/r/minimalist
Minimalist Lifestyle
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So my mom has a mug collection, good for her! Except she stores her collection in the cupboard tucked away where no one can see it. The same thing she has with blankets. She probably has over 20 blankets in her house, just tucked away in the closet, or in one of those storage benches.
My question is, where do you divide the line between collecting, and hoarding? I like to think that if those items are displayed out in a meaningful way it’s a collection. If it’s just stored somewhere or if it’s scattered around it’s clutter piling up and the act of getting more is hoarding.
Just my 2 cents on anyone who has a collection to keep it displayed so you can admire it (:
Tried the whole 'less is more' thing with my clothes, but now it feels like I'm living in a 3-shirt universe. Does this mean I'm doing minimalism right or am I just terrible at laundry?
How long does it usually take you to clean your house/space? I just am starting my journey with being a minimalist I feel it takes me too long. It usually takes me almost an hour to clean just my bedroom even though it's not too cluttered or dirty. I feel like I just have too many things that I never really use or look at. I have started donating or throwing out things that can't be given away. I can't get rid of all of them because we have very cold winters so I have to store my fall/winter clothing here.
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I live in a small two bedroom apartment and really don’t have the room for a tree. We don’t miss it at all. I still put up minimal decor but I’m curious what you guys do?
Honestly, I just love having a clean inbox. Does anyone else do this too?
Regarding emails, the only emails I can’t delete are my work emails, but I store those emails in different folders so that my main inbox is clean 😊
I'm 32 years old and I was born in era of smartphones but I'm not really into technology. I'm really a digital minimalist. I use phone mainly for calling, sending messages, browsing the Internet, listening to music and sometimes I take some photos (but not often and I don't really pay attention to it). For me, a phone is an investment for years. I want to use it for 5 years or more. What matters the most for me is battery time.
I value minimalism and efficiency and I heard iPhones are like that and iOS is much more simple than Android. What phones can you recommend to me? I want it simple without any fancy stuff.
Hey everyone, I have been practicing minimalism for a while now. It has brought me so much mental clarity, improved my mental health significantly, and made me more in touch with my authentic self; overall, I felt much happier and wiser. About 2 years ago, I secured a well-paying job and was finally financially secure enough to splurge on my hobbies. However, I kept contemplating almost every day about buying a gaming pc; I wanted to get it to play videogames that are pc exclusive, such as CS 2 and TF2, and more importantly, to connect with other people my age in different parts of the world such as Turkey and Eastern Europe where the PC market dominates consoles. The fear of missing out on the fun with others I could have from this region became so annoying that I caved in and bought it. Needless to say, that did not make my mental health any better, and the presence of this PC started creating mental clutter. I enjoyed my Xbox (A console that barely has a player base in the mentioned regions); I have hundreds of games on it, and I like the simplicity and the couch experience, but the idea that I had to make an effort to decide what platform I will play on on a particular day and the presence of this pc caused so much mental clutter it became annoying as well. I am stuck in this dilemma: should I keep it and deal with the mental clutter, or should I sell it and have a constant FOMO haunt me.
Hurdles: I am a Mac user and enjoy the Apple ecosystem a lot, so having a gaming PC for multiple uses is something other than what I want.
If it was 1 option which one are you choosing
Has anyone here stopped using shampoo altogether…like a simple no poo method? If so, what were the results?
‼️and NO…I don’t mean buying the “no poo shampoo” brands that rape your wallet‼️
Im looking for a sleep/fitness tracker that i can wear without noticing, and dont have to charge more than once a week.
It can be in any form, but Im not a big fan of most smart watches since i dont like most of their designs, and theyre either slow or have low battery life.
Im open to anything, but what seemed most interesting to me was smart rings or hybrid watches. But most of them are not available in my country.
Also im not a fan of subsriptions.
Any sugestions are greatly apreciated.
I have been looking at getting a new wallet and I am torn between a trayvax original 2.0 or the trayvax contour. Anyone carried either of these?
I'm turning to the ladies and gents interested in makeup. The other day I took myself through an honest cleanse in all my makeup. Knowing when and how and what kind of makeup I use it was not much doubt.
It was interesting patterns found. I kept brand new makeup even if I didn't use it. I also kept old makeup from my teens or that I got from someone dear but that just laid in a far away makeup box. It was a little like going through my different identities as I grew from a teen to adolescent.
So now I have decided. I'm giving away all makeup I don't use to my local secondhand store. Turns out half or more needed to be cleansed and or thrown.
As result I don't need to buy a big makeup storage. Everything I use has it's own little place now and nothing is pouring over in the little boxes. I also know exactly what I have now and got happy little suprises. "Woah, I have a shock-pink lipstick?!
I'm very satisfied. 👌✨
My minimalist journey has been a long work in progress but a possible move has me extra motivated to get rid of things I don’t use. Raised by pack rat maximalists and consumers with bad spending habits, my question is how do you fight off the ‘but what if I need/want to use this again’? We are talking about items I haven’t touched or used in 1+years and have standby items I always turn to first. How do you guys get past that mental speed bump?