerorise the credit card.

5. Declutters Wardrobe

I already started this yesterday and am feeling kinda happy with the outcomes. I think I might need another 1 round of cleanup, and then I will be good about it. I love empty spaces, and it makes me feel relaxed 😃

That’s All for Now..

Till then…to be continued…

Love, Sofia

Labeling Travel Toiletries and Pantry Items 😘

HeLLoOooooOoo Everyone!!! It’s been awhile since my last post..How are you? Hope everyone is happy, sound and safe 🥰

I recently trying to manage organizing my things in a proper manner, as I tried to customize my organizer according to my needs.

After decluttering so much, now I left myself with lot of organizer which organizer turn itself into clutters. Weee!!! 😀

some empty organizer that I’m still thinking what to do with it 😃

I starts labelling my things, and to well organize my current things, such as my travel toiletries, and my pantry items like flour etc.

So, I bought empty black sticker and white permanent marker pen. I also have black tape as alternative way for labeling 😃

Check this out…

I bought the sticker for RM 1 each sheet. I bought 2 sheets and the marker pen about RM 0.70 😃

I have black tape, so for my travel toiletries I’m using black tape and write it down with White Permanent marker pen. Well, IdK if the writing will fade or not, but its okay, lemme just try to use this as for now. Maybe I will need to find the one with waterproof for my toiletries 😃

Okay, that’s all for now, till then..see u soon..

Love, Sofia

Happy New Year 2❤23 🥳

To my friends!! A very Happy New Year to All of You! 🥳

Have A blessing Year full of Prosperities, Happiness, A very good in Health and full of Positivities in whatever task you are doing.

May this 2023 brings us some sort of motivation in achieving our dreams, and become true one day, Insya Allah ❤

I will be launching my new website soon..so stay tune!!! 😘😘😘

Love, Sofia

Are You A Minimalist?

Hola!!! cómo estás? How are you? Hope you are all in good health, insya Allah 🥰

Today, I wanna share with you, the changes on myself after being a minimalist since 2018, so here we go…

1. Starts love being at home more than outside – busy cooking, clothes laundering, room cleaning, organizing clothes etc

It started from the pandemic, when everyone been lockdown and be at home 24/7. I spend most of my time, cooking a nutritious food, spending time doing my laundry and folding my clothes right after dried, then straight keep it in my wardrobe. I also, found myself at home, busy wiping dust in my room, sweeping the floor and also maintaining my bedsheets, pillow etc. I’d found myself, always decluttering my wardrobe, until I have few empty hanger. Im really excited achieving this and I feel happy and self-content on this changes on me, for over 4 years being a Minimalist ❤🥰❤

Making a simple and nutritious big breakfast. I eat the fruit first, before others. So, stomach will full of fiber first as it’s good for digestion system.

I became addicted to Cleaning and Organizing stuffs 😃

2. Earning some extra cash money – selling unused items to buy gold

Okay, another thing I sort of knowing Im align with Minimalist is that, I earn some cash money from decluttering my unused items!! 😃

Yes! You hear it right! Those unused items, I took pictures and sell in online. Hahaha!! Sound funny, but hey!! I got 1 gold ring with the accumulated money I sold!! So, those unused items, you may donate if you want, or just resell it!! Sell it with cheap price, coz in the end, you won’t use it too, and its kinda some sort of charity coz you sell it cheap. But, in return, I got 1 ring gold!!! Hahaha! I’m proud of it, Alhamdulillah 🥰

Some Betta Fish set that I no longer use. Total cost spend about RM 100++, but I sell it for RM 35, the guy asked for RM 30, I just accepted it. So, it’s somehow doing charity + get some money too 😃😃😃

3. Having more extra time, as reducing time in maintaining daily routine – laundry, wiping/cleaning room

Okay next thing is, I’m having more extra time for myself as my things had reduced for clean up. My weekly dirty clothes reducing too, as before being a Minimalist my weekly dirty clothes usually pile up full or more than 1 big basket. But now, I have not reach 1 normal basket for 1 week clothes. Then, washing and drying clothes time reduced as well because I don’t have much clothes to wash. Extra those time I have, I will spend by folding the dried clothes and put it into my wardrobe nicely. It looks nice in the wardrobe too, as less clothes need to be displayed and can put it into a proper hanger.

Im happy to see more hangers than clothes in my wardrobe 🥰

It was easy to maintain my room now, as more of stuffs are gone and only left empty floors. I love it so much, as it was easy for me to sweep and wipe my floor. Haha!! I did wipe my floors by hand, and Im not using mop 😃

I have more time to spend vacuuming my bed. Yes! I vacuum my mattress, quilt and pillow. Haha!! Surprisingly, there are some dust too, eventhough its under the bedsheet, and pillowsheet. So, it is recommended to either vacuum, or hang those under the sunlight 🥰

Vacuuming the mattress, quilt and pillow biweekly basis 😀

4. Having more space and my room looks cleaner most of time – in wardrobe and room

Yes, absolutely. When I let go most of my things, absolutely I will have more spaces. I love and admiring empty spaces more than spaces with lot of unwanted stuffs. I had once, stayed alone in my previous home, and when my parents came over, my mom always complaining that why my home is “Too Empty”? Hahaha. I enjoy less stuff most of the time coz it is easy for maintaining and cleaning job 😃🥰

A clean floor, if I have my own new house I will have a robot to keep it clean most of times. Little helper required 😍

5. I’m now addicted to Organizer – Organizer is More than my Stuff

I’m now addicted to Organizing Videos, Organizing trick and tips and busy organizing everything including my medicine, car, clothes and stocks.

Yes, this is absolutely time reducing to find things in my room. I don’t frequently changing my organization location, and I love to maintain my organization time by time. Meaning to say, I love maintaining my organizing stuff, especially my stocks such as Shampoo, Body Gel, Toothbrush, Toothpaste etc.

My beauty and cleaning stocks, I organized it into 2 boxes, and kept it in my wardrobe, on top shelf 😃

Inside the wardrobe and on top of the shelf 🥰

Another example, is my First Aid. I keep all medicine in this kit, so I no longer need to find plaster under drawer, oitment in wardrobe etc. Everything will be in this First Aid box. 🥰

Okay, I think thats all for now. To be Continue..

Love, Sofia

5 Minimalist Habits that changed My Lifestyle 🥰

Good afternoon everyone!! Its Thursday, guys!! 1 day to goo…before we meet weekend again!! Weehooo!!! 🥰

Well, I just want to share with you what are my hobbies as a minimalist, to feel content and keep clutters away in a better way. ❤

So, here we go…😉

1. Making A DIY project.

As I being a minimalist, my characters are slowly change. I spend most of my time sitting home, and maintaining my things at home. One of my fav things to do is, to redesign, and reuse existing things I have. I have Burlap, Ribbons, Wrapping papers, Sponges etc at home, from my previous business plan. Why am I buying these stuff? Well, I thought when pandemic happened, I will loose my job. However, it turn out that I got more job offers. Alhamdulillah 🥰, so I have never starts my business. So, here all are the stuff,s that I need to get rid by making a D.I.Y stuff ❤🥰❤

2. Strolling the park.

Another what I like to do is strolling the park. I love nature so much, especially forest. It calms me when I have anxiety or problems. To go forest alone, is very risky. So, I choose to stroll the park whichever has little/mini forest nearby 🥰

I climbed up 3rd floor of the watch tower. Its so relaxing. Next time, Im gonna bring hot tea/black coffee with me 😃

3. Explore new recipe in kitchen.

I love exploring new recipes on internet. First trial, I will try the original recipes, then for 2nd and 3rd trial I will modify the recipes, and jot it down all the modification I made. 🥰 i love creating my very own recipes according to my own taste bud. ❤

I cut the dumpling’s skin into half, coz its too big. I cut into small bite sizes 😃🥰

4. Decluttering own room/space.

Well, this is like a ‘ritual routine’ for me 😅. Most of time, I will take a plastic bag and walk around the room, stand by if I can throw anything into it 😂. Clearing out my wardrobe, my workspace, my bathroom etc..and Im really enjoying it. I enjoy clearing my room, clean and tidy my space area 🥰.

Make up my bed every morning is my mandatory ‘ritual routine’ 😂

5. Sell off unwanted items.

Yes!!! This is sooo cool. Previously, I just throw every of my unwanted items. But now, thanks to my Mr Love, he suggested to sell it off. Since I started, I think in end october or early november, I made around RM250 of my unwanted items and plus ++ I cleared my space. Weeee!!!!~~ Its fabulous 🥰🥰🥰

Someone gonna pick these from my room. I have 3 aquarium 😂 another one to let it go..🥰

Okay guys, I think thats all for now. Im sharing with you what I usually do to declutter my things, and keep myself content ❤🥰

Till then, see you again…to be continue….

Love, Sofia

Refurbish My Organizer

Hello Everyone! How are you? Hope you are sounds and safe. Covid 19 cases has increased in my country, so stay safe guys!

In this post, Im gonna share with you how I refurbish my organizer..check this out 😉

Last time, I had bought undergarment organizer. But, it doesn’t work on it purposes. So, I thought to check out to see what’s the cause and why it doesn’t serve it purpose as organizer.

So, here you go. This undergarment organizer I bought it online, but as you can see, it’s all smashed and not stand still. 😕

I rethink over and over again and remembered…hey!! I got some extra Burlap, Ribbon and variety sizes of Jute Rope 😃

Multiple sizes of Jute Rope I have. I bought for it DIY purposes, keep it for recycle, redesign, reuse items. Its time to use it now 🥰

Things you will need to have, to refurbish your organizer:

Glue gun with the refills
Jute Rope
Burlap
Ribbon
Scissor

So, I do take a closer look on it. The reason is, the base is not attaching makes it not a strong enough to stand still. So, I’m modifying it according to my own taste. Ha ha ha 😃

Firstly, I started glue the base to strengthen it. Glue gun was my best buddy in everything diy stuff I made 🥰

So, the base needs to be glued with glue gun.

Arghhh…it looks hideous!! So I need to cover it up, to beautify it 😍🥰

I cut the Burlap, according to the size. Then glue it on the net, to cover up the hideous looks 😃

When completed the Burlap, I glue on top with Ribbon I have. In this pic, there is A gap between those Burlap. So, I just cover it up with cute Ribbon ❤🥰

This will be the final product. Tadaaa!!~

That’s all for now. I still have another pending project, which is Coins Container 🥰

Till then, to be Continue…

Love, Sofia

Things to Sort before Entering Year 2023

Hi Everyone..

For the past few months, I’ve been through a turbulent changes in my life. I’m started losing control of myself, my life and my surrounding. It’s a perfect time to slowing down all of the issues and take one by one step to solve it. To get back incharge of my ownself. So, here my longterm goal to achieve before entering Year 2023. Risk to be taken on each of stages, and consequences of each steps taken.

1. Financial base

To list down all monthly budget and to open relevant accounts for a long term savings goal. To track payment on each items such as Insurance, House payment, Credit Card payment etc.

2. Personal relationship

To put on hold for any toxic relationship or anything might leads for fights. I have tired of relationship, as you need to give some extra effort for them. For now, I will just put it on hold, and will check again if it’s really required to have any relationship or not. The risk assessment for a longterm goal will need to resume after the rest of item completed.

3. Work focus on longterm goal achievement

I guess, I had found a good environment workplace, yes it was. Unfortunately, it doesn’t gimme some sort of flexibility in a long run. So, I will need to find a good workplace environment with good colleague, and at the same time gimme some flexibility hours to sort my schedule. I’m loooking for work from home kind of company, so I balance out my life.

4. Family matters

Something that I’m trying to sort now. To make more time with family, to hangout and incharge on family matters. I’m kinda slighly off for pass few months, now it’s time to get incharge with them and spending more time with them.

5. Innerpeace Activities

Recently, I just figure out the company I work now having Zumba classes twice a week, I will start with that first. Later on, I think I will try to resume either my muaythai training or belly dance. Let’s see how.

So, okay. Those 5 things i need to sort before entering year 2023. I hope I can sort it, insya Allah 🙂

Till then, to be continue…

Love, Sofia

Home Sweet Home. Virtual decoration for my 2nd home…😘

HeLL-oOooooOoooo everybody!!! How R yoOoouuu?? HoOoopeee everyone sounds and safe. 😘

Okay, today topic…is…let’s virtually design the minimalist house, virtually!! Hahaha..yes. Virtually, coz it’s seems loOooong way to goOoooOooo for my 2nd home to be completed, target to be complete by 2nd half of 2025 🥺

Let’s check this out….all these furniture I search by using actual shopping platform that available in Malaysia 😃🥰❤

The entrance

Entrance should be, as simple as possible and have multiple functions on each items.

The key holder. I want a simple holder like this, where I can hang keys and have some little space to put things.

The shoe bench, where I can store my shoes, and socks under the seat. It has a seat on top, where I can sit and wear my socks and shoes.

The console table and room divider on the same furniture. Okay, my console table will be as simple as this, where I can put 1 bowl, or tray to keep my wallet from going outside. At same time, can be a divider between the entrance and living room. Giving lil privacy to the living room 🥰

The Living Room

I will keep it as simple as possible, as my house will be small…

A long sofa, either 3 or 4 seaters, and leather materials as its easy to wash n maintain, plus not easily to get smell 😃

A lazy chair, where I can relax, which kinda match with my main sofa…

The TV, speaker and cabinet. I will have a simple cabinet, but yet elegant which match with the dining storage later. Mounted TV and some simple speaker will be great.

A very simple carpet, I dont like too many design n colors which will make me vomit.

A simple wall decoration…hanging in middle of the living room..

And some simple side table, where there is a storage that I can keep my throws and blankets 🥰

The Dining Room

A very simple dining room too…😘

Okay, I dont need a very big dining room. A simple dining table of four like this, which gimme flexibility to seat on, either normal chair, or bench like this..

Okay, on the table, I would love to keep salt and pepper like this kind of shapes. Simple and elegant shapes.

Under the dining table set, I will have this bamboo carpet. I can’t step on cool floor, so I will love it to have some kind of carpet to feel cozy 🙂

Okay, I will have my coffee machine on top of this kind of storage table. I like it to be thin, and yet have some storage where I can keep my toaster, my blender or fruit juice machine. This storage will be located against the wall near to my dining table.

On top of the dining storage cabinet, I will have a big mirror like this, to give “some space” for the small apartment 😃

A lovely coffee machine 😍 I definitely will need this. I dont really like the normal powder coffee, I love the fresh grinded coffee. Coffee lover in the house ❤

The Kitchen

For kitchen, a simple kitchen cabinet, without handles. Handles can trap dust, so the handle-less cabinet will be a furrrpecct match for me.

Steel cutting board. I used to love wooden cutting board, but after I saw how mould it can be from my mom’s house, I don’t want it now 😂😅 This can function for flour kneading too..

A sink, where I can have multiple function. Can use to wash vegetables and fruits like this.

Induction stove, as I think Im a person who can easily set a fire at home. Haha. Plus, most of my pot will be a cute pot, which will get burn easily the bottom if i use normal stove with fire. Lol

Of course, a carpet every space in the house. I can’t have a sticky floor 😃

Okay, the bin. I will have covered bin something like this. Not too big, and not too small where I can throw it on a daily basis.

The bedroom

For bedroom, I will love to have some space on the wall where can act as my side table. I need to minimize the furniture and design it smartly, as my bedroom will be very small 😂

A smart wall which act as my side table, and as my bed’s header too. I will keep my clock alarm here 😃

My bed’s frame will be really simple like this, but not my mattress, pillow and duvet. Hahaha..those fabric need to be chosen very carefully, need to be very comfortable and nice to see 😃 I will have separate post for those fabrics. Lol

Okay, I don’t really like bed’s header, coz it doesn’t serve any kind of purpose. I just need, some space of the wall, to put my alarm and this kind of pillow as my bed’s header. 😃😃😃

Last, but not least…my wardrobe which has function as a big mirror as well. So, i don’t need any other space for my full body mirror.

Against the masterbedroom’s big window, I will have this bench where I can sit on top, and have some storage underneath 🥰

Okay, another an unusual things i would love to have in my room is, the fireplace simulation. It can be my sleeping light and perhaps I could find some item which has function as my humidifer as well. Its a good idea, but let’s see if this is also a humidifer or not. If yes, then its a great buy which serve 2 functions at once. 😃

The bathroom

Shower…shower…shower….i really love shower, compared to bath tub. Bath tub is good, but not all the time. Shower is on the go, and kinda like a rain for me. A big showet head is awesome, and of course with water heater. I like it to be black and matte, as the normal silver can easily rusted.

The shower floor, I will love to have wooden floor like this, so it won’t be that slippery.

Okay, that’s all for now…other things like mattress, pillow, throw, lamp nights, swicthes, curtain etc not cover in this post. I’m gonna have a separate topics on that 😃😀🙂

Till then…to be continued…

Love, Sofia

Hey, its October 2022 already 😃

Hey guys!! Whatsapp?? Whatsapp??? Been a long time I didn’t update my blog. How are you feeling? It’s October 2022 already, how time flies so fast…in 3months, we going to enter 2023 😀

I got nothing much to share, been busy for pass few weeks. Just want to share my dream home. I love loft and open concept design, with minimalist look. It will be just purrfect for me 🥰

So, here we go….

I always wanted a loft studio kind of house, which has minimal element. I don’t need too much space, which easier to create clutters and hardly to maintain. Its simple, no much drama for clean up. 😃😇

Insya Allah, one day I will have it. Okay, that’s all my post for now. I don’t really have much to share 🙂

Till then, to be continue….

Love, Sofia