Beauty of Minimalism In Daily Life Easy to Understand and Practice

Objects are just objects - if you lose them, if they get stolen or destroyed… it’s not a big deal. Your life is the series of moments that is steaming through your consciousness right now, and how you use those moments and what you fill them with is what truly matters, not what you fill your home with. At the end of this short journey, you’ll look back and remember your experiences, the people you loved and who loved you back, the things you did and didn’t do. Not the stuff you had.

Research indicates that multi-tasking increases stress and lowers productivity. While single-tasking is becoming a lost art, learn it. Handle one task at a time.

Reuse things whenever possible and take care of what you have so it doesn’t need to be replaced as often. You’ll be surprised at how quickly your savings add up when you focus on what you already have instead of what you don’t.

The next time you find yourself wondering where all your cash has gone, take a look at the different ways you’re throwing money away. Food waste and energy waste tend to be two of the biggest culprits but sometimes it just comes down to buying things we don’t need. One of the basic rules of going minimalist is to use what you already have, rather than going out and spending frivolously.

Cash is great because you can withdraw a pre-determined amount each month, and you always know how much you have left. With credit cards, it’s easy to spend more than you have budgeted; to stay within a budget you’ll have to constantly track your expenses. No need to track expenses with cash - you can see you only have a little left.

Give thought to every purchase and ask yourself, “Is this really necessary? Can we live without it?” Try to live only with what’s necessary and get happiness from doing things - from spending time with people, from creating - rather than from material goods and spending.

Opt out of consumerism

This is the first and most important step. Too often, we get into the mindset of buying, of attaining more, of shopping for pleasure or stress relief or finding self-worth, of impulse buys. This is a mindset that comes from years of exposure to advertising, and it’s hard to stop. Start by becoming more conscious of it, and by telling yourself that you will no longer find pleasure in buying and having material things.

An experience is much more meaningful than an object.

If you don’t use buying to fulfill your needs, you’ll only really buy what you need.

In a minimalist house, it’s important that you find a place for everything, and remember where those places are. Where does you blender go? Give it a spot, and stick with it. Aim for logical spots that are close to where the thing is used, to make things more efficient, but the key is to designate a spot.