Minimalism
We are living in a consuming World. Consuming without thinking.
A new phone although the old one is still working. A new TV because it has so much more options. New clothes because the old once are not „in“ anymore.
Did you ever ask yourself does it make me happy? Does it make me more happy when I will buy this music box, this new jacket, this new Phone? Or will it be just a collection of new things which you store at home hardly using? The society and the advertising is telling us we need that, but we actually don’t.
The first time when I realized that I own too much stuff was when I moved in Vienna from one place to another. My brother and my sister in law helped me. He borrowed a VW Bus and that was still not enough. I was shocked.
Where did all the things come from? Why do I have all this things? I just lived in a shared apartment, so there wasn’t actually space for collecting meaningless stuff. This time I was thinking about Minimalism, the first time.
Before I made my gap year I sorted out a lot of things. After one year traveling with a backpack I figured how less I need indeed.
Now, back home settled (only for a certain period of time hopefully: P) there is the threat of amass a bunch of meaningless things. Specially because I have a bigger room and a storage room. It took me a while to figure out what's the best way for me to become a sustainable Minmalist. Finally I found a good solution: In my storage room I have box, everything which I do not use will come into this box. If I do not use it after a month I want to (and hopefully will) get rid of it.
When did you ask yourself how much you own? How often you use the things you have? How much you spend organizing your room? Cleaning up, sorting out?
We are living in a consuming World. Consuming without thinking.