I’ve just begun tracking a curious emerging trend in personal development, what I’m calling The New Minimalism or Neo-minimalism (which may or may not have anything to do with Neo-minimalism as a movement in art). Leo Babauta, A-list blogger of Zen Habits fame, blogs almost exclusively on minimalism nowadays—both on Zen Habits and a blog so minimalist it cut out some of the vowels. Since he’s such a prominent evangelist for Neo-minimalism, I’ll start with a look at his writing in this article. (more…)