Ah, Spring cleaning. Yes, my desk is much clearer, thanks for asking. And so are my virtual spaces (Inbox Zero, baby!). See, I use my iPhone’s Reminders app for my backlogs. Over the years, those lists’ve also been used to gather notes from the articles I read, podcasts I listen to, and videos I… watch some of but mostly listen to as I do the dishes. Thus, I’ve accumulated a lot of virtual stuff to shed, and what better time to do so than a quarantine?
So here are my notes on Minimalism that I’m putting away. How meta.
Much like the notes on Product that I shared earlier, these are not all fleshed out ideas, but 18 bullet points that resonated with me enough to capture, and now to share with you.
You’re welcome.
- Minimalism defined: The intentional promotion of the things we most value (deciding what is most important in my life) and the removal of anything that distracts us from it.
- How we spend our time, the art we display, the clothes we wear. Removing the urgent for the sake of the important.
- A simple, minimalist home is calming
- Rational minimalism is the type that works for me
- Clutter: too much stuff in too small a space
- 20% clothing worn 80% of time
- Every piece of clothing I own is my favorite clothes
- Is it essential?
- If no, remove it
- Is it vital? Does it matter?
- No to both? Declutter from it!
- Do you love it? Do you use it? Is it of either real or sentimental value?
- 3 questions. Else, toss it, it is technically clutter. (Unless legally supposed to hold it.)
- Remove every item from a space, then KEEP / MOVE / DISCARD
- keep: high-use in front, low-use in back
- Decorate in a minimalist style
- Surround myself with things I love, not what I should keep
- You don’t need to chase everything you’ve always wanted if you already have everything you need
- Become a fan of the lasting, invisible things
- key to not buying more after getting to less
- We were meant to live simply, enjoying the {experiences, people, journey, not things} of life.
- We were never meant to live life accumulating stuff.
- Impress others with my life, not my stuff.
- Do fewer things, better.
- Have fewer, better things.