I just finished reading this book on Minimalist Living and it was so good and inspirational! I wanted to write down a few things that stood out to me in the book:
*minimalists are people who know what's truly necessary for them, find the things that are genuinely important to them
*This is the pattern of everything in our lives. No matter how much we wish for something, over time it becomes a normal part of our lives, and then a tired old item that bores us, even though we did actually get our wish. And we end up being unhappy.
*There are emotional limitations to the feelings of happiness that we're able to experience when we obtain something for the first time.
*The problem lies in how we convey our value to others.
*we feel like we use items to communicate our personality and values.
*Our possessions are supposed to be our tools
*there are more things to gain when removing excess like time, space, freedom and energy
*it's wiser to clean up our system and delete all the unnecessary data so we're free to function efficiently and happily
*we all have a roommate we call them "our things"
*they create extra work for us, do we really want to continue paying rent for them? It's best to just kick them out.
*feeling the spark of joy that some items will bring, will help you focus
*discard any possessions that you can't talk about with passion
*a person who reduces so they can focus on what's really important
*when we practice minimalism, we'll spend less time being distracted by the media or by advertisements because we become aware that we already have everything that we need.
*fewer possessions=easier to clean the house
*you free yourself from all the materialist messages that surrounds us
*when you realize there is nothing lacking the whole world belongs to you
*want to know how to make yourself instantly unhappy? compare yourself to someone else.
*experiences give you longer periods of happiness, experiences can't be taken from you
*gives our important things space to be important
*the only way to focus on the important things is to reduce the things that aren't important
*you'll have less stress because there aren't all those things around soaking up your energy, by not comparing yourself to others you'll relieve even more stress.
*lose weight when you do away with your possessions because you'll realize this is enough for me.
*tasks become easier, enjoy housework
*the more material possessions you have, the more energy it takes to handle your everyday chores
*let's you focus on real people
*when you reduce the number of things you own, you can devote more time and energy to your interpersonal relationships, you won't need to depend on your things for happiness.
*gratitude comes, people are used to focusing on what they don't have instead of what they do have
And so much more! I need to read and re read this book throughout my life as a reminder of minimalist living and incorporate this in lots of aspects of my life! Such a good read and can't wait to apply this even more so to my life!
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