Why do People Like Minimalism? 

Holy shit. This is good lol.

That is deep

Well said 👏

"cos 2 luv it, wd b exesiv"

This

The real reason for many of us here

Yes exactly Im just too tired to keep organizing stuff never ends. I just want to get rid of all my things If I can.

This is why I’m going to do it.

I'm trying to get rid of tons of stuff.....trying to get the rest of my family involved. On times it's like fighting the sea. 🙄

As long as we don't become intentional livers. Definitely, DEFINITELY *DO NOT* *be an intentional liver.* "If I were informed tomorrow that I was in direct communication with my liver, and could now take over, I would become deeply depressed. I'd sooner be told, forty thousand feet over Denver, that the 747 jet in which I had a coach seat was now mine to operate as I please; at least I would have the hope of bailing out, if I could find a parachute and discover quickly how to open a door. Nothing would save me and my liver, if I were in charge. For I am, to face the facts squarely, considerably less intelligent than my liver. I am, moreover, constitutionally unable to make hepatic decisions, and I prefer not to be obliged to, ever. I would not be able to think of the first thing to do." Lewis Thomas, The Lives of a Cell

Enough!

Sounds insufferable

Perhaps there is a market for it. Maybe some developer with a lot of money could start something like that up :o If there's money on the table, someone should grab it.

You can always move to another country

Get a roommate.

In my last town, I was trying to help a friend find an apartment. It was a college town so there were some lower rent options - but the market wasn’t big enough to serve the community by any stretch. It seemed 60-75% of apartments on the market were deemed luxury and offered tennis courts, basketball courts, pools, coffee, and other perks to justify the price. It was frustrating bc all of that stuff is available for free or cheap in public spaces and not necessary for an apartment (also not a proper justification in raising a price by 70-150% 🙃). No new complex going up (my partner worked most of the construction in town) was serving just the basic purpose of a normal apartment. It was pricing out families and increasing the rate of homelessness locally. The rent prices are a crisis in many places, we gotta figure something out.

The problem with the lower income housing is it is almost always taken over by druggies. Around here even nice, simple and cheap housing is taken over and turned into ghettos. I think the only real way to change that is to have like campus police or something residing in the block.

Right there with ya'

Goat Coast **THIS***

Literally. Live in the country and fighting all the animals. I just want to throw everything out😬

Yesssssssssssss! Spiders 🕷 are the worst! I hates them so much!!!

That's what they would like you to think. We are never truly safe.

Legit though haha

Totally spot on. Couldn't have said it better! :-)

Actually i so agree. Cleaning is a struggle if you have to lift and clean everything individually. I mostly notice it in the one thing that is really important to me: my book collection. Everytime i reorganize it, i clean all the books and the shelves.

Best definition lol

Tim Foronda When you can’t afford food - intermittent fasting.

please stop describing my life, thanks

Right

Honestly, you can be broke AF and still be a hoarder and you can be rich and still be a minimalist.

@@MeeshT Most hoarders are broke. Cheap stuff is easy to come by

Your version I like very much.

Yes!

TheRealNaxos So you break that glass and just drink out of the initial container until you buy a new one? Better yet - friends come over and you all share the same glass?

Lol obviously you have 4 glasses. Enough for the amount of people you think is normal.

Liusila Of course I mean the same type of glass. Then you might have X number of them.

😂

Gonna use this..not gonna lie! 🤣

You just won

Oh my god, these two terms are awesome. I love puns

Double meaning for me, because I am an ex-Mormon. PERFECT.

Yes. There’s no such thing as emo.

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Yes. There’s no such thing as emo.

Ugh, same. I threw out and gave away when I moved last time and it felt really liberating. But it's like oil on water, somehow there's still too much or already new stuff. I need to get to decluttering again.

The same thing occurred to me when I sold my last property. I tend to buy homes that need modernisation and so I was living in it and working on it over time. One day I decided life was getting a bit stale so decided to sell up and I finished the remaining 30% of the work in a few weeks. I gave away/sold virtually everything and had the place immaculate and dressed for sale. It felt so good to have everything complete. But it sold straight away so I never got to enjoy it for long. The same thing is happening with my current place. I get things to a stage when it's comfortable then really slow down. But I want to move on again!

Same issue I had some crap I ended up giving away tons of filled up boxes when I left my house and a whole nother pack of boxes when I unpacked for my new house. It's so much fulfilling to have only the necessary stuff and much organized

I totally get the feeling, my mother is a terrible hoarder and when I moved out all my things (including clothes) actually fit inside my backpack. Moving in an empty house was the best feeling in the world

Dont have a family then lol #stuff

Sounds exactly like my situation but my husband's parents are still alive (and unloading their junk onto him 😂). No matter how much I can sneak out of the house, I still feel buried alive, because let's face it, he's bigger than I am and stronger and faster and able to pack stuff in faster than I can sneak stuff out.

I'm more of a minimalist and my husband is more of a hoarder. He recently help a real hoarder move to a new state. By real hoarder, I mean that the was trash everywhere, stuff piled high in every room, in every corner, in multiple sheds, all over the yard..... My husband now wants to purge!

@@marjieyoung9570 My husband's late grandmother has so much stuff his brother could only partially move into her home and he just lives around her antiques. They won't have an estate sale. We have no room for his grandmother's items. Plus my in laws are in their 70's and they have so much stuff. My husband has lots of old things that belonged to his grandmother he won't give up. He's an OCD kind of guy but he hoards memories and lots of things we never use. I survived a house fire from the 90's and a divorce in the mid 2000's and I moved around alot in small apartments. So I had to get rid of lots of stuff to fit into a space. I have lots of art/craft stuff cause of my side hustle but that's my materialism issue. I would have room if he would get rid of all the stuff in the closet spaces. So I beg for a shed out back but he won't let it happen. So I have things in containers out in the open in our bedroom. But I think since the depression era many generations hoard things and it becomes a burden on their children.

I feel for you guys. My mom has been a home wife with pocket money for as long as my parents have been together. My mom is not very good with doing research. She shares articles with catchy titles without reading it and most of the time they're super inacurate and bs. She also buys all kinds of low quality stuff. Like shitty clothes she insist is accidentally small for her, to put it in perspective she recently bought me and my sister a pair of rubber mat of owls with wrinkles on it that are supposed to help wash make up brushes. * facepalm * ma if i wanted to wash something thoroughly i have my hand and fingers for that. And the thing is this is how she has always expressed her love to others by smothering everyone with gifts noone asked for. Before she met my dad, her family wasn't extremely poor but they really had to think about buying stuff, they were a working class family in eastern europe from the 60s to 90s. In 1993 she met my dad who came from a pretty well of family and was a pretty good business man himself. And since he was married and my mom just left her husbandat first my dad just gave her pocket money to care for her kid from her previous marriage. That was real nice of him. And back than she used it on what was considered stylish clothing for my sis and herself and to feed themselves. But because next to my dad she never had to really work. She rarely went to work at the family business since i was born. Which was almost 20 years ago now. And she has evolved a lot and did a few declutters herself which i was really proud of. But she can't stop herself and buys stuff that just keeps piling on. Im not sure if it wasn't for her buys that i can't seem to scrape the level of minimalism id like to practice. Id surely also have some stupid impulsive buys. She also snoops around too much. Refills all my liquid soap dispensers(yes multiple). And i just recently learned that, eventhough i told her about my desire to let go of some habbits and use up what i have, i told her that like 5 months or more sgo and she keeps refilling it. Im sorry. Cause it might sound like i hate her for all of this. And i dont. I know im lucky to be in a family with more than enough money. I love her for trying to connect with me in her way and take care of me. My problem is if we have all this money, why not use it on experiences. Going to the movies, theathers and the opera more. Or travelling.

Take pictures to save the memories. Toss the stuff

Some people don’t like suffixes because they like their words to be minimal. 🙃

@@SourEggz That's so true lol! 😂😁👍

His GF left him so he sold all his stuff. I would ve sold all her stuff. And he had 7 days worth of stuff so he probably had financial capacity to get them all back if necessary

@@truepotential206 Yeah.

True Potential Well, you are assuming that their divorce wasn’t amicable or mutual AND if he had done so, or you had, it could end up in a huge lawsuit. People don’t usually smile upon those so vindictive no matter how _justified_ they make it sound. Or at least, that is my opinion.

I moved three times in about 8 months. I learned to only bring with me things I absolutely love and need. The rest is just additional useless boxes !

Nah, moving with more than 100 boxes is more fun. As long as you hire some people to move these boxes.

I lived in Seattle for 2 years as a visiting professor at University of Washington. Every lease was month-to-month. I moved every 3 months. Every place came furnished. I could fit everything into my SUV. Most of my stuff was my academic research files. My wife and I each had one check-in bag full of personal items. We did acquire small things along the way--tupperware, etcetera--that we left behind. It was okay for the two years. You do get a little tired of all that.

Spunkymunky why move every 3 mos? Any idea of apt costs there? Like a 2 bedrm, not studios. I am going to Bastyr in a couple yrs and need to rent off campus with my teens girls.

So many ppl throw away, give away, or sell so much stuff while moving. I hate shopping and moving so buying less stuff is pretty natural.

I like this.

That's already an established term that means something else though.

The Netflix movie from those guys explains just that. Your needs are different that other ones needs so your minimalism is different than mine. You have just the minimum things that make you happy. Whatever else that doesn't satisfied a need they get out 👍

I disagree, I have a lot of things that aren’t essential but in my opinion completely enhance the way I live. It’s not essential to have a fan when I sleep but I sleep better with it. It’s not essential to have multiple size pans in my kitchen when I could get by one just one, but I enjoy cooking and i find the value of having 2 sizes instead of 1. It’s not essential to have a dog, but I like him. 🖤

@@shanaesmith112 youre agreeing with me. The point you just made was my point. Including the pet and non essential to life but essential to my life. Dude. Please read and comprehend the og comment before replying because you just repeated what i said.

And unfortunately the people ignored him : (

So how did these wannabepriests that wandered the land get by? Handouts.

sounds just like my dad

but also I think it's about desire. Some people don't want more things, even if they could have them - or at least they aspire to that mindset.

Sounds like your making into an enlightenment process. Keep your religion to yourself.

mr. zombie look up the definition of religion.

Some people have a lot of crap.

Always know the dif btwn need and want and you'll never feel cheated. Save what money you have to spend.

That’s what I wanted to know. Cause I’m going through the same since last week haha

@Steve Slade I'm not sure wether I understand you correctly because English isn't my first language, but I am emotionally ready to leave him after more than 5 years. When holding some stuff in my hands, a lot of old memories were evoked which I repressed before (I have the tendency to repress everything bad in my life) and I finally understood why I have the feelings I feel and that they did not just "appear" like a mood swing. The thought hurts so much, but the decluttering really helped me to understand that I grew a lot as a person during the last years and I'm ready to let go and start a new chapter.

@@HomemakerDaze I wish you the very best. Decisions like this take some time and that's okay. We have to figure out our own feelings first and where they originate from before involving another person in our thought process.

Muffinpurpergurk good luck, I wish you the best xxx

Except there was no parents scene :(

I’ve been doing a lot of research into tiny homes that are so small that they can fit on trailers you hitch up to your vehicle and take with you wherever you want. There are ways to get around with tiny homes. As for getting around inside them... yeah, I got nothing.

Sounds like a pretty extreme case of dyslexica.

Because Hummus is delicious!!!!! Lol

@@AndreasDevig Not dyslexia, just Dumbass Disease (I, too, suffer from the unfortunate condition, lol)

@J G you should go for a walk.

J G we do not feel superior, but do feel incredibly grateful to be living a more fulfilling life. Sharing about our experience is to encourage others to explore other lifestyle opportunities, not to show off. For us, tiny house living (as kind of minimalist living) is about prioritizing your life around what’s meaningful to you, by downsizing what’s cluttering your space and mind. It’s about doing what’s right for you-not anyone else. But we have seen that sharing our experience makes others somehow feel guilty about their choices, or like we’re out of line somehow for doing what makes us happy. Not our intention. Do you.

@J G Who pissed in your cornflakes this morning? How in the hell did you get your dander up from that comment? Calm down.

J G wow, your perception is quite unfortunate. What we do comes from a place of sincere passion. We live tiny in a home we built, share our experience and others’ stories to hopefully inspire people to reconsider the meaning of home and success. The little money we make from YT helps us produce more content that we truly enjoy making. Just like dear Wheezy Waiter enjoys making his videos. Many appreciate our work, but we understand that it’s not for everyone. Clearly not for you. That’s ok.

Hannah Reynolds ....what building regs are you referring to? I have exactly the opposite opinion, the uk makes it extremely easy. What’s your experience?

Fastest alt tab in the west

I studied interior architecture and that channel gives me life, hope and is the reason why I have chosen my career, I wish one day make something as beautiful as that and sell it to people and make them happy

Lol Right?

Yes, mine, too 😔😂

I'm the same way. I'm a bit sentiment with stuff. I just do what I can handle and come back to the stuff that's too hard later with a clear head . The problem I find is stuff is hiding everywhere.

carochan86 the one thing that has helped me get things into perspective is following Marie Kondo’s method of trying to find every single item from a single category at once. That’s the only way I managed to declutter my pens and pencils into a manageable and useful stash after years of attempted decluttering. It’s not always easy but I find it more difficult to find reasons to keep duplicates and literal trash when I see all of them right in front of me. Best wishes for your journey!

I disagree. It helps me to have money for the things I want to care about. For example donating money to charities and activists that do important work. I can also help people directly by giving stuff away. A kid might enjoy those books I don't need anymore and get entertainment and education out of them. It helps me to be more motivated to declutter.

Where? You should see My bookshelf, double rows and books on top =) Live and let live!

Moving onto our sailboat was the best decision we made besides sailing around the world because it forced us to question the value of things we hold onto

Some of us have to, due to medical reasons.

It’s a go go go society here, work work work no time for shoes off unless you are done for the day

I don't like my feet, I don't like looking at them so I always keep shoes on I guess

some people are weird like that ,they don t like to be comfortable

Because my cats refuse to switch from shoes to slippers when they re-enter the house

omg that would honestly be a deal breaker for me, no way I would live this way. My boyfriend is a tech guy and he has a lot of computer stuff and gaming consoles and that's already testing my patience haha

Sonja Persch , my wife says that if it were up to me we would live in a house with bare walls and two chairs (she’s right). I, on the other hand, don’t believe that every flat surface needs to be adorned with a...whatever. I see a smooth, clean, and empty granite countertop as a thing of beauty. She sees it as a parking spot for an antique mortar and pestle, a collection of old crockery and a scented candle or two. And oh my God, her closet...

@Jessica Marie Baumgartner Yes, of course 😊 That's exactly what I meant, so thank you for pointing it out 😊

@Ferd Ferd.D I genuinely think they've caused PTSD. We went for almost 3 years before I was comfortable saying we were free of them. We need to being back DDT.

@Ferd Ferd.D the problem for us was that we were in an apartment and the owners refused to have the entire place treated at once so they would just hop from unit to unit. It sucked.