MINIMALISM FOR BEGINNERS » How to become a minimalist & live your best life

This lifestyle is easy for me bc I hate clutter. Clutter makes me so stressed out and I start throwing anything in the trash. I don't set myself up with the donating stuff bc I know I'll never get around to doing it.

I love this video. It provides excellent information for me, who is decluttering as I'm moving into a studio apartment.
8.08 to 8.50 is such a great speech and so true. Thank you.

I see God Ganesh ❤️

Always it has been my dream, to be A minimalist, but I have been a coward all my life.

I was only listening to this and just saw her face at the end and shes not asian 😂

Just stop adding. Trying to reduce things is just another maximilst thing you have to do.

Thank you for this video.💜

Thank you! Today I was telling my mom about how cleaning stresses me out and being to cluttered and she recommended a minimalistic life style and I knew i had to try it out! Recently I’ve decided to start borrowing books from the library and getting rid of old ones that I don’t want anymore! The only time I plan on buying now is if there is a specific book I want that is not in my library or when I get a gift card! Thanks for helping me on my journey ❤

Thank you So much! Have a wonderful 2023! 🫶🏻

I have been a maximilist for a long time. Clutter messes up my life too much. I had a shopping problem, as well I identified. I can't think straight with too much clutter in my room and I can't even sleep. I made my desk way more less of a mess when I went to the gym and thought about how I should clean my desk...and then minimilism showed up so that was a nice attraction. Heard it around sometimes but didn't pay attention to it much...but I wanna start being a healthy and minimilist lifestyle this year :) <3 Told my mom I don't want things or gifts in my room and that I want more experiences than things <3

I have soo many thinks im ged up of it

Something I myself am having trouble with is with one of my hobbies which CAN get a bit expensive: Golf, one thing I am already doing is when I go to play a round I will just do 9 holes instead of 18 which halves the price of a full 18 round, but and Issue I'm having is cutting down on the number of clubs in my bag, while the maximum allowable number of clubs is 14 there is no minimum, but as anybody who plays will tell you different clubs are used for different situations, and I've seen stuff from people on how they got there sets down to 7 or 8 clubs in their bag, and I'm trying to figure out how I can do that.

You have so many little knick knacks... you're just Ikea modern, which is nice... but not necessarily minimalist

The problem is i have so many things that i kept while thinking "I may get need for them later"

Good tip is to take every single thing out of your closet. So many times I’ve tried to minimize my closet but until I took everything out I didn’t get anywhere. I forced myself to deal with it on my bed -hanging clothes first, shoes the second folded things last. It’s so much easier to get dressed!

Okay so I’ve struggled with minimalism. As a Sales Executive in DC, I didn’t grasp the concept of living this way. I have been living by stress, materialism, consumption and spending. This makes so much sense. Anyway first video. Thank you for posting.

I needed this.. thank you❤

I do to much I am into sewing & crafting & music we just need a larger home & spread everything out living small okay but it’s tight since we spend 90% of our time home we’re retired just need 1 extra bed room & a family room & a place for a small work shop …praying get a bigger home & spread out what we have or wise we have throw things out & give up our hobbies but this is very helpful yes being grateful helps but will go through things again

Do you have an appropriate view for minimalist and junk drawers. How do i fight back from creating those. Should i purchase a single file cabinet or desk & binders.

Thank you so much I wish 🙏 I could learn more

Omg, I feel like I have finally arrived home. That's the guidance I needed in my life at this moment. Thank you so much for your work.

Great video. I feel like workflow is better the less you have.

Very helpful thank you.

I had extreme levels of OCD so constantly when I try to do a whole spring cleaning kinda thing. Go through all my stuff it gets super overwhelming due to my anxiety. I never know where to start and lots of random shit is had for me to get rid of for nearly no reason. I honestly don’t need all this shit, most of it is just clutter and taking up space. I have a 2 bedroom apartment and I don’t use the second room because it’s been a storage room but I want it to be a gaming room. I gotta really go into there and downsize all that stuff I’ve held onto over these years

There was a so much uneccssary stuff in my home. All of this clutter mak s m want to cry. People have given us things and I'm just fine with it. I have so much to get rid of.

I would donate/sell/trash 90% of my stuff rn but it’ll just be stored in other places in our house even though it’ll be in a trash bag :(

The last couple of days I’ve been donating clothes and books I no longer read or use. I’m getting rid of more and more stuff avoiding landfill if I can. Somethings I have no choice 😞

Loved your video 💖

I like minimalism yet there are things which are your way. like for me, I love cds, and keep them as a collection. they don´t take my whole apartment, some covers even decorate the walls, but I believe the most important part is to keep the things you use like for me listening to my albums.

Thank you Mia.

I loved it!

Did I just see an air plant? 😍😍😍

I can't take it anymore, my spouse likes to keep bunched of stuff and all the stuff gives me anxiety so I am doing purge core purging of my own stuff for 7 days. I just can't take it snymore.

I am. Gonna try

How do I find a minimalist woman? Everyone I meet seems to be so materialistic!

Wow, you have Ganesha on your table <3

Any other tips when I have to move out in a few weeks and taking the opportunity to start the minimalist lifestyle?

I am starting this journey, and think, moving slower is better. I am now forcing myself to wear every clothing item - and discovered ( to my shock) that i do not like turtlenecks or crew necks. I found myself all day long pulling on the neck to loosen it ..i felt it was chocking me ..so NOW , I know ,never to buy this style again, and put them in a box for SPCA to resell for charity

Thanks

What is motivating me is I'm so tired of the time I spend looking for things.

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Trying to take a nap but all i wanna do is get up and sell my stuff and get it out of here lol

Me and my husband had to start minimalism. There was one time he was like I DONT HAVE SHIRTS TO WEAR! I counted all his shirts that night and counted 74 shirts and 8 pants. I told him afterwards, he was very disappointed with himself. We started to sort out his clothes, sold some and then donated most. Now he has 15 shirts and is very happy with it. He gets to wear all of them in 2 weeks (just in time for laundry) and we have so much closet space! IT is the way to go

Thank you so much for this video! It’s really helpful and it is a useful guide for me to plan how I will start being minimalist! : )




Edit: Also it’s very re-assuring thank you : 3

I'm a prepper and I did get rid of anything that was cluttering my home. Furniture, clothes, shoes, makeup, books. I only kept things that I actually use in a daily basis, AND food and supplies for one year. There is a space for the preppings and it doesn't get in my way on everyday life. It is possible. I can't imagine being a prepper without being a minimalist. Life would be a big hoarding, I guess.

Your ideas are so well thought out. You're a smart cookie! Thanks for the vid girl

I want to be a total minimalist but my husband doesn't let me even touch his papers and books. the whole house is full of papers and books.i am sick of it
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I am delighted to have a home that is fun and interesting to live in. So, I have more than I "need." I believe this whole concept is a desperate attempt to quiet the erratic lifestyle of today. Bombarded we resort to an isolation of our few belongings to simplify and bring order and sense to our out-of-control activities of our world and lives. Very interesting that we have more yet crave less in our personel lives to slow down the frenzied lives we lead to be successful and keep up with expectations imposed upon us. As you enjoy your stark contrast of emptiness and boring staleness, I prefer to enjoy my maximulism and enjoy my life and things that bring me joy and color - just as travel does. Unique and pictureness with many, many things to observe and take pleasure in! It is ok to have a mess if you see it that way but am certain many geniusness, artists, and performers had mess in their lives and it did not impead the final mark of enrichment and pleasure they enjoyed as well as others who were in the end enchanted with the final end which began with a mess!