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What is a Minimalist Person?
By questioning what minimalism is, we actually start to question our lifestyle and what are the only things we need.
Minimalists are far from the desire to buy more and accumulate more. Instead, they find happiness in relationships and experiences.
What is the Minimalist Lifestyle?
We are in a life cycle of transformation and development. There is nothing we can do but adapt to it instead of resisting it. Remember, the only constant is change itself! In fact, when we look at it, our lives move in a typical way. Hard work, earning money, payments, clothes, keeping up with fashion, keeping up with technology and many more of the same...
What is the Purpose of Minimalism?
Everything we have and everything we want to be. Maybe we don't need to have all these things! Think about all the things you have. Which ones have brought meaning, purpose, fulfillment and lasting joy to your life. In fact, all the things you have don't bring joy to your life, they just take you away from it. The possessions in our lives define who we are on a deeper level than who we know we are. As a result, the process of removing them from our lives reveals valuable truths about ourselves and the lives we live.
What is Minimalism?
Minimalism is a simple way to put an end to the gluttony of the world around us. It is certainly not an easy process. But everything you feel as you get rid of burdens will take you one step further. We live in a society that prides itself on accumulating things; we constantly accumulate consumerism, material possessions, clutter, debt, distractions and noise. What we don't own contains any meaning left in our world. By adopting a minimalist lifestyle, you can discard what you don't need to focus on what you do need. You will be surprised to see how little we need to survive. This experience will teach you valuable lessons about what is really important to you and how little we need all this stuff we surround ourselves with.
How Do I Become a Minimalist?
You can start by making space for what matters. When we clean out our junk drawers and cupboards, we open up a new space in our lives. We lose that claustrophobic feeling and start breathing again. To fill our lives with meaning instead of stuff, we need to empty our room. You have to try to let go, even if you are afraid of losing it for more freedom. The accumulation of things is like an anchor, it binds us. Everyone always says they don't have enough time, but how many people really stop and think about what they are spending their time on?
When you successfully spend less time trying to keep up with life, you create an opening to do the things you love. Remember that you can do whatever it is that you love, but don't choose instead to browse shopping websites for things you will never buy. Money cannot buy happiness, but it can buy comfort. Once the initial comfort is achieved, that's where our obsession with money has to end. We are bombarded by the media promising happiness through materialistic measures.
It can be a bit bewildering and exhausting to struggle every day, we have to resist these impulses. It's an empty road and it's certainly not going to lead to a happy ending. It's very difficult in this period not to fall into the trap of consumption. We need constant reminders that this is a false sense of happiness. We enjoy something but we are very aware that we don't need it.
When we invest in material possessions, we get stressed because we are always afraid of losing these things and the probability of losing them increases with the threshold of fear. By simplifying our lives, we can lose our attachment to these things and create a calm, peaceful mind as a result. The less worry, the more peace.
As we declutter or simplify our lives, happiness will come naturally. Because in this process and beyond, we will focus on what is most important to us. In this clutter we see all the false promises and we have a broken shield against the essence of this life. We will find the joy of being more efficient, we will regain concentration by refocusing on our priorities, and we will enjoy the slowing down and find true, pure joy.
When we look at Buddhist monks, they have no fear, because they have nothing to lose. In everything we want to do, if we are not overwhelmed by the fear of losing all our worldly possessions, we can be perfect. I know, nothing is as easy as talking about these things. We need to take the appropriate steps to put a roof over our heads, but we also need to realize that we have little to fear except fear itself. The whole minimalist lifestyle promotes individuality and self-reliance. This will make us more secure in our pursuit of happiness. Desiring less is more valuable than having less.
How Do I Become a Minimalist?
Minimalism brings many amazing practical benefits to our lives. It requires less time, less cost and energy for maintenance.
It brings freedom, rest, peace and calm to a hectic world. And we will have more opportunities to follow our true passions. But there is no doubt that over the years we will discover that the desire to have less is more valuable than having less.
Minimalism forces us to ask some difficult questions about our most intimate motivations in life. Why did I buy all these clothes? Why did I buy a house with a room we never use? Why do I still visit shopping websites every Sunday when I already have it? Why am I still jealous of my neighbor's stuff?
These are difficult questions to ask without easy answers. But the darkest truth is that, unfortunately, too many people will never ask themselves these questions. Choose contentment, follow gratitude and generosity. Invest in relationships, grow spiritually, discover truth and find purpose.
Minimalism is the deliberate promotion of what we value most and the removal of everything that bothers us. And by definition, minimalism will always change. We can change lives and the world.
