Minimalism, when the less is more
The beginning
It wasn’t even a question what my first blog post is going to be about. I always really liked the idea of simple living. Eversince I moved to London I had to face with lack of space, house moves, flatshares and the lots of stuff I acquired meanwhile.
Minimalism and simple living came in my way without me realizing it. I guess, I just got fed up with the lots of stuff I had and unintentionally started decluterring and instantly felt like a huge stone got off my shoulders. Still a long way to go but I feel I am on the good path.
But what kind of stuff am I talking about? Well, just the usual household rubbish everyone got at home, like bags in bags, but I mean lots of plastic bags, got no idea why I collected them but just thought it’s normal like everyone must have bags of bags at home.
Clothes, I haven’t even worn since many months in some cases for years, and the feeling to donate them to charities really felt good, especially that I’ve never done anything like that before.
The very first bag of decluttered clothes I donated to a charity shop.
The mountains of old letters about the changes in banking regulations, the old university notes that you never ever going to read through again, the training declaration forms from employers 3-4-5 years ago, the leaflets from companies, marketing materials.
I am also talking about the old electronics, laptops, iPods, headphones. Do not forget to mention the groceries, old cans, bottles, long time ago expired food, yeah no one is perfect.
Decluttering feels quiet good and with every useless thing less I feel a bit better but the goal is to reach a stage where I don’t have to declutter anymore simply because I won’t buy things I won’t use in the future.
Let’s face it most people would like to live, you know that kind of fancy minimalist lifestyle in a flat which really looks like just in the magazines, I’m ain’t no exception.
To reach that stage is a long way to go and still not a homeowner, but that won’t stop me striving towards that goal of mine. Oh yeah homeownership, I got some doubts about that cause I would like to reach FIRE - Financial Independence, Retire Early and I believe to reach that strategy is better to keep on renting but I’m gonna explain that in more details later on in another blog post.
So basically what does it mean to be minimalist? Can I be minimalist with lots of clothes, stuff, dreams without giving upon them?
I’d say yes, definitely, because minimalism works for everyone differently and there’s definitely no guidline of having 7 T-shirts, 7 underwear, 7 pair os socks and a couple of jumpers and a coat with 2 shoes, it just doesn’t work this way.
Minimalism to me means the least possible distraction from stuff surrounding me. Does it sound a bit weird? It might does, but there’s no perfect minimalist out there. Trying to focus to minimize distractions, minimising our environmental footprint as well, being a bit more green, a bit more conscious about our daily choices, financial choices also included into that concept.
Minimalism means that sometimes less is more, less stuff more choices, more freedom, more time, more love. That’s what minimalism and simple living means to me.
Tell me about your choices, your view, be more by having less.
Your sincerely
To/Minimal
