I really like most of my stuff. I have a mosaic mirror on the wall near my dining room table. It is so beautiful and changes color depending on the light in the room. I love my furniture. It is comfortable and I use it daily. After working hard all day I love coming home to my dog and one bedroom condo. I finally have my own washer/dryer so I can do laundry whenever I want. No more laundromats! Those 3 decorative plates (which can be used for entertaining) were owned by my late mother. She bought them when we were living on Okinawa. I was with her when she picked them out. I consider them beautiful and priceless. I'm not perfect and I have bought things that I didn't need or use. I'm doing much better at just buying what I need and use. I just believe some people love their art and it's not ignored but I look at it everyday and think man that is a beautiful painting.
That's just the point, enjoy stuff not letting those objects own us, not letting them turn us into slaves of a +40 hour week job to keep them coming to steal our precious lives.
I have a "sell" pile and a "giveaway " pile. Then I walk through the house and throw out ten more things. I filled a bag for the food pantry, too. I've been working on minimalism for at least 10 (ten) years. I give money as gifts, or things that I have. My kids give us gift cards for restaurants or thrift shops. Thanks.Tina, Al's wife
Yeah this really hit me in some kinda way ... I still find that a lot of my furniture still makes me happy to look at and engage with. I wonder if that changes once it's gone
Es gracioso porque mi esposo después de ver el documental en Netflix, se pasó directo al paso 15... puso stop al documental, tomó al perro y se fue a dar un paseo con él. Dijo que se había dado cuenta de muchas cosas, y que no podía terminar de verlo sin pensar antes qué estaba haciendo de su vida. Le hizo reflexionar muchas cosas sobre su trabajo y sobre que los logros que él consideraba logros, se basaban básicamente en mostrarse exitoso ante los demás y no exactamente porque le hicieran sentirse feliz. Ambos estamos en el camino de descubrir qué es lo que deseamos para nuestra vida, y hasta ahora, nos hemos dado cuenta de que queremos menos para tener más. Gracias por esas enseñanzas Ryan y Joshua!!
the spare bedroom .. for guests... that rarely come.. that one rang home.. I did the get rid of 2017 things in 2017, and I have finished , and still am getting rid of more every day ... I also stopped working for any one else , recommitted to veganism, and am now adding caffeine to my list of things I am getting rid of (already got rid of alcohol ) I am debt free, but I dont have much , I am also thinking of stopping ever going into any big box or chain ( including restaurants )
You guys are true life mentors for me, I feel so lucky that I've known about your stories and values.You guys are really doing something meaningful and valuable for the world，love it❤️
So glad I found your channel. We're looking to start over and simplify our lives. Definitely using your insight on the matter to help us along the way.
Step 7, that leather couch that "someone" had to have (but doesn't get used much) turns out to be covered with bonded leather that started to flake off unprovoked. It's now covered in a quilt, still finding a way to shed on the floor, making me unhappy every time I look at it. Good news is "someone" agreed that it can leave. "Someone thinks it'll be replaced with another couch, but I'll move a couple chairs in the space that are sitting unused in another room. We'll be more comfortable in them anyway. Step 12 is very interesting! Great, great video, Thank you!!!
Brilliant Gents. To the point and On point. What is a meaningful life? It is not our stuff. It is not our Jobs. It is not our money. It is about enjoyment, experiences and living without regret.
I have lots of stuff. My four bedroom house is full of stuff I bought because I liked it. I have 900 books with real vetted information that isn't on youtube. I have 1000 cds and 200 records, music from the sixties and seventies that just isn't played anymore. I have a sports car, a jeep, a camper, and a van. And a motorcycle. I am keeping everything. Sorry minimalists. I worked, you don't want to, not my problem.
Well said to get in my brain. Slowly you guys are helping convert me. Keep on doing what you do and soon I’ll be living a better lifestyle. One encouragement at a time.
i thoroughly enjoyed this video. thankyou ( especially like the comparing lists ). I would like to ditch the consumerism ( of not only items but my excessive youtube watching ) and find it difficult to step out side of that - entertainment wise. I was wondering if you had any suggestions or a video about how to step out of this? thanks, love your channel btw
Have you watched their TED talk? I thought it was very insightful without being overly complicated. Try looking up "TED A rich life with less stuff The Minimalists" on youtube. It's 15 minutes and has a good short explanation of their journey and their message. If you like it, and want to hear more, they have a good podcast that you can listen to (on youtube or on your phone) for free!
I have the same issue with UA-cam. Stopped watching all and any TV over ten years ago -- yet only last weekend ditched my space-consuming TV (speak of inertia...) -- but who am I fooling with all my UA-cam watching. This being said -- I have discovered worlds through UA-cam. Recently discovered some amazing Korean singers and dancers, a whole genre I didn't know. I keep up with politics/world events/analysis -- not MSNBC-garbage style but the real deal. I listen to lectures like that of Yanis Varoufakis -- right in line with minimalist philosophy even though he's a leading economic professor and a former finance minister of Greece. I listen to amazing Buddhist scholars. And I watch a hell of a lot of rubbish that amuses me and keeps me, alas, distracted. Inspired and guided by the Buddhism lectures re cultivating compassion -- I do what you suggested. I will look at a person on the subway and imagine their travails and joys and journey through this difficult world. I realize that they are not an object but a subject just like me . That we are all trapped in this "I" that we think is the center of the universe. I am close to completing the 30-day Minimalist game and it is transforming my apt in a big way and making me want to liberate myself from all my stuff. Which of course I cannot do! I'm attached! I do not shop. I am not a consumer type. But that doesn't mean I don't have a lot of crap weighing me down and closets full of clothing I can't bear to part with (since I essentially "shop my closet.") Anyway, these guys have an essential message that we'd all do well to heed if we want to feel more happy and fulfilled. But it is sure hard at least at first....
I'm happy not to have to walk everywhere, and I'm happy to have shelter and basic appliances like a fridge and a washer. And to connect with others with my phone and to have marketable skills from my college training. This means my most-expensive possessions (home, car, college degrees, phone, fridge) do relate very directly to my happiness. My lists match, because I am grateful for how my life is easier.
The Dorito's hit home for me, we call it "entertainment food" food that have no nutritional value other than to give you short lived feel good feeling in the flavour and crunch or sweetness then its gone leaving you a sense of wanting more. we are now getting rid of such entertainment food, budgeted for food that actually matter and gosh, suddenly I can afford to go on a bulking routine because I got rid of the excess valueless food! My next task is to consume less computer screen and let my eyes rest, take up reading, spend more time with my family. and commit to idle if I am not working or with my family. a work in progress!
That’s sad, it means that you can’t even enjoy the things you can have with the money you had earn by staying many hours working, because you’re almost never at home and all the things you have gotten will age and won’t be the same as time passes. It made me realize that we dedicate most of our time just to study and fill a curriculum vitae so we could get a job... and by studying and making the best won’t guarantee that we will succeed in that kind of life.
“Give yourself the freedom to live a meaningful life”. Wow, yep getting off right now to delete apps and as @gabrielbult said in one of his videos start with your why.
I laughed at the fire thing half heartedly because we have been trying to kill these persistent cottonwood weed bastard trees in our yard that are jacking up our foundation because we can't get rid of them. The follow that handles our grass for us (neither of us would be able to breathe if we did it ourselves, it's worthwhile to pay someone) runs a landscaping company, and he recommended burning them. I know if we did that we would literally torch our house and probably half of the neighborhood. I would probably get my most prized and necessary things out just to be safe, because I can see it happening now. But I would absolutely not miss what I didn't take out. And now I kinda want to risk it. Does homeowners cover it if it does torch the neighborhood unintentionally!?
Omar Elgo Because you just realized - TRULY REALIZED - OMG I am drowning in STUFF, and NONE of it makes me happy! I know this from personal experience. Had a moment EXACTLY like this, just the other day. Told myself I can’t live that way any longer!
I love minimalism but I kind of disagree with the one about the spare bedroom because having guests stay at my house and have their own space here makes me very happy
Look mate, I just subbed and my first step is #14: consider starting a 🔥 😂seriously 💯 Watching from the worst Lockdowns🔒 in the world~ Melbourne Victoria Australia … cheers for the laugh, I needed it. 🐨❤️🇦🇺
Hi! Please allow us some advice in regards of office junk left by former employees in a Marketing Department. I'm being very specific about the department, because of the extraordinary clutter that is produced by old promotional products released by the Company. Some items like logo pins and stamped envelopes with the Company's name and address, are not so easy to recycle or give away as a donation. How can current/active employees get rid of this junk for good without harming the environment? #theminimalists
I really like most of my stuff. I have a mosaic mirror on the wall near my dining room table. It is so beautiful and changes color depending on the light in the room. I love my furniture. It is comfortable and I use it daily. After working hard all day I love coming home to my dog and one bedroom condo. I finally have my own washer/dryer so I can do laundry whenever I want. No more laundromats! Those 3 decorative plates (which can be used for entertaining) were owned by my late mother. She bought them when we were living on Okinawa. I was with her when she picked them out. I consider them beautiful and priceless. I'm not perfect and I have bought things that I didn't need or use. I'm doing much better at just buying what I need and use. I just believe some people love their art and it's not ignored but I look at it everyday and think man that is a beautiful painting.
That's just the point, enjoy stuff not letting those objects own us, not letting them turn us into slaves of a +40 hour week job to keep them coming to steal our precious lives.
Sad but true
When you add up all the waisted money on stuff that you thought would make a difference it is quite mind blowing
I have a "sell" pile and a "giveaway " pile. Then I walk through the house and throw out ten more things. I filled a bag for the food pantry, too. I've been working on
minimalism for at least 10 (ten) years. I give money as gifts, or things that I have. My kids give us gift cards for restaurants or thrift shops. Thanks.Tina, Al's wife
Love this! And the little sprinkles of humor throughout. "Consider starting a fire." :) Beautifully written!
Art of Curating "Put the paper in your mouth and start to chew." lol
Haha! That one was so good!
Yeah this really hit me in some kinda way ... I still find that a lot of my furniture still makes me happy to look at and engage with. I wonder if that changes once it's gone
Like step 11. Cool video
Es gracioso porque mi esposo después de ver el documental en Netflix, se pasó directo al paso 15... puso stop al documental, tomó al perro y se fue a dar un paseo con él. Dijo que se había dado cuenta de muchas cosas, y que no podía terminar de verlo sin pensar antes qué estaba haciendo de su vida. Le hizo reflexionar muchas cosas sobre su trabajo y sobre que los logros que él consideraba logros, se basaban básicamente en mostrarse exitoso ante los demás y no exactamente porque le hicieran sentirse feliz. Ambos estamos en el camino de descubrir qué es lo que deseamos para nuestra vida, y hasta ahora, nos hemos dado cuenta de que queremos menos para tener más. Gracias por esas enseñanzas Ryan y Joshua!!
Alejandra Govea Hernández
Muchas felicidades para usted y su esposo.
Son muy dichosos de tenerse uno al otro.......Peace and Love....😊
This is the perfect way of explaning how minimalism necesarry to live more👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
the spare bedroom .. for guests... that rarely come.. that one rang home.. I did the get rid of 2017 things in 2017, and I have finished , and still am getting rid of more every day ... I also stopped working for any one else , recommitted to veganism, and am now adding caffeine to my list of things I am getting rid of (already got rid of alcohol ) I am debt free, but I dont have much , I am also thinking of stopping ever going into any big box or chain ( including restaurants )
Update? :)
Step 12. I feel this so much: you are so busy working that you are never home
Me too, I hate it. But its the life we humans created together.
That gave me chills and in the end, made me smile
These are such nice short animations, gets to the point!
THIS IS MAGIC!!! Thank you for creating this episodes.
Animation is beautiful done, love everything you guys preach and produce.
After 10 yrs of sleeping with my goose down duvet it still brings me joy to sleep in it.
You guys are true life mentors for me, I feel so lucky that I've known about your stories and values.You guys are really doing something meaningful and valuable for the world，love it❤️
Ouch this one hurts. And I am already a minimalist.
Beautiful! Thank you.
Thank you as always❤️ Nice work!
This is pretty funny!! Love it
This was such a wake up call
Step 11...wow! Makes me think... I'm going to take a long walk and ponder some things now. Thanks for this simple & profound video!
So glad I found your channel. We're looking to start over and simplify our lives. Definitely using your insight on the matter to help us along the way.
How is it going so far?
Step 7, that leather couch that "someone" had to have (but doesn't get used much) turns out to be covered with bonded leather that started to flake off unprovoked. It's now covered in a quilt, still finding a way to shed on the floor, making me unhappy every time I look at it. Good news is "someone" agreed that it can leave. "Someone thinks it'll be replaced with another couch, but I'll move a couple chairs in the space that are sitting unused in another room. We'll be more comfortable in them anyway.
Step 12 is very interesting!
Great, great video, Thank you!!!
These Simples episodes are great. Great humor too, Joshua. :)
Brilliant Gents. To the point and On point. What is a meaningful life? It is not our stuff. It is not our Jobs. It is not our money.
It is about enjoyment, experiences and living without regret.
man this video is excellent the sarcasm WOW everything on point
Beautifully said.
I have lots of stuff. My four bedroom house is full of stuff I bought because I liked it. I have 900 books with real vetted information that isn't on youtube. I have 1000 cds and 200 records, music from the sixties and seventies that just isn't played anymore. I have a sports car, a jeep, a camper, and a van. And a motorcycle. I am keeping everything. Sorry minimalists. I worked, you don't want to, not my problem.
The Blendtec Blender reference.... omgosh.... I busted up at that part.
Well said. Loving the new video series, please keep them coming! Wonderful, just wonderful work!
1200 kg off our crap went out the window last week. Now living on a bus. We will get there.
Such a powerful message.
Powerful ending absolutely loved it!
0:48 is a trick👀☝🏻 For, you see, no one has ever slept on any ikea sofa.
#AestheticAF #butalsoabrick
Lol.
Love this channel. Love you guys:)
Well said to get in my brain. Slowly you guys are helping convert me. Keep on doing what you do and soon I’ll be living a better lifestyle. One encouragement at a time.
This is possibly the best video that I have ever watched.
Brilliant !
Wow! Incredible! Thats it. no more words needed!!
These guys are my new heros!! sorry Adam and Dr Drew!
(Dread)always hits me at night.. So powerful and sad. I need # 16 definitely!
i thoroughly enjoyed this video. thankyou ( especially like the comparing lists ). I would like to ditch the consumerism ( of not only items but my excessive youtube watching ) and find it difficult to step out side of that - entertainment wise. I was wondering if you had any suggestions or a video about how to step out of this? thanks, love your channel btw
Have you watched their TED talk? I thought it was very insightful without being overly complicated. Try looking up "TED A rich life with less stuff The Minimalists" on youtube. It's 15 minutes and has a good short explanation of their journey and their message. If you like it, and want to hear more, they have a good podcast that you can listen to (on youtube or on your phone) for free!
I have the same issue with UA-cam. Stopped watching all and any TV over ten years ago -- yet only last weekend ditched my space-consuming TV (speak of inertia...) -- but who am I fooling with all my UA-cam watching.
This being said -- I have discovered worlds through UA-cam. Recently discovered some amazing Korean singers and dancers, a whole genre I didn't know. I keep up with politics/world events/analysis -- not MSNBC-garbage style but the real deal. I listen to lectures like that of Yanis Varoufakis -- right in line with minimalist philosophy even though he's a leading economic professor and a former finance minister of Greece. I listen to amazing Buddhist scholars. And I watch a hell of a lot of rubbish that amuses me and keeps me, alas, distracted.
Inspired and guided by the Buddhism lectures re cultivating compassion -- I do what you suggested. I will look at a person on the subway and imagine their travails and joys and journey through this difficult world. I realize that they are not an object but a subject just like me . That we are all trapped in this "I" that we think is the center of the universe.
I am close to completing the 30-day Minimalist game and it is transforming my apt in a big way and making me want to liberate myself from all my stuff. Which of course I cannot do! I'm attached!
I do not shop. I am not a consumer type. But that doesn't mean I don't have a lot of crap weighing me down and closets full of clothing I can't bear to part with (since I essentially "shop my closet.")
Anyway, these guys have an essential message that we'd all do well to heed if we want to feel more happy and fulfilled. But it is sure hard at least at first....
I loooveeeee this video. Thank you very much.
Beautifully done. Thank you.
Great video! And just at the right time
I'm happy not to have to walk everywhere, and I'm happy to have shelter and basic appliances like a fridge and a washer. And to connect with others with my phone and to have marketable skills from my college training.
This means my most-expensive possessions (home, car, college degrees, phone, fridge) do relate very directly to my happiness. My lists match, because I am grateful for how my life is easier.
I wish I could walk everywhere...
I love this videos! You should do more of this videos, please!
Great story! thanks!
Ah man.....did you have to throw Doritos under the bus?????? Lol..Loved it anyway!
Commenting about Doritos made me want some.
Really makes you think...
A W E S O M E❤❤❤❤
Definitely don't knock that down blanket!!! I still love my blanket to this day.... Love this vid tho.
I feel like this person's problems go deeper than stuff
Love this one!
Captions for the hearing impaired would be a cool addition to this. Thanks.
Love this!!
i ve bought ur book awesome and so usefull thanks for job hello from newbie minimalist in italy!
This was delightful.
love love love it!!!!
That is/was Excellent🙉
Loved it!!
I thought I was colorblind turns out the batteries 🔋 to my imagination were just blended by accident... oh man, off to the store. Thanks guys.
Love you guys ❤️
ABSOLUTELY LOVED STEP 14
The animation is beautiful
Amazing 💞 Thanks
I needed this and love it!!!
dammit this is a very important reminder. Thanks!
This one is funny 😂😂😂
The Dorito's hit home for me, we call it "entertainment food" food that have no nutritional value other than to give you short lived feel good feeling in the flavour and crunch or sweetness then its gone leaving you a sense of wanting more. we are now getting rid of such entertainment food, budgeted for food that actually matter and gosh, suddenly I can afford to go on a bulking routine because I got rid of the excess valueless food! My next task is to consume less computer screen and let my eyes rest, take up reading, spend more time with my family. and commit to idle if I am not working or with my family. a work in progress!
wow these keep getting better
I'm glad I found this something I'm gonna start as a 18 year old
That’s sad, it means that you can’t even enjoy the things you can have with the money you had earn by staying many hours working, because you’re almost never at home and all the things you have gotten will age and won’t be the same as time passes.
It made me realize that we dedicate most of our time just to study and fill a curriculum vitae so we could get a job... and by studying and making the best won’t guarantee that we will succeed in that kind of life.
Great video! I love you guys, you always inspire me and make me smile
I loved it!
Powerful. Really!
Love this
'Rethink, reduce, reuse/repurpose, recycle !'
P.S. Only use one sheet - cover yourself !
loved it
Golden!
made my day
thank you!
elvin dantes: awesome animation dude! hehe
“Give yourself the freedom to live a meaningful life”. Wow, yep getting off right now to delete apps and as @gabrielbult said in one of his videos start with your why.
Peaceful
Please make more episodes :)
Reminds me of fight club when the main character blows up all of his stuff
amazing 😌
Yes.
Thank you guys so much! It's huge!
Wow what a video
❤️❤️❤️
Good points
I laughed at the fire thing half heartedly because we have been trying to kill these persistent cottonwood weed bastard trees in our yard that are jacking up our foundation because we can't get rid of them. The follow that handles our grass for us (neither of us would be able to breathe if we did it ourselves, it's worthwhile to pay someone) runs a landscaping company, and he recommended burning them. I know if we did that we would literally torch our house and probably half of the neighborhood. I would probably get my most prized and necessary things out just to be safe, because I can see it happening now. But I would absolutely not miss what I didn't take out. And now I kinda want to risk it.
Does homeowners cover it if it does torch the neighborhood unintentionally!?
Nossa demais ❤️♥️
Step 9 is absolute horror!!
this is so fucking genius
5:35
What do you mean by "Consider starting a fire" in step 14.
I didn't get that either
a metaphor to ignite your passions and leave behind the excess, i.e. consumerism
Omar Elgo Because you just realized - TRULY REALIZED - OMG I am drowning in STUFF, and NONE of it makes me happy! I know this from personal experience. Had a moment EXACTLY like this, just the other day. Told myself I can’t live that way any longer!
*as im literally consuming doritos* lmao
I love minimalism but I kind of disagree with the one about the spare bedroom because having guests stay at my house and have their own space here makes me very happy
Look mate, I just subbed and my first step is #14: consider starting a 🔥
😂seriously 💯
Watching from the worst Lockdowns🔒 in the world~ Melbourne Victoria Australia … cheers for the laugh, I needed it.
🐨❤️🇦🇺
Hi! Please allow us some advice in regards of office junk left by former employees in a Marketing Department. I'm being very specific about the department, because of the extraordinary clutter that is produced by old promotional products released by the Company. Some items like logo pins and stamped envelopes with the Company's name and address, are not so easy to recycle or give away as a donation. How can current/active employees get rid of this junk for good without harming the environment? #theminimalists