SHOULD I OWN LESS BOOKS as a minimalist? Decluttering my minimalist bookshelf 📚 Declutter with me!
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- Declutter with me. If you need some decluttering inspiration/motivation, this video is for you. I am decluttering a few books, talking about why I am keeping the ones I'm keeping and how my whole "minimalism vs. book journey" went along...
MINIMALISM WITH BOOKS
The number of books in my life kept changing constantly over the last years. When we moved to our current apartment, I got rid of many of my books, but it has taken me a while, even though I started out as an extreme minimalist with zero books in my first apartment.
I also think that books will always be my one exception (books and my old closet, which is very very practical) to extreme minimalism. I might just want one pair of pants or shoes, but books... Hm. No. The books are there for a reason and I am not decluttering all of my books.
However, my kid put a lot of books in the shelf, so I wanted to give her some more space (and myself too). It got pretty messy and the I just needed to declutter the bookshelf. So I thought, why not film it, right? Because, hey... UA-cam! Here we go!
DECLUTTER WITH ME
This video is made so you can declutter with me. Maybe you want some motivation or "company" :-) Comment below, if you watched this while decluttering, and how it went! Love to hear all about it.
If you'd like more minimalism tips / decluttering tips and inspiration, you can follow my channel. I am making a lot of minimalism and extreme minimalism videos.
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Wieso? Weshalb? Warum? Kinderbücher - amzn.to/3boskXs
Milan Kundera - Die unterträgliche Leichtigkeit des Seins - amzn.to/2OVMbpH
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Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Lightness of Being - amzn.to/2ORvNX8
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There is an extra long version of this video, in case you want some company while decluttering your own shelf or something: ua-cam.com/video/Oy0jwczgDqk/v-deo.html
If you like, you can also check out my article about decluttering books in general (and how to do it mindfully) with a bunch of hopefully useful tips: undinealmani.com/decluttering-books
Thanks for watching! :-)
It's very refreshing to see people just being people and nothing else! I really appreciate it ;)
Thank you! Appreciate your comment 😊🙋🏼♀️
I'm so glad I found this video, thank you! 😊 I've been on a minimal journey over the last 3 years, its been addicting getting rid of things... but can't let go of all my books 😆.
Hello Unidine, from Australia. You make me smile from ear to ear. Your sarcastic sense of humour is my up of tea. Watching you share how you practice decluttering is really cool.
Thank you very much. I'll make more videos like this on the future ❤️😊
You are making space for new books 📚
Kindle is OK but there is something special about an actual hold in your hand book.
Thanks so much for this video this was my problem and only mine at least that was what I thought not any more !!! Thanks so much you inspired me
Happy to help really. Thank you! 😊 Good luck with the whole journey 👍🏻❤️
*A book-reading-kind* Gotta love this type of family :)
Thanks! 😊 I'll pass on the regards ❤️
I really enjoyed this video. I am not a minimalist or aim to be one, but I am decluttering and wondering what I should do with my books, I have over fourhundred of them, it's the hardest for me to declutter, but this gave me some inspiration ;D
Nice to hear that. Yes, books are really the hardest... Right after memorabilia. It helps me to think about what the exact value of a book is to me. Why I like to look at it or have it at hand.
This video is fantastic. It is exactly what I needed, and how I think, and almost the same book topics I’m interested in. You started out with the same amount of books I have and minimized down to the goal I have. And your explanations of why you like your books sound like something I would say. Thank you for this video. We’re book twins! 😂❤
Thank you, that's really cool! I think it's such an annoying cliche in the minimalism community that you have to get rid of all your books...
Wow, she is so intelligent! I could see that in the other vids, but it especially shows here.
Undine ~ thank you for sharing your enthusiasm and love for your books. It felt like I was sitting with you and I could feel the positive feelings reading them brought you. Positive feelings are so important during this time. It is good to review our items but remember not to be hard on ourselves for ‘keeping’ :-)
You reminded me of visiting Hannibal, Missouri US as a child. Mark Twain grew up there and the fun we had seeing places mentioned in the book. 📚🌱
wow, you have a lot of books! I have only several books that I love so much that I want to carry them with me when I move - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, for example. All the rest I gave away and gifted (books are expensive, so it's a good gift I think). No I buy e-books and read them from my phone - I know, I'm a monster, but I really don't mind the small screen :)
Aw. I got that one too, in French, it's actually readable (basic language level wise). Wow, I'm kind of envious of you. I can't read that small stuff. I don't read anything 🤣 n my phone except messages. I'm getting too old lol... Have to take off my glasses for that....
I definitely want to downsize some more but then I have to make a new custom shelf buahahaha 😭😭😭
@@UndineAlmani I know haha that's why I said I'm a monster :D My mom is also like this, she swallows books I find her online
You're awesome as you. Thanks for being here.
Thanks, man! And thank you for commenting 👍🏻🙋🏼♀️
I like your deadpan humour :)
Thanks! I have no idea how to be funny, so I'm really glad to hear that someone thinks I am... 🤖❤️🙋🏼♀️
I'm from Poland :) Other then obvious cities I recommend Suwalszczyzna if you want real get away. Take bikes with you :) When comes to books - I don't understand the love for Hesse that some people have, Kundera on the other hand - great writer, especially his essays are very light yet deep in the same time.
Thank you. You just have to be drunk to read his books. Drunk and very young 🤷🏼♀️ Kundera is quite different, that's true. I can't pick a favorite though...
The reason why i don't own any books is because i have access to 3 libraries 😁 really enjoyed taking a look at your treasures
Aw, that's amazing. I envy you. Here, everything is closed. :/
No e-mail address? Heh! We’re disappointed. As for books we’re completely with you as far as books are concerned. They are very important to have and as you say outside of minimalism. I am a serious bibliophile and much always limit myself as to collecting books. Not helped by our doing the tiny house thing at the moment. My wife and I would like an opportunity to write occasionally. Not often we come across a book lover in your age group. We only do UA-cam and e-mail though.
As the Japanese concept of 'ma' states, empty space is actually good to have when designing a minimalist setting. Learn how to appreciate empty space and the beauty it brings.
That's beautiful. I will try to remember that. I love empty spaces as a concept in design and interior!
I love ❤️ your video. 😂
Thanks! Appreciate it 😊 There's an extra long version if you want to see all the silly bloopers, in the pinned comment 🙈🙈🙈
I love the Marx and Lenin, I’m am a communist, I’m a minimalist my husband collects communist literature but we lend books to people and also reference them often. And they aren’t typically available at libraries or audio books. He loves his books so that is a compromise. I’d love to hear more about growing up in the GDR
That is a very good point. I always enjoyed this aspect of my books as well. Being able to share them with others.
Oh, the GDR.... I'm not sure that's a topic I can talk about so much... It is hard to talk about. I remember a lot, and it did not change so fast after the wall came down, so I have a lot of memories and images in my head from that time. The overall feel was fear though and being afraid of saying something wrong. Even as a kid, at least if you were not part of the mainstream, you'd be afraid. Just the idea of having neighbors spy on you is super creepy. And when it finally makes sense, as in if you are old enough to understand what that means, it is completely saddening and frustrating. The idea of not being able to leave a country also felt horrible. But there were also a lot of positive aspects. Friendships were deeper, things had to be repaired instead of thrown away, people were more creative in their everyday lives... Things like that ;-)
I am such a book worm and truly feel joy from many of my books! Lol I have a dream of having my own home library, but I don’t have the space…
I feel I probably could afford to donate many of them that are just good books but not a total “i loved it” book. How?!!!
I find that if you want to sell books, doing it online with a resales service is the most convenient solution. If you want it more personal, you probably have to organize some sort of yard sale or go to a flea market. Either way, it's more work. I find that this is only really possible in cities, where you have public book boxes/book-shelfs. Can't really recommend anything, I think it's very country-specific.
@@UndineAlmani hi, I think I was meaning “how” as in how can I get rid of books because I love them so much 🤷🏼♀️😂
I live right around San Francisco so there are many ways to sell, donate, or neighborhood little book house libraries… it’s just hard to decide what to give up haha
Oh, interesting question. Sounds like a good live stream topic actually... ❤️ 👍🏻
@@UndineAlmani yes! I try the whole Marie kondo method of does this bring me joy? And it’s like ummm YES! Haha
@@kurlykaitlyn Well, then keep them. You could also weigh it against other things. But that works better when buying stuff, I find. As in "Would I rather go on a nice vacation than owning this?" It doesn't have to be realistic, just a reminder of how some things have permanent value (like unique memories) and others don't. For me, after having read a book, it's really more of an intellectual show-off value. Except the textbooks. Those are the reminders of all the long nights I have studied and I will not give them away.
Don't throw away every book. Just those you don't really need. Get boxes, filled them up and hide them somewhere. When you're older you will regret giving away good books.
Don't worry, I won't. The ones I have now, I will keep them.
It's such a coincidence that I also made a video about decluttering and released it today! Check it out if you are interested ;)
Oh yeah, I will! But not today. I could sleep forever right now. Tomorrow it is. 👍🏻❤️
Why Holocaust, Jewish prayers and Torah?
A mix of family history, interest, heritage, and I love reading the latter for the beauty of this translation actually.
Sobotta is an expensive book 😁
Catcher in the Rye, one of the greatest novels of the 20th century. Great Gatsby being the greatest of them all. What is it about Herman Hesse that seems to appeal almost exclusively to teenage girls! Didn’t k ow you were Jewish, great news. Hope husband and child are doing well and haven’t been de-cluttered! You needed to be tougher on the book declutter, old textbooks, come on now. We only do e-mail and UA-cam, we’d love to correspond if you have an e-mail address, and if you’re interested of course.
Maybe I'll do another round when we move again. But tbh it does not change anything. To reduce things just for the sake of reducing is not me. It has to add some value. Right now, I only have this bookshelf. And it would look incredibly stupid without books in it. Also: my textbooks are not old and I still need them. I'm 100% unwilling to use an electricity-dependent little piece of technology to read huge PDF files. 98% of my books are completely unavailable on a reader. It just doesn't make any sense ;-)
Great Gatsby is also one of my favorites. I think, to read Hesse you just need to be really young and probably also drunk. It's all very romantic.
No one got decluttered. Also: Better not assume ppl's religion based on 1 book in their bookshelf. Also got a Quran and Bible (ok I actually decluttered the latter...). ;-D
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Love the video! I consider myself a minimalist but when it comes to books I really struggle with decluttering 🙈 I went from four bookshelves to one but I totally agree that books are really important!
Same for me. I had several times the amount of books in this video, but only a single pair of shoes at times... XD It's so stupid. But hey, as long as they serve a purpose, they are useful. It's not like there is a secret minimalism police that will come knock at one of our doors and tell us they have to go (or is there?!) :D
Hahah that’s def true 😌