Material subtraction allows me to unload my obsession with material desires, unload my load and move forward lightly. 1, cleaning my closet is the beginning of my minimalist life.
When I open the wardrobe and see piles of clothes, my mood is always at sixes and sevens, and there is also the worry of "no clothes to wear".
In the past, I always followed the so-called "trend" and bought the clothes I wanted freely every season.
Some clothes are just a psychological need. I bought it and didn't wear it for a few times before it was idle.
Take out all the clothes in the closet, pack the clothes that have not been worn for a year or two, which are inappropriate, worn out and not suitable for that age, and put them in the suitcase placed in the community.
Only your favorite clothes are left in the closet. Looking at my favorite clothes and simple and clean wardrobe, my heart suddenly brightened up a lot.
2. Live a minimalist life and never buy new clothes.
I am determined to lead by example, never buy new clothes and live our minimalist life.
Implement the "three noes" policy: don't go to the mall; No longer casually visit online stores; Don't patronize clothing stores.
Strong implementation and good results. My husband and I haven't bought any new clothes in a year. I decided to continue.
I don't know why I didn't buy new clothes. I'm not sad, but I feel very happy and relaxed, just like my head is simplified, and I don't feel bloated and blocked.
Step 3 clean up kitchen supplies
Under the impulse of "I want to be a good housewife", I bought a lot of kitchen utensils with extremely low frequency of use.
I spent three days cleaning my kitchen. I sorted out the pots, chopsticks and pots that I didn't use often and put them in the garage for the time being. Maybe when I think about it one day, I will give them away or throw them away.
Throw away the plastic bags and cartons stuffed everywhere in the cupboard. Other kitchen supplies are classified and placed, and the kitchen is much cleaner and brighter in an instant. Cooking is no longer an annoyance, but it is surprisingly exciting, changing the pattern to make food.
A clean and bright kitchen can cure the trouble of cooking, which is simply a miracle!
4. Minimalism in the living room and dining room
The first is the care of the sofa and coffee table in the living room. I used to get into the habit of littering, but now I have re-enacted the rules and regulations prohibiting littering. Follow the principle of "keep things out of sight" and keep the living room clean and fresh.
Lead by example, the "broken window effect" is still very effective. Start with small things, start with yourself and get rid of bad habits.
Eating in a restaurant is not only taste and nutrition, but also a refreshing atmosphere. I completely slimmed down the sideboard in the restaurant, reducing the original "full" to two-thirds, leaving only the needed tableware.
After cleaning up the living room and dining room, I found that what seems to be "necessary" is actually "unnecessary", sometimes not only "unnecessary", but even "best not".
5. Make a purchase plan for "daily necessities"
I used to like to pile things up and put things everywhere in my house, just like traffic jams, which made people feel bored and unhappy.
Now, make a plan and buy it when you run out.
No longer hoard things, we must make the space bright and let people feel relaxed and free visually.
I feel that once I let go of everything, people's mood will relax and the pressure will be relieved instantly.
Spiritual addition enriches one's heart and enjoys the "happiness" brought by loneliness. I exercise. I'm healthy.
After running around for half my life, I made up my mind to start a new life for myself from the age of 50. After the tempering of life, I feel very tired both physically and mentally, and I must have a good physical condition to realize the life I want.
I started exercising. I insist on walking or jogging on my way to work. Four times a day, about 10000 steps, every day. I firmly believe that "I exercise and I am healthy".
Reading excerpts every day is my "nutrition feast"
No matter how busy I am, I have to find time to study. Even reading for a short time, reading while reading is my hobby. I like the beautiful sentences in the book, and I appreciate the wisdom and enlightenment given in the book. It is a pleasure to talk with the author of this book.
Writing 300 words every day is my love for life.
When I was young, I had the habit of keeping a diary. Although intermittent, I still like to talk to myself. Visit yourself three times a day, solve the problems that arise every day in time, sum up life experiences and lessons, absorb the essence and discard the dross.
Love yourself and life, starting with writing a diary every day.
4. Take an active part in outdoor activities
In leisure time, take enough water, carry a backpack, climb mountains outdoors, breathe fresh air and take a bath for tired lungs for a week. Singing a song loudly on an empty mountain, posing for a photo, it feels beautiful.
There is no party, no boring gossip, no sadness, only my own happiness, and the minimalist life without social interaction has refreshed my mind a lot.
Written in the last 50 years, you should have a certain understanding of life. Without experiencing wind and rain, it is rare to see a rainbow; Without the tempering of life, there is no love for life.
At the age of fifty, I finally got a chance to breathe and have the capital to become beautiful. It is my wish to give up the hustle and bustle of the bustling world, return to a clean and tidy world and live a minimalist life.
Substance subtraction has given me great purity. I am no longer a young woman chasing fashion, and I have a deeper understanding of material desires. No matter how expensive clothes are, they are not as precious as spiritual relaxation and freedom.
The spiritual addition makes my life full and meaningful, and makes me youthful. Get rid of unnecessary social chat, clean up other people's garbage and enjoy one's happiness. Your heart is clean and refreshing, like a clean stream flowing all over your body.
Minimalist life freed me from my obsession with material desires, improved my taste in life, broadened my ideological realm, made my life bloom brilliantly again after I was 50 years old, and made my life move forward lightly.
1, buying clothes has obviously decreased. I especially liked buying clothes when I was a child. My favorite pastime is shopping. At least three or four sets of long skirts should be bought at home, and shoes of various colors, fur coats, cashmere coats, down jackets and pies should be matched in winter. As a result, I didn't blink for thousands of dollars. Now I only buy two pieces a season, which is exactly what I like to wear!
2. Reject gold jewelry. Some people say that all the people who wear gold jewelry now are old women in the countryside. Although this is a bit biased, wearing gold jewelry is really tacky. I haven't worn it for years, and I don't buy it. I only wear western handicrafts!
3. Buy as few small household appliances as possible, and the usage rate is extremely low, such as sweeping machines, dishwashers, high-speed mixers, toasters, electric ovens and other online celebrity products. You will find that the cleaning time is longer than the use time, and the expensive ones are finally shelved! And take up space!
I try not to buy books except the children's study materials. I think I am a person who loves books. My cupboard is full of books, Chinese and foreign classics, back-dated magazines, countless, but only I occasionally look through them, and my family doesn't like to read them. They say there are e-books, various reading apps and even free listening to books. Who has the patience to read that paper book on the mobile phone?
5. The decoration at home should be as simple and clear as possible. The more complicated it is, the faster the fashion will be eliminated. Look at the people around you!
6. Don't install fitness equipment such as treadmills at home. After buying it, you will find that it is actually boring to exercise at home alone. Chances are you won't last long. It's better to go to a small park nearby, where the air is fresh and there are many people!
7. Don't keep the refrigerator every time you buy food. After all, it is rare not to go shopping downstairs for days. Buy more and buy less to ensure the freshness of food!
8. It is better to go shopping, eat, get together and take the bus than to drive by yourself. It is economical and environmentally friendly. Don't worry about the parking space, there is no pressure!
This has been my frugal life since I was 50 years old. It feels comfortable and casual. Interested friends may wish to give it a try!
My minimalist life started with never buying new clothes.
As I get older, I like simplicity more and more. Life is simple, friends are simple.
I haven't bought clothes once this year. Not long ago, I packed clothes and shoes that I hadn't worn for many years and put them in the public welfare storage box on the roadside. Many people say that everything in that storage box is donated to Dashan. I don't know if it's true or not, but everything I don't use is in it anyway.
I used to love beauty. Even if I bought a dress, I always bought a pair of shoes to match it. Now there are two pairs of shoes in winter, one for work and the other for leisure at home. So that the shoe cabinet will not be crowded. Taking care of it also saves a lot of time and money.
When I was young, I loved to toss my hair. My hair has never faded since I started a minimalist life. If I want to tie it, I will. If I don't want to tie it up, my long hair will float. A year without going to the barber shop can save a lot of time and money. Dyeing your hair is good for your health. As long as the hair is clean and refreshing.
After a simple diet, the whole person is not greasy. I used to like snacks and roadside stalls, and I like to eat mutton skewers with my friends. Since I started a simple life, I spent more time cooking at home, and I gained health. At the same time, eating with family also increases parent-child feelings. It also saves a lot of unnecessary expenses.
Since I started living a minimalist life, it has made me more calm and confident.
Please note that I spent tens of thousands of Qian Xue on the following experience!
When you start to be dissatisfied with your present life, it means that you can start a minimalist life.
Mainly have the following symptoms:
1, I feel bored looking at the books in the cupboard. Yes, they are expensive, but they seem useless. You don't know why you bought these books and want to throw them away, but it costs money and is annoying.
2, you open the closet, there are many clothes in it, many clothes you don't wear, and you don't like them. It's a pity to throw it away, but it's annoying not to wear it if you keep it feeling.
3. Looking at the address book in the mobile phone, I feel that there are many people I don't know. It seems that there is no need to contact, which is very annoying.
4, you have a lot of dreams, these dreams are more or less what you want to do before, but there is no sound afterwards. You said you weren't interested, no, you were interested, you weren't interested, and there was no prospect. You feel bored.
At this time, you can start a minimalist life. Without these psychological activities, your minimalist life is doomed to failure. If you have the above feelings, then your minimalist life can begin, and you must be prepared not to regret it, because minimalist life is not over.
Minimalism itself requires efforts to judge what you really need, what you don't need at all, but what others think you need needs to be carefully thought out (I just threw away a lot of things and bought them again to understand these reasons). So believe me) and the process itself is so important that you must have a plan first, which is very important.
Only under the guidance of the plan can we begin to organize our lives as expected:
So how to make a plan?
There are several steps for you to practice.
1, it is important to determine what you like, such as clothes you like to eat, clothes you like to wear and books you like to read. You are welcome this time. You can write it down in a notebook so that you can have a clearer idea.
2, don't set the middle value, like is like, not sure is don't like.
3. Throw away what you don't like.
Write down your likes and dislikes separately in a notebook, write down the above three-day principle, and then throw things according to what you write down. If you hesitate for more than ten seconds, just throw it away.
Of course, according to my experience, if you lose a book, you may need to spend more, because it often looks like it will get dark if you lose it.
Remember one thing: don't think that things must be given to others. If others need to take it away, you should be grateful, otherwise you should not pile it up at home and ignore it, but throw it away quickly.
What is a minimalist life like? What is minimalism?
Life. Because of my temperament, I was very close to minimalism since I was a child. I don't want to play with unnecessary things, but I want to do well and be refined. Therefore, from the perspective of today's new economics, this is the consumption upgrade. It is particularly pointed out here that minimalism is not low desire, but sublimation, which emphasizes quality more. Lack is better than abuse. From this point of view, minimalism is a realm of life, a quality of life, a character, a quality and a spiritual pursuit in terms of personal temperament.
Personally, I grew up with my grandmother. I have been drinking tea and reading books with my grandmother since I was four years old. For decades, I have collected many books and many things related to drinking tea. About 5000 books, books and decades of reference news have been treated as waste paper. There are many sets of tea, just throw them away. Giving people a function is not very simple. Throwing is a classic interpretation of minimalism. After drinking for decades, I threw away all kinds of wine.
1 1 1 bought a house at the end of the year and moved in next spring. Up to now, there are only three things on the wall of the whole family, a wall clock, a thermometer and a fly swatter. This is simple and lively. If a large living room, a TV cabinet, a TV and a small writing desk are used as computer desks. Then there is the coffee table. As for clothes, throw them all away and buy them now. Gold jewelry can't be thrown away, can't melt, and can't be turned into golden eggs as curtain ropes. Mom felt redundant and took it away, saying it was better to make a bracelet. Minimalism is not superficial and material, but internal and spiritual.
I have long realized the beauty of minimalism, which also means singleness. As a result, some hobbies began to be eliminated. Mentally, energy is reduced and sublimated. Now there are only three hobbies left, cycling, drinking tea and drinking, and half of them have been removed. Before that, my high-alcohol liquor was over 300 bottles all the year round, excluding beer. Now I drink a bottle of brandy occasionally or avoid it, but I basically don't drink it for nothing. I drink some beer in summer. Qingdao, you can't explain it without drinking some beer. By the way, I quit smoking for five and a half months, and then I smoked again. This has to be thrown away, too. I basically don't read books. Just watch it online.
To sum up, I understand minimalism, more importantly, spirit, exquisiteness, simplicity, liveliness and pursuit of essence. Minimalism is expensive, exquisite, single-minded, advanced and simple.
In short, lack is better than abuse!
About how to start a minimalist life, my personal specific approach is this:
First, try not to buy clothes or buy less. You can buy better quality clothes if you buy clothes. It can be worn for a long time on the premise of meeting the occasion.
Second, clothes are fixed in two colors, blue in winter and khaki in summer. This is more versatile, convenient for quick collocation in a short time, and it is not easy to fall into an embarrassing situation of being stretched. Without suitable items, monkeys will naturally rush out to go shopping to buy new products.
Third, the daily necessities of the family would rather be scarce than excessive, and one thing is multi-purpose, occupying less space and avoiding waste.
Fourth, be a diligent housewife. Be diligent in receiving, sorting and collecting. Avoid useless old ones and buy new ones.
Fifth, cultivate simple ideas. Urge yourself to form the idea of saving glory and shamefully wasting public resources, not to compare with others, not to be sentimental, to improve personal cultivation, not to be happy with things, not to be sad for yourself, to satisfy basic material life, to ensure the quality of life, and to strive to improve the quality of spiritual life.
Greedy and stupid!
Minimalist life originated in Japan. Japanese is a country deeply influenced by China culture. Including religion. Zen culture is especially important here! I drink tea in a Japanese teahouse. A 50-year-old aunt made it, matcha! Bring some fruit. Aunt made tea, offered it, worshipped it, and then left! And the room was silent, and outside, it was snowy. My brother and I sat opposite each other and kept silent!
This is the most respected quietness and elegance in Japanese culture. Don't be silent any more, and experience that deep feeling! Zen has a famous case: drink tea! From this ...
Prosperity is always empty! The perfection pursued by all beings is prosperity. Promote to a higher position and make a fortune, your wife is virtuous and your concubine is beautiful, and your son is prosperous and rich! Cai! Then what is empty!
I like everything I get. Perfect and regrettable! Happy and lost!
I always advise my peers. Minimalist! Get what I get and lose what I should lose! Old, less desire is a treasure, and it is a blessing to want to open it!
"I'm angry with my mother, is it reasonable? I have been partial to my brother all my life, which made me pay for buying a house. I don't have that condition. We big boys burn money in Canada. It will take two years. How could she not understand me! I'm not born to her ... "
Forget it! Let's go, let's go. Sister, you still have your mother. I have never called my mother in my life. No matter how eccentric your mother is, she will support you! Is there less love? Just a little worse than my brother. There is no complete equality under the sun. Conditional, we helped! No conditions, we forget it! What equal love? You want too much. ...
"Our daughter how still can't find the object? I was so worried! I can't sleep ... "
Forget it! Let's go, let's go. Your daughter's temper is to find an object, and it is also a contradiction between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. You have to complain about the pain of having a child, the difficulty of raising a child, and the tiredness of bringing up a child! Do you think marriage is everything? You are married, and now you have children, but you still can't sleep ... Children have their own destiny, don't worry!
"This time my promotion fell through again! When I was young, people should be ranked according to their seniority. Now that I am old, people are promoting young people with high academic qualifications! I will never be in a hurry! And let me go home? No, or delayed retirement ... "
Forget it! Let's go, let's go. Delaying retirement is not personal. The young are not born, let alone the old, or no one will support you! As for promotion, it is always a matter for a few people. The masses are the mainstream. Improper leadership also worry! If you pursue fame at this age, you will have to commit suicide! A patient with cervical spondylosis like you, the doctor said: it is not suitable for looking up!
Minimalism is actually from the heart! I'm not asking you to throw away everything at home. Keep them all. A broken house is worth millions. ...
But, Bao Pu Huai Su, the bottom of my heart is clean! Clean up your bad mood, erase your troubles and enjoy the existing scenery. Enjoy the fragrance of tea. ...
Everyone has his own vicissitudes. The wind blows and the rain blows. Survival is not easy. The unfairness of opportunity. However, a kind and calm heart is the best and most scientific configuration. Be content with what I get. Don't love what I lost. Spend the rest of your life in peace!
Self-knowledge and self-victory, still water is deep!
I also want to send this article to my fans. 202 1。 Happy new year!
Minimalism is an attitude after all. In essence, it does not strictly require minimalism at any time and place, but advocates a simple way of life, getting rid of unnecessary things and excessive desires, so as to achieve inner peace and tranquility and truly live a simple and pure life. Minimalist lifestyle can free yourself from unnecessary social activities and save a lot of time and money, which is actually the direct income of minimalist life.
More importantly, you can do many wonderful things in your spare time. If you have time, you can spend more time with your family, sing and dance with your children, talk and laugh with your parents and enjoy your family. What a happy life. As time goes by, you can charge more, read more books, improve your literacy in all aspects, increase the dimension of life, and make life richer and more complete. With time, you can do what you really want to do and pursue the life you yearn for. You don't have to care too much about others After all, the rest of your life is long, but if you are satisfied, your pain will be more. So, don't be too wronged when you can control your life. If you are drunk today, you will worry about tomorrow.
With time, you can bravely pursue and have a desperate love. Of all things in the world, only love can be worthy. When you meet someone you really like, you should boldly confess, and agree if the other person is wrong.
Minimalism is conducive to cultivating a healthy lifestyle and simplifying some unnecessary parts as much as possible, so as to live a more active and better life.
The beginning of minimalist life is not impulsive throwing, throwing, throwing, but starting from a minimalist mentality. The essence of parting is to make the mind travel light and make the "invisible spiritual world" orderly and harmonious.
Therefore, the beginning of minimalist life is introspection, examining one's own desires and emotions, tracing back to the source of one's confusion, and clarifying why one needs to fill one's heart with materials in order to gain a sense of security. At the same time, I began to organize in the "visible world" to give myself a refreshing and clean living space.
Let's see how to start a minimalist life by cleaning things up:
Occam's razor principle-"Don't add entities if you don't need them" 1, don't buy unnecessary items no matter how cheap they are, and refuse shopping traps such as "buy two get one free" and "300 MINUS 40".
2. If necessary, buy high-quality necessities instead of buying back inferior products. Cheap things only satisfy their shopping desire, and every use is torture.
3, avoid herd mentality, in order to "fit in", to buy some unnecessary things.
Make a list before going to the supermarket, and then go straight to the point to buy things on the list, so that you won't want to buy everything.
Cherish items, reduce waste 1, do your homework before buying, aim at practicality, and don't impulse shopping.
2, cherish the existing items, ensure that each item can be fully utilized, pay attention to maintenance during use, be careful.
3. find alternatives. Refuse to buy items with single function, and look for substitutes before buying.
4. Follow the principle of "one in one out" and buy more practical items. You need to get rid of the unused items before and keep the number of items unchanged.
Reasonable storage and fixed location: 1. Arrange a fixed space for each item and put it back in its original place immediately after use, so as not to mess up the room.
2. Put the unused items in the fixed position of the cabinet to prevent dust from falling, and the room will be neat and orderly.
3, desktop, floor, cabinet countertops and other surface places must not pile up debris, try to put things as little as possible, the room will look much cleaner.
Eliminate interference, avoid information bombing 1, streamline various applications on mobile phones, and delete unnecessary apps.
2. Clean up the address book and circle of friends to avoid interference.
Minimalist life comes from an orderly and sober brain.
The best way to stay happy is to throw things away regularly. Japanese writers specially wrote a book "The Art of Discarding" for this purpose.
This is the beginning of practicing minimalism.
So how can we achieve a minimalist lifestyle?
The biggest problem in starting a minimalist life is to bid farewell to the redundant life in the past. At the same time, build a good minimalist living environment for yourself. Ideological understanding affects lifestyle, and living environment is more likely to change a person. Just as children in happy families are mostly optimistic and positive, children in single-parent families are mostly unhappy. Therefore, if you have a minimalist living environment first, your material desire will also decrease. This is my personal experience.
Creating a minimalist environment is actually very simple, that is, throwing things away. All the superfluous things have been thrown away. Leaving only the most basic daily necessities. Even the items that can be replaced with each other are sure to keep only one.
Here's what I did.
1, there is nothing left on the surface. Don't leave anything on the table or bed. Put all useful things in cabinets, boxes and drawers. Keep the surface fresh.
2. The total number of sundries should be controlled. It is impossible to live without sundries, such as souvenirs, collectibles or investment goods. These things are of little practical value and are reluctant to be discarded directly. At this time, I will choose to take a big box and put these discarded items together. Until a little standard is filled.
3. Keep the goods "intact". There are two meanings. The first one is where you take it and put it back, so that you can ensure that you don't have to buy the same item twice to the greatest extent. There is nothing added on the second floor. If you buy one, you will discard the other. This is a difficult thing, after all, many things will show emotions, coupled with the traditional frugality of the Chinese nation, and things that are not completely bad are unwilling to be discarded. But this must be overcome.
I hope everyone has a minimalist life.