The more I go to my friends houses and see my co-workers work zone, the more I appreciate my house of few possessions. It's just overwhelming to see how other people live in such chaos!
Don't listen to this tripe, they have no idea because they've not done it. You will feel free, save money, appreciate the items that you keep, have more time, eliminate a lot of housework, reduce anxiety around clothes (what to wear). etc........
Minimalism helped me get rid of the things I didn't need which meant I no longer had to house, maintain or clean the things that I no longer needed or used. There is no reason to hold on to something if you are not using it (aka serves no purpose). Now, I'm able to stick with my cleaning schedule and spend more time with my family.
hello all, im a minimalist since 2 years back. I dont throw things away, i sell them on a swedish version of ebay. So far I earned 2000 dollars on my old things, and it got me a free trip to Bali. It took a lot of time, but so worth it in the end
Minimalism is about finding what's important and meaningful to yourself, not what's others tell or want you to have... it's about the clarity one needs physically, mentally to achieve one's goals, not others'. The golden quote is "desiring less is more valuable than owning less."
I feel minimalists are awesome! I also enjoy people who have lots of things in their home because I love to see what people treasure. It gives a little glimpse into who they are and how they’re unique. More power to both sides of the spectrum and everyone in between. Wouldn’t the world be boring if we were all the same? 😊
If you are not drawn to materialistic things. You are a minimalist at heart.
Less is more is important for many reasons....no one leaves this earth with material things and owning less is better for mother earth.
I’m relatively new to being a minimalist (about a year) and I find it very cathartic, like shedding an uncomfortable second skin and emerging a different person. I feel so much lighter and my anxiety has been stripped back too because of my change of mindset. No downside.
Too much stuff makes me claustrophobic.
People are addicted to owning stuff they don't even need! Donate, donate, donate! Please!
My brother helped me pack up to move, and I wanted to get rid of 90% of all my items, and he got SO MAD that I got rid of all but 1 family memory. I don't need the item when a picture also reminds me of my childhood.
I like what the chap said about feeling IN Control of one's environment. It may start with clearing one's space... then one is able to move on to simplify relationships and ultimately our own thoughts.
By buying things, people unconsciously think they gonna get happier because they have something more and that that item is gonna make their lifes easier.
Make ur self usefull to others human and or to environment then ur life have a meaning..minimalist is not a goal it's jst a start..still a long way journey..☺
Interesting. People who love buying things will not get this at all. If everyone was a minimalist tommorow the economy would collapse, so no wonder it has a bad name. Thanks for sharing.
I helped a friend move from and one bedroom to a two bedroom and it's absolutely full now. It's mind-boggling how much stuff one accumulates in a matter of time!
Minimalism is ok just don't make it competition who own less or don't try to teach other people what is real minimalism.
Minimalism stops you wasting money on short term highs. More money gives you freedom.
Life experiences are priceless but things, too much of it is cheapened. At 55 yo I'm refuse to leave my children with unresolved crap. Clarify, clarify, and clarify some more!
Great overview of minamilsm , essentialism ...consumerism and meaning,.....Thank you.
I love the idea of a happy medium, which is different for everyone.
Minimalism is different for everyone !
Re evaluate your life and decide what’s really important and what really gives you please in life !
I don't mind about having minimalism because it has allowed me to be more calmer and be more free in my own life.
I got rid of my sports car and motorcycle. Replaced them with two bicycles.
I save $10000 a year in insurance, petrol, maintenance and registration.
I also gained skills in bicycle maintenance and repair.
People aren't objects. So I disagree with "minimising" people as if we get rid of them if they aren't "useful" to us.
With few things in my house I will feel bored after work and don’t know what to do. Some unnecessary things can help me kill time.
Is he always this negative and cynical?
I think he is just trying too hard to cause drama for the show. Buy ya he comes off as a dick.
No idea, but I agree. The question of selfish... sheesh!! Would you want to be in a relationship with someone who wants to leave? I think not.
It's a very British trait. Every concept is discussed with cynicism and scepticism.
The cunning mind will find a way to make money out of minimalism too
What I found is when I buy think I don't see the value in them after two week or so. I don't see the need to have a computer, a camera, and a tablet when my cellphone will do the same things
Minimalism is good. I started minimalism in 2018. I didn't get attached to materials, could focus on the most activities that matter to me. I can reduce spending in terms of time and money on unnecessary things.
No such thing as minimalism reduces motivation since we focus on things that matter.
That psychologist is quite part of the problem for which we need minimalism as a solution. His attachment to the status quo is staggering. It's also amazing to me that he's missing some very basic yet fundamental truths for which we even have scientific evidence these days in epigenetics. Our environment does dictate much of our behaviour and so to just toss away the simple yet fundamental truth that throwing things away physically will in turn change us not only mentally but if you may even generically, as a "symptom" to some psychological problem, as if we were made in thin air and only existed in some abstract ether. At the same time yet it is a symptom of the very owning and addictive attachment to a plethora of things and even relationships that do not serve us or do us any good. Self-care is not selfishness in the sense of lack of virtue but quite the opposite, by being more caring to ourselves we learn to care for others as well, and this isn't some truism but a quite practical truth. If we ourselves care more about our mental well being that will lead to more energy and love to care for others we also embody this very principles and the consequence of that is multidimensional, for one we then go very differently about advising others as well. We might for instance give our support to someone trying to break free from a terrible relationship rather than, much like this physiologist, advise them to stay in that relationship regardless merely because it's not fashionable and ego hurting to "declutter" humans out of your life. But perhaps breaking up with someone is the kindest thing you could ever do to both yourself and your partner as that would give them clear consequences of their actions and perhaps learn from it in their next relationship. True loving kindness also means dealing with the hard choices not merely cuddling someone and enabling their, or your own, terrible behaviour. In my understanding this "fad" may only be described as such due to the misunderstanding that "value" and "meaning" or "meaningfulness" are things written in stone and the same for everyone which is just not the case. It is exactly when we move away from the crowds, the Internet and psychologists like this one that we find what is meaningful to us! We might actually be very surprised to see just how different we truly are once we sit down with ourselves for even a second. But instead we look at others with hope to guide us to the places only we could ever reach. The true issue is that we have forgotten what meaningful really means, we know its something important but we've lost the art of actually practically and physically experience it. So we look at the words and descriptions of others that may sound the same but in reality they couldn't be more individual and unique. Much like visiting a new country you find yourself upon coming back that your description of it is exactly like what everyone else has said before you and yet the actual experience is what mattered most and it was so very personal to you! Let us not narrow down the actual reality merely because of the limitations of language and communication and remember that the image we paint with what we understand from the words of these people is a second or third hand faint drawing of an otherwise rich and fulfilling practical experience of that person. So how dare we deny their experience? And brush it off in utter defensiveness! Cudos to those who try!!
I tried minimalism and got so depressed I moved back to my parent's for a while. Definitely maximalist at heart
What depressed you? I just want to hear the other side of the argument. Too many pro-minimalism videos on the net.
@@user-xg6zz8qs3q well first off it's important for me to state that I'm an artist so I'm a pretty aesthetic person. I didn't realize how much joy I found in different pieces of art, colors, and textures and how those inspired my artistry. I just felt very unmotivated to create and the space was very non-thought-provoking. Just felt like I was at a 5 star hotel every night instead of being in a cozy home. Now I'm starting to feel better as I'm finding more pieces to adorn my space with that I appreciate. People may call it materialistic but I strongly believe that when utilized correctly, materials can be used as a tangible reflection of your soul rather than your soul being a shallow reflection of materialism. Now my space is reflective of who I am with picture of my best memories on wall, cute knick knacks I find at shops, and pieces from local artists. For me every piece has a lil story behind it so I don't feel so disconnected from life when I'm in my space. Some people may have the personality for minimalism, but it's just not me. It makes me feel a sense of dysmorphia bc I'm very expressive and love color, shape, and texture yet my space didn't reflect that.
@@victoriacrawford3680 Dang! I didn't expect such a deep answer. I'm personally on the fence. On one hand it makes cleaning the house a snap, and you always find stuff easily. On the other hand the room echoe and feeling of being in an empty office room is maddening. Perhaps this is why minimalism is associated with tiny houses, where the lack of space compensates for the lack of stuff to fill the space? There's definitely a method to this madness. And yeah, I'm still living at my parents house for now. So decluttering what I don't own is absurd.
@@user-xg6zz8qs3q yeah to me both have its perks when it comes to cleaning. With minimalism everything is a quick wipe down but with maximalism I'm not always tryna find somewhere to shove and hide my stuff after I use it to try and keep an ultra empty room. Tbh I decorate or buy niche stuff used for daily activities so stuff like pits and pans serve as decor with pot hangers and stuff. If you're on the fence, it never hurts to try. You don't have to give all your stuff away, if you have somewhere you can store things maybe you could try it for a while in whatever space you're considering and see how it goes?
@@victoriacrawford3680 To tell you the truth, all of my stuff fits in a large suitcase. I don't own much. In the past decade I either lived with a maximalist SO or at my parent's. So I'll be unintentionally minimal. The prospect of having to fill a flat with stuff puts me on edge. I have terrible taste LOL.
❤️like what the older woman says
Why is getting rid of a husband that doesn’t contribute to your life is considered selfish?
I got rid of my husband years
ago and have never looked back.
That was before I became a
minimalist. My life is great, am
very happy and would not want
to change anything. Greetings
from Switzerland.
wonder how many wives have left the guy who said wanting a divorce is selfish
ME and very happy about it...when I mean declutter I mean declutter....he did not spark joy 😂
to simplify so one can focus on what truly matters...
Those two guys at the round table don’t really get it.
Just like everything else in life, nothing is good to an extent. Being strictly minimalist or eliminating this philosophy and being excessive of everything isn't smart either. You need to find balance, and that's achieved through trial and error. I've given away many belongings which some were important to me and I ended up regretting it, and then I started accumulating too many things I didn't really need, or want. Declutter your belongings only gradually. Don't sacrifice your entire possessions just to fall in love with the empty look of your house, soon enough it will feel wayyyyyy too empty. Find what's right FOR YOU, not according to a certain youtuber. And if you want to purchase something new to feel blessed materialistically just the way you feel emotionally, it's ok to celebrate life one in a while. It's ok to buy a new dress that brings you joy and brings out your best traits, gives you the self confidence needed in order to perform well in a certain area, especially professionally. Just do what right FOR YOU and BE HAPPY, that's the most important aspect to minimalism. Focus on yourself, but don't eliminate so much that you go into the extreme. Happiness is never found or built on extremes.
Also, be mindful of what you do buy, so you make the most out of it. You buy less but the things you do buy are ecologically less harmful to the planet, and they bring you more joy because their quality is better. That's my "formula". It takes time to master it though. Never rush yourself into change, let it grow and flow in you naturally.
I found this video a bit annoying. Over all they come to the same and right conclusion but at first they make comparisons that don’t make since to add at least to me I guess for someone new to minimalism it would be helpful
Yep just lost 25 minutes of my life listening to this pointless discussion.
8:46 🥴 well said Billy
that intro was savage 💀💀
omg the conductor always asks off questions about insecurity, value signaling and manipulation from the minimalism community.. he doesn't listen to the guests
life is fun
Minute 19:20: So hilarious, when she says totally distinguished and factual, like she’s talking about an old pair of shoes - „One woman decluttered. her husband..” - and keeps on going on like that, completely impassive, as the host asks her totally bemused and filled with indignation “What do you mean, “decluttered” her husband..?!?”, trying to make her redeem the sentence and put it into more convenient words for him, while she simply doesn’t let him interrupt her and even underlines the sentence by explaining to him that was actually what that woman said and felt... 😄😂
It couldn’t have been written better by the author of “Four weddings and a funeral”.
Being objectified isn’t so funny, hm?! 😉
But hold on - wow! After that David Foster indeed does go on and dares to postulate the idea that this woman was just being selfish leaving her husband as she was maybe still useful to him!
What directly translates to: Women should stay in an unhappy marriage as long as it serves men, and if they are not willing to sacrifice her happiness and lifetime, he feels it is legitimate to simply declare she has a bad character!
And he doesn’t even realize how much of a scrupulously ignorant misogynist he reveals to be in that moment.
He obviously firmly believes that embarrassing patriarchal bullsh** of being entitled to be served by women, no matter how miserable they feel, how poorly they’re treated or what they want, simply because he can’t have children.
I applaud Caroline Rogers for staying so sensitive, calm and authoritative, regardless of what extremely embarrassing nonsense he throws into the room. This woman is clearly used to this kind of behavior and knows how to handle it. She won’t let a man walk all over her.
Minimalism at home, workhard at workshop
If you go to the Minimalism Hall of Fame, You Will See My Statue There
Stop having kids
I already miss the 26 minutes that I threw away by watching this video.
As someone who lives on SSDI this discussion is hilarious to me. I have so much money I just can't stop spending it on crap...boo hoo. How about a discussion about people who have decide between affording food or car repair so they can go to work. This is lame AF.
This interviewer lord, imagine if there were black ppl in that room hahaha
Minimalism helps me stray away from materialism, overindulging, vulgar, etc.. It also helps people from hoarding, talking too loud or too much, eating or drinking too much, doing too much, trying too hard, etc. It is letting go of stuff that stresses you out. Too much can induce anxiety and stress. Don't have too many friends. Don't have too many possessions. Don't be around too many people (crowds), it has a way of making you stressed, since so many things are demanding your attention. Minimalism in all aspects helps relieve anxiety, stress, and worry.
Amen
I like how you defined minimalism and glad you found your way of life. All the best!
Agree helps alleviate mental stress great path to look into minimalism