Becoming minimalist is a fairly new concept to me. I have always heard it, but I never fully understood what it meant, which may sound silly, but judge not my fellow readers! To me that just meant being organized and not having a lot of stuff. Now although that is correct, I always considered myself to have those qualities. Yet, who am I kidding?! I'm far from minimalist, but I would slowly like to get there.
The topic of minimalism definitely relates to my drive to me a millionaire before I'm 30. Cutting down on useless products and stuff will help keep me organized as well as keep my life on track in terms of my spending. I don't want to buy things that I don't use or that just take up pointless space in my apartment.
I read somewhere that 80% of our activities are completed with only 20% of our things! Now I'm sure those numbers aren't set in stone, it depends on the person, but I feel like that statement has definite validity.
Let's back track a little though on how my life is now. I've always considered myself to be average or above average in the 'clean & tidy' category. My apartment is pretty much always clean and organized, but I have little areas that are cluttered and I am running out of room for my stuff. Which in my mind, isn't a reason to get a bigger place, it means I have some major spring cleaning and organizing to do.
Do I really need 22 bottles of lotion? no.
Do I need 136 different pens and pencils? no. (I do have an obsession with office supplies though, specifically pens! But that's a post for another day!)
Do I need old magazines and old text books? no.
Do I need a closet full of drawer organizers and boxes when they aren't being used? no.
These are all areas that I need to work on, and hopefully start to organize and whittle down to only what I need, not what I want or what's on sale on large quantities, *cough* body lotion. That way I can efficiently function in daily life without getting lost in a clutter abyss.
Is anyone else working towards becoming minimalist?
