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I really don't get quite a bit of that #minimalism movement.
I do get it from an aesthetic point of view. But not some other things. If there are minimalists out there, I'm happy to be enlightened.
@einebiene For me it mostly comes from the realization that buying/acquiring things, having stuff and clutter add little or no value to my life so I've been gradually reducing to the bare essentials in some sense. I have things of course but I try to make a point of only owning stuff that I _really_ need or has some deep emotional value which translates to owning as little stuff as possible.
I totally get that. But I am 43 now, I have aquired a lot of stuff. And it's right, stuff is a burden, but throwing things out makes it other peoples burden or the enviroment's burden. Not buying new things you don't need is one thing. But just throwing things out... I don't know. As long as there is someone else who needs it, ok. But for example for clothes, I think the better solution would be keep an wear everything until it falls apart, and then only buy new stuff if you really need it.
@einebiene I don't think minimalism is for everyone (and I personally don't want to impose it on others). But I really agree with your point on just throwing things away, I sold or gave most of my stuff away, feels a bit wasteful just throwing it in the thrash. Whatever works for you though, there's nothing wrong having a lot of things per se imo. But at least reduction and setting myself in a "minimalist mindset" brings some kind of "clarity" which I find satisfying and slightly anxiety and stress relieving. I also think it's an interesting challenge to ask myself if I really need this *thing* or if it truly add value to me.
Yeah, I'm not a mindless shopper either. But with some things I create a bulk, which fills up pretty much of my little flat. For example I have around 80 empty twist-off glasses. At the moment and most of the year they are just gathering dust. But when I garden and make tomatoe sauce and juices and pickles and jam and stuff I will need them. So having active hobbies means having stuff. I am trying to cut it down a bit, too, but I wouldn't call it minimalism. What I usually read about minimalism seems more like a lifestyle fashion thing to me that doesn't make much sense. When I think about people owning only 100 Things and think about it, I think: Where do you keep your birth certificate? Did you really get rid of it? And things like that it seems really weird to me.
@einebiene Hi, I’m not a minimalist either, but I’m attracted to the #minimalist concept of focusing on what really matters to you. I guess the idea is that when you focus on the important stuff and people, you dedicate your time and energy to them, letting go of other things/relations. I think I’m finding slightly easier to say no since I started reading and thinking about this sstuff.
