While that may be the perception some have, if they took the time to learn about what minimalism really is, they may find out it can improve their life. Being a minimalist is a state of mind, and not a set of rules. All of that can help make living life a lot less stressful and can make it more fulfilling.
The image some people have of a minimalist lifestyle is giving up all of the modern conveniences of the world. They imagine living in a cabin in the woods without electricity, a wood burning stove and a bathroom you have to go outside to use.
There may be some people who are living like this, but not everyone who is embracing minimalism has to take it this far. There are other ways minimalism can be utilized that do not require any real sacrifices.
Being a minimalist means you value yourself more than material things. It means making decisions based on what you need instead of getting everything you want. It does not mean the things you buy are cheap. It means they are something you need, regardless of how much they cost. A person can decide how much of a minimalist lifestyle they want to lead. They can do it in stages as well. Most people begin by going through their home and getting rid of things they no longer need.
Over time, they are able to pare their life down to a much more minimalist style. If you told a person they had to give up everything and only get by with the bare necessities of life they would probably ask why.
They would wonder why not take advantage of the inventions and the luxuries that are available. They will say they have earned the right to live their life the way they want to. I was born in Dayton, Ohio, in Because we grew up poor, I suspected our lack of happiness was birthed out of a lack of money.
So when I turned eighteen, I skipped college and applied for an entry-level corporate job and spent the next decade climbing the corporate ladder, forsaking everything except the pursuit of money—because that was sure to make me happy, right? I had accumulated the trinkets of success, but something was missing.
Then, in late , my mother died and my marriage ended in the same month, which caused me to question everything: finances, freedom, the future. A dozen years into chasing the American Dream, I quit my six-figure job, at age 30, to focus on writing full-time. After spending the first 31 years of my life in Ohio, most recently in a minimalist apartment in downtown Dayton, I moved to Montana, in , where I met my wife, Rebecca.
We lived in a minimalist home in Missoula with our daughter, Ella , until we moved into our minimalist apartment in Los Angeles, in Then I discovered Twitter. You can follow me for pithy musings and smart-aleck remarks. My favorite memory is the first time I saw Josh eat an entire ten-pack of White Castle hamburgers at age ten.
He was literally the fattest kid in our school. Oh, and he had a mullet until he was twelve. I now live in Los Angeles with my wife, Mariah. You can see a photo tour of our previous apartment in Missoula here and watch a video tour of our current apartment in Los Angeles here. Although I grew up in a dysfunctional home without much money, I eventually struck gold in the corporate world. My deepest passion is mentoring people.
If you like interesting, silly updates, you can follow me on Twitter or Instagram. Follow the step-by-step instructions we used when starting our blog, which now has reached more than 20 million people. Creating this blog is one of the best decisions Ryan and I ever made. After all, our blog is how we earn a living.
More important, it's how we add value to other people's lives. Read more. Time is also a big motivating factor. At its heart, minimalism is about intentionality. Time is a non renewable resource and more and more people are becoming minimalists in an effort to use it more wisely.
This means we choose to own less so we can spend less time cleaning, organizing and searching for lost items. We sign our kids up for fewer activities in order to spend more evenings in our yard as a family.
In many cases people are choosing minimalism because of their overly cluttered childhoods. Others were motivated to become minimalists after being left with a mountain of stuff to sift through after a parent or relative had passed away. Others are making the shift into minimalism in an effort to reduce consumption and produce less waste. Many people grew sick and tired of wasting their one wild and precious life on managing and maintaining stuff.
People are opting to spend their money on experiences instead of stuff! It goes on to say,. I was so glad to see this make the list. People do in fact become minimalists because a parent our spouse has lead by example! If you are working to unclutter your life while your significant other is seemingly working in the complete opposite direction, take heart.
Consistency, patience and perseverance will likely pay off at some point. People are also living as minimalists because they were raised in a minimalist home. As if limiting clothing, stuffed animals and chachkies is somehow traumatizing. A minimalist mother of six shared with me that she herself was raised by minimalist parents.
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