Luann
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Any minimalists on Peat? Wide-open-spacers or stuff purgers?
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Funny you say that. I can't think of anything that I've ever missed. I just feel a little bad about some things I threw away and didn't donate instead.awesome, guys! Agreed, Peata, that there's a "light" feeling from knowing all your stuff is useful, and where it is, even. I just gave a comforter to Goodwill. I'm pretty committed to sleeping on the floor, it just feelsss so goodd. Anyone ever regret throwing something out or donating? Like a memory?
I think it depends on one's perception of minimalism. I'm continuously upgrading my life-especially with new tech or gadgets that make life convenient. I like the best. That said, in the past I might have kept older things on hand as backups or because I know how much I spent on the older thing. I don't think minimalism means giving up improving quality of life. Just removing the things that impair high quality of life. Granted, I've never read an "official" book on minimalism. Just went with my gut on things when I realized how much energy was being sapped by having all this crap that had lost it's utility. Less stuff opens up your place, or life, to allow more quality in. That "baggage" can prevent us from taking or seeing opportunities that we might not have considered in the past. It's a bit of an art form that takes consistent effort.I used to be minimalist, but then I realized that capitalism provides a lot of comforts that improve one's quality of life. Diminishing marginal utility still exists.
Absolutely. If it's about efficiency, than I'm all for that.I think it depends on one's perception of minimalism. I'm continuously upgrading my life-especially with new tech or gadgets that make life convenient. I like the best. That said, in the past I might have kept older things on hand as backups or because I know how much I spent on the older thing. I don't think minimalism means giving up improving quality of life. Just removing the things that impair high quality of life. Granted, I've never read an "official" book on minimalism. Just went with my gut on things when I realized how much energy was being sapped by having all this crap that had lost it's utility. Less stuff opens up your place, or life, to allow more quality in. That "baggage" can prevent us from taking or seeing opportunities that we might not have considered in the past. It's a bit of an art form that takes consistent effort.
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Absolutely. If it's about efficiency, than I'm all for that.
The problem happens when you start becoming less happy and productive when you choose to remove your dishwasher.
Ha, well yeah. Thats more making space and the payoff is increased time spent washing dishes. Everyone needs to find the boundaries or definition of minimalism.Absolutely. If it's about efficiency, than I'm all for that.
The problem happens when you start becoming less happy and productive when you choose to remove your dishwasher.