minimalism

Posting this in the Simple Living community a well, but thought I might a different perspective and additional input here....

Hello! I have an issue:...

Hello fellow minimalists,...

We’ve all heard the labels – vegan, city dwelling, young affluent, anti-capitalist hippies… the list goes on. But beyond the rage-baiting media’s depictions, what’s the funniest, most surprising, or common misconception someone has had about your minimalist lifestyle?

So this is not something that’s very often discussed in minimalism communities, but I’ve recently gone through the process of minimizing the merchants that I interact with. A lot of mental clutter is bureaucratic, and anyone who tracks their spending rigorously knows how often things get messed up. Cards getting charged...

Food is my #1 time suck and I’m honestly dying to get a consistent plan down, but it’s terribly hard to make a plan that allows you to buy the same things every week and use up all the perishables.

What do you think about the practice of taking photos and keeping souvenirs? Is it a good idea, considering the need to manage, sort, and maintain them, and the fact that they often evoke feelings of nostalgia and melancholia. Should we stop taking photos at all? How do you manage this side of your life?

So I am not a minimalist - I own tons of stuff. Books, records, clothes. I also have a baby and all the attendant material nonsense that comes with one....

It is interesting to me that very few people want clutter in their life (both tangible and intangible), yet it tends to manifest insidiously even for vigilant minimalists and requires the periodic clean-out to bring a space back into the desired state....

So I grew up poor-ish, and my parents were always looking for a way to get us a bit of fun because most of our money went towards essentials. A childhood staple of mine was take it or leave it bins in various forms. One was at the garbage collection place (we had to take our own garbage because it costs money to have a garbage...

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Our society today is strongly based on the free-market assumption that prosperity and a higher quality of life go hand in hand with strong consumption....

A lot of people are turning to 'extreme' minimalism, and there are some great content online. Here's a list of YouTubers I previously posted elsewhere, please add to it....

I feel like computers have gotten 1000x more powerful and still somehow slower and more annoying to use in the last 40 years....

This absolute treasure is for you.

I love Shannon Torrens. She has such an easygoing style, and seems like a genuinely nice person....

Hey all,...

Hey all,...

I was thinking about this today. I try to research products and save up before buying something, so I invest in quality (also trying to buy responsibly due to environment), but sometimes I buy something expensive and then half a year later realize I didn't use it as much as I had hoped to... but feel bad about donating /...

Hello, dear fellow lemmings,...