Why MINIMALISM Is So Popular With Young People
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One big factor that's not mentioned is smartphones - they replaced a huge swaths of physical items that our parents' generation used (CD players, maps, compass, watch/clock, books, camera, calculator, landline phone, etc etc). Tech allowed us to be a minimalist without losing convenience
I agree with almost everything you say here and I am a baby boomer. My generation's interest in acquiring stuff probably came from the fact that many of our parents lived prior to and during the great depression and, as the world economy recovered, a degree of materialism was understandable but it has got out of hand and capitalism also depends on it for growth. Minimalism is popular with young people for all the reasons you cite but it is also a reaction to and a correction of the consumerism from the 1960s onwards. On the leaving of piles of junk for your kids to sort through and get rid of, the Swedes have come up with the concept of "Death Cleaning" - in short you purge your house of all your crap precisely so your kids don't have to. You can do this at any age but I completely get it. Must start ourselves.
oh man Living with my hoarder parents was a nightmare then being expected to do the same feeling all the stress and anxiety no thank you. it is just easier less is more
The American dream is being debt free. Minimalism definitely makes sense to me, my apartment feels bigger, it's cleaner now that I have less furniture, which makes it easier to vacuum.
I am a baby boomer, who definitely kept his stuff too long. As I get rid of it, it’s a big relief and the open space just feels so revitalizing. The lesson many of my peers have yet to learn is that their kids and any other person they might leave their stuff to don’t want it. If they want anything from their parents, or aunts and uncles or grandparents, it’s cash. Once the parent is gone, it may be hard to get rid of the stuff emotionally. There was something I heard in one of those room makeover/decluttering TV shows where a young woman was unable to throw away her deceased mother’s dresses, and other personal items. The decluttering expert said to the young woman about her mother’s favorite article of clothing, “The dress is not your mother.” When the makeover was done, and the clutter had been removed, what the show had done for the young couple, especially the young woman was to cut out a small swatch of the mother‘s favorite dress, mount it in a frame, and hang it in a hallway, so that the young woman would see it often and be reminded of her mother without her having to keep all of the mother’s personal clothes and other items.
I completely agree with you. I'm generation X and working in the retail business totally turned me off of buying so much stuff. I was a cashier but decided that I no longer wanted to deal with the public and started working the delivery truck. That was a major eye opener. All of the trash that was accumulated from packaging was so depressing. It propelled me into my minimalism journey. I only purchase eco-centric, vegan and fair trade items now. I own fewer items because I am intentional about my purchases and could not be happier. I don't even allow people to gift me items and I don't gift items either. I suggest that they donate the money to environmental organizations or at the very least go and plant a tree somewhere. Everyone that I know has way too much stuff anyway and at the same time cannot fit their cars in the garage! I personally don't want to be stressed and burdened with a bunch of things so I just live a simpler life.
I am a minimalist and have been for 22 years. When I was married my then husband acquired all things possible. Watches, cars, houses and on and on. This was so upsetting to me that I had to save myself and convinced him to separate and finally to divorce me. The facts are clear that I always was healthier living with less as it made me enjoy my life more. I’m sensitive, kind, creative and allowed myself to suffer in this marriage for a total of 34 years. Intelligent, attractive and hard working women have done this since time began due to society pressures and safety concerns. Woman are regarded a bit differently in today’s world… listen to Nicole and practice minimalism in all areas of your life and I promise you life will be calm, fulfilling and squarely your own! Do not be afraid to say yes! Love your videos and your intelligence! ❤️
I have told my hoarder mom multiple times that she needs to get rid of her shit before she dies because I can't move back home for six months to go through everything. She doesn't even care.
It's all about you, right?
Coming from a generation between boomers & millennials I've seen both sides. Before blaming boomers for the environmental catastrophe one needs to look at the culture and what was being shoved down their throats at the time. Ie convenience items such as plastic. Baggies, bottles, e.t.c made life easy for moms that were trying to have both the career & raise a family. I think we need to take a step back and hold those that promised these thing to make life easier more accountable than we do. The 30k view, we aren't going to reach a cohesive solution if generational blame game keeps us from conversing on resolutions.
We're all a product of the generation that raised us. This gives us hindsight on what to correct for the future in raising the next generation.
That said, once you delve into where such things as global warming and other taglines we are told that make us feel like we aren't doing enough to help the environment, start watching the heads of the companies that tout the claims to see how their practices align (or don't) with what they preach....ya start to get the bigger picture and realize just who's responsible and who's keeping it going.
We have the numbers in society to demand the changes we want to see...but only if we stop blaming each other.
I told my parents at Christmas time I was done with gift giving I said I don't think anyone needs anything else to put inside of their house if all of us never bought another thing we could probably use everything in our home until we die, and then I said I will also inherit everything you have so there is absolutely no reason for me to buy not one more thing to put inside my house. We all have too much already!!
My parents were minimalist, so I didn't even realise I was a minimalist myself till my fruends pointed that out. Nobody believed me when I said that it took me a day to empty their huge flat when I sold it. Probably the reason for that is that they only liked very high-end products and therefore they only owned few but aesthetically pleasing things of good quality. I acquired their philosophy without even realising it, but, since I am much much less well-off than them I own even fewer things than they did and some are theirs anyway. I even still own my grandparents' furniture since it was such good quality (unfortunately only that in their holiday house survived the war though).
Lol, I'm 60 so that makes me your parents' generation, and we said the exact same thing about our parents that you are saying about us. It was actually my parents generation that thrived on one spouse's income, with suburban house, two cars in the garage, nice vacation every year, etc. We might have also had the house and the two cars but we invented the system of two spouses working to afford it.
I think one of the reasons behind minimalism getting traction is the mental clutter we accumulate. Our brains needing to navigate more and more complex interactions with the reality around plus the technological layers on top if it. At least in my case, I feel that the mental clutter is significantly reduced if I have less material clutter..
My grandfather was an amazing man, but he was also a hoarder. When he passed away last year, even after everyone in the family took the few things they wanted and we donated the furniture, his possessions still filled six dumpsters full of stuff. There was very little that could actually be donated or reused because even the “practical” things he saved, like books and office supplies were not well taken care of and they were falling apart. Knowing how he struggled financially (he lived to age 87 and was never able to retire) and seeing how much money just went straight into stuff that became trash was so sad. I have no desire to do that to my kids.
Omg the parents thing!!! I thought of that so often growing up seeing all the clutter. I find myself going down that route in my own place sometimes and have to check myself!
Do you think the need for minimalism/ clean space stems from trauma? For me it does.... I grew with people bordering on Diogene. It was awful and stressful.
Now I can stand clutter and mess
To a degree it is a countercultural shift from the consumer-based lifestyles we grew up with. Something exciting that I'm seeing more lately is a shift from emphasis on extreme minimalism to a balance between the two. Stuff isn't evil the way pets aren't evil. But having 10 dogs isn't healthy for most people because that requires a lot of work and money while it takes away from other things in life you might want to do with that work and money. One or two dogs is nice the way not being burdened by your things is nice. I strongly prefer a minimal setup because it gives me the freedom to engage in activities that are more fulfilling than dusting, organizing, and paying for my stuff. But I'm going to make storage space for family photo albums and I am willing to sacrifice some time to dust my books. Vet bills are expensive but my animals are an investment in my quality of life. A zoodle maker, useless furniture, and a new wardrobe every season? Not so much. And if someone gives me something without sentimental value that I have no use for I am comfortable with saying no, which is pretty big growth for me.
All of these points are spot on! Thanks Nicole.
Gen X minimalist here!! We have been minimalists for at least 20 years now!
Preach it, Sister! I'm 75yo and would love to live in a Tiny House. House, yard, garage, basement - too much to keep track of. We've always been renters but never grasped the "travel lightly" mantra. AND I hate the idea of my children spending more than a day or two cleaning out our stuff when we die. Good luck in your future.
My husband and I are in our late 70s. Due to health issues it became imperative that we move close to at least one of our children …. We are now sharing a large home with them. It was a great relief to me to downsize all MY stuff by 75%. I was tired of taking care of stuff I no longer wanted, some of which had belonged to family members that are no longer living. My hubby on the other hand had a hard time even contemplating getting rid of any of it! We sold our house less than 24 hours after being listed AND the buyer wanted to be ‘in’ in 28 days. I had a plan ….. our son was coming to visit a week after the house sold, so he agreed to load and haul all our keeper furniture and must haves that I had been setting aside for over a year to Texas to our daughter’s home. After that we started purging big time all his tools, keepsakes, etc and this was put into storage for the same son to haul this past spring. The buyer, who was a relative, worked with us as there was no way our health allowed us to do as much as needed to be done, and was happy to receive a lot of our furniture we no longer had room for as she was getting a divorce and didn’t have much of her own. We felt bad for leaving her such a mess, but because of the weather (winter in Kansas) a lot of trash was left behind.
We have been in our new location for nearly 9 months now and I love it. Unfortunately we still have all the stuff still in storage as our son lost their house to fire and has been overwhelmed with everything that goes with such a large loss. I know that when the storage items do arrive we will be doing another purge …. In fact I hope to fly to Kansas to meet him and take most of MY stuff to goodwill rather than load it and bring it here.
That shake you made with the sweater cracked me up😅
When my grandma passed away it took the family a bit longer than 3 months to declutter and clean her house. Just like you had the example with stuff for special occassions, she had so many things..most of them unused.
She hasn't even opened gifts that she got, everything was still in boxes all over the place, most of them were put in wardrobes. It was horrible, my parents were of course sad but they and other family members had to do it together, next to their jobs. And my grandma was a very poor and very frugal country girl. As I broke the relationship with my very toxic parents I have no idea if they learned from it.
Fortunately, I've always been a minimalist, just because I love having only things I like and use, besides that I hate long cleanings and if you have a lot of stuff you'll probably clean all your free time. That's why i dont understand how people can have those small decoration objects all over their house. For me it'd be a waste of time.
Intelligence should not be confused with “education”😵💫
Education is ridiculously dumbed down.
Common sense is lacking.
Financial education should start in elementary school.
That will never happen !! I'm 67, and the government has been dumbing down America since I was a kid. They had that then took it out of schools. No shop class, no home economics! No trade education, so we could get jobs right out of high school ! None of that exists anymore!!
I'm Gen X and not a minimalist but my dad has a hoarding problem. I have fought against the burden of stuff my entire life. That "son this will one day be all yours" cartoon hits home.
He's recently gone on a used Dell desktop buying spree and he literally said the other day that if he dies one day they will all be mine.
He filled his house, garage, basement, and a shed with stuff. Then he moved in with my grandmother to care for her and filled her house and garage with stuff. The old house is of course still sitting there full of stuff.
That wasn't enough though. Hehad a giant metal barn built at my grandmother's and is now filling that up.
One day it's sadly all going to end up in the trash if charities don't want it. It will take months to get rid of all of it.
I live in a 1,100 sq ft condo.
My mom also has a house but thankfully she isn't a hoarder.
I am also a Gen X and my dad is like yours I seriously keep telling him to stop buying at the top of my lungs that his behavior is not healthy it is so exhausting and I am so not ready for it. btw I hate stuff!!!
I’m 56 and I totally agree with all you’ve said. I’ve dealt with being on the giving and receiving end of this and I appreciate your insight!
I have always considered myself to be a minimalist, unfortunately I have always seemed to produce the opposite. 🤣🤣🤣
🙂I love minimalism
Truth! One day my parents will be gone and I will have to clean up their clutter! Ugh! A whole farm full of clutter. Outbuildings stacked to the roofs with stuff my dad won’t throw out. I’m like you, aware that it will someday be reality. I’m thankful their farm is paid off and there won’t be a need to rush and clean it up fast. Might take a decade to find the floors though lol.
Getting a college degree does not equal “educated”. As colleges and universities prove regularly now. Just an important clarification to make.
I don't do labels but I definitely live with less and owns intentionally. My mom always complains about having so little time to do all the cleaning but in reality, 75% of her belongings are just a mix of clutter, trash and unused items. She even said that even if she die, I can't toss away her stuff.
Waste wasn't the baby boomer generation! Because I RECYCLED every day with my father growing up! And we reused everything! Which explains the hording issues our generation has! Because with raising a family a lot of times as a single parent. And working full time with more than one job, which gives us no time to recycle or reduce the way we were taught! We are screwed! We need help! And the kids are so lazy they won't even pick up after themselves! We, as parents, are not even aloud to tell them what to do or even discipline them! 😫 !!
I agree with you girl! Over worked and underpayed. My mom and aunts hoard stuff
What? You mean all my treasures won't end up in museums? Lol Seriously though, good point. It's all landfill in the end. I get almost everything from thrift stores, so I consider myself the last stop before the landfill for most stuff I use anyhow. Sometimes I stay too attache for too long.
37 year old millennial here. My parents were horders so I like to get rid of stuff. 🤷♀️
Well said, I am glad I found your channel, you have some of the most articulated content on minimalism/frugality I've seen on YT. I hope your channel will grow exponentially and actually will drop comments now and then just hoping it helps. Your dog is supercute!
I love how she articulates, as well. Her channel is blowing up right now!!! :)
@@alexandraguy2931 Glad to hear, I hope she gets the recognition. Also, the video where she speaks about why people are losing interest in having bad paid jobs, I find it so well put. We see all this talk about people needing jobs, but what a job means seems to have changed a lot in the past decades, she articulates it so well!
These are all excellent points
Take pictures of everything. Keep, trash, and donate piles. Keep only what you absolutely need. My mom is in nursing home. I got rid of 98% of everything she owned, but i took pictures of everything, made a photo album so she could still see the items, and have memories of those things. Pictures are much easier to keep. I told my kid not to buy me gifts, they take room. Draw me a picture, write me a story, or take me to lunch.
One of the biggest reasons for minimalism that I think gets overlooked is that a greater portion of the things we do own are intangible (f you even want to call it "owning" due to DRM and draconian licensing terms imposed on so much of it). Just 20 years ago, people's homes used to be lined with books, magazines, movies, and music from wall to wall. Now almost all of my media fits onto a single 2.5" storage device with no moving parts.
Similarly, many kids used to have shelves and boxes full of toys, much of which would fall into disuse after a short period of time. Today, they're more likely to ask for e-currency in their favorite online game or content distribution service, or for a singular device that provides the vast majority of their entertainment, such as a game console, tablet, or smartphone. Children are learning minimalism early on. I just hope it doesn't turn into them becoming hoarders as an act of rebellion lol.
My mom was not a minimalist but she never promoted fast fashion or cheap quality clothing. As an adult I realised how important it is to invest in high quality products as it lasts and how sustainable it is.
A few thoughts after listening to your video. 1) Every generation inherits good and bad from the previous generation. 2) My mother was born post depression and during WW11. They had tremendous hardships. Read the Grapes of Wrath. 3) Post WW11 there was prosperity and after living through such difficulty they welcomed it. Cars, refrigerators, washing machines, a full pantry and yes knick knacks! 3) My generation dealt with civil rights, women's rights and a war that our young men were drafted into and came home in a box or maimed or traumatized. 3) I dislike that there is so much crap made in China and elsewhere that fills our landfills. I don't buy it, my friends don't either. We are inundated with advertisements telling us how much we need and how we should look.
One thing I want to say kids it's easy to be a Minimumist when you leave all your belongings at your parents' house when you move out. Do them a favor, take it with you, or throw it out! It's your stuff we were taught. Don't touch it if it's not ours!
Great list of reasons you have put together here. I try to think the thought of everything we buy becoming trash. Then using what you have or buying second hand / what is already there becomes more obvious. Not to contribute to demand for more stuff being made.
This is my favorite video of yours so far, your shower thoughts are profound.
I am 79 time to think smarter
after having my son I realized I just couldn't keep up with all the crap I had that my well meaning in-laws and parents gave me. This was 7 years ago and went down a counting rabbit hole. I downsized my closet first then my linens I felt free for the first time in a long time. now my family has grown to four people total including myself I feel overwhelmed by stuff again and I just want to get rid of it but I have no time or energy to do so and my family members would be upset if I got rid of their things without asking them so I feel like I can't win I tried to set boundaries with the well meaning but not asking parents and inlaws but I don't feel like I'm getting through. it's agrivating.
Do we have the same in-laws?? Lol Same problem, including with the whole extended family. Because apparently, having kids means they can unload all their junk on you?? It is useless to set boundaries, in my case anyway. This "gifting" is not about you, it is about them and dumping their guilt at throwing stuff out onto you. Much less stressful and easier to say thank you and then throwing it out. Once something is given, you release control over what happens to it, even if my in-laws don't like this. I've had
conversations about this with my teenager, as she is now being showered with twenty year old make up, dusty craft supplies etc
I love your 2c Less is more I always tell myself!
Parents who like clutter, a boyfriend who likes clutter.....has made me minimalist. Which suits the fact that my income sucks.
Great video
Love this type of thinking, I literally decided to stop purchasing items in 2020.I try to buy second hand clothes at Goodwill, the Dollar tree has candles for a $1.29 which I love to splurge on, the ambiance of the candlelight is so much nicer than lights. My weakness is Lowes, because I love plants and I love planting things on my property. I love your house plant by the way.!!
I am a baby boomer and I am not wasteful. I don't drink bottled water or coffee pods and when I rarely use ziplock bags, I usually reuse them.
When my Mom died I had to deal with all her stuff! She kept a clean house! But man she had tons and tons of plastic bags and paper bags stuffed in between her fridge on both sides! My Mom lived through the great deppesion!
Reminds me of a Jex Thoth song : "Remember this my friend the less you have to bury. The more we keep collecting, the more we have to carry."
Wow !
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I agree.
A question, Nicole. Where is the music and the books?
Excellent content.
Great video thanks 😊
Thank you for posting.
Well said!! Totally agree.
Great video! I'd just been considering this question as well, and hadn't thought of several of these points.
Good points. 👍🏽☺️. I agree.
You summed it up perfectly. Especially the potential moving part
Love this, I agree with every point
🙏 great video :)
I don't understand why many spend on so much stuff. Perhaps your video will motivate others to be minimalists.
You make excellent points. I was nodding all along the video. Thanks for sharing.
Totally agree!I loved your video, thanks for sharing!
thanks for watching!
I love your videos!
Thank you 🙏🏼
Living in shoe boxes 😂
it is probably easier to be a minimalist now for people because there are digital goods we can buy. i buy digital games i enjoy playing. they do not take up any space and they keep me from getting bored, so win-win.
Good one
Interesting...
AGREED!!!!!
WISH A BABY BOOM FAMILY MEMBER WOULD GET RID OF HIS HOUSE AND FARM FULL OF 60 YEARS OF CRAP!! IT IS STRESSING HIS CHILDREN.
LUCKILY MY MOTHER IS MORE OF A MINIMALIST!😀😀
For someone who says they slept through high school, and you have no collage education why are you so smart and wise?
Maybe because of that fact in particular. Escaped the governments indoctrination facilities.
Well, Your point of living with less also will do something else. If more people just stop buying or at the least, slow down on purchasing, I believe cost of many things will come down including housing and clothing cost. But we continue to buy junk we don't need at the time and so everything continues to go up! That's my 2 cents 😊
We are snapping back to the 1930's
Thank you for creating this video, been thinking about this so much.
So many people I want to share this with, but... can’t. Haha if I could share a version of this video that leaves out the butt close up, then I’d be sharing your video a lot.
But, I will continue passing on the very good points you made ☺️
I was only showing off my high quality jeans! 😅
Hey. I like my shoe box
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If you love your children, please declutter your house.
100% agree.
On the flip side, if you love your house consider decluttering your children.
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i wonder if shes gonna keep that same haircut for the rest of her life lol