An important part of being an entrepreneur is learning from your peers. “Unstoppable Entrepreneur” profiles entrepreneurs who have taken the leap to follow their passion and create their own work & lifestyle. They share their expertise: tips for success, tools they use and valuable insights they have learned along the way.

This week I had the pleasure of speaking to Angela Horn of Balance and Life. Angela shares how she adopted a minimalist lifestyle and how we as entrepreneurs can learn from this lifestyle and apply it our busy lives.

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Key Takeaways

• Take a digital sabbatical at least once a week: Take small steps and start with an hour
• Be mindful of who you friend on Facebook (or follow on Twitter) so you don’t get sucked in to their drama
• Detach to get creative: it’s too easy to edit yourself on your laptop. Go old school and grab a pen and paper and let the ideas flow!
• Social media can be a time-suck if you are not mindful. Focus on what you hope to achieve and set limits to how much time you spend

Resources Mentioned

• Rescue Time: see where you are spending your time and remove any in-efficiences from your day
• Anti-Social: don’t have the willpower to logout of social media? Anti-social will do it for you.

About Angela

Angela Horn is a Cape Town-based freelance writer, lifestyle blogger and public speaker. Feel free to stalk her on Twitter or harass her via email. Alternatively you can just head over to Mostly Mindful and sign up for her bi-monthly minimalist missives..