I am a minimalist. Let me prove it.
I lived in a tiny house because that’s all
I need. I stopped buying things since I don’t
need them anymore.
Coffee is essential for everyone. But there’s
nothing more minimalist than making your own
coffee every morning. There something amazing
about making the first cup of coffee. They
just taste so much better. And I have the
most minimalist coffee maker.
Colour is something we can declutter out of
our life.
If you are me what’s my favourite colour?
That will be white since black is not a colour.
Most of my possessions are monochromatic,
just so they can fit in the minimalist vibe.
“Wait what’s that? That’s not mine,
get it out!”
By the way, I also love everything black.
It makes everything consistent and that really
fit my black minimalist vibe.
“Okay, I need help here. Where’s my phone?
I can’t find my phone!”
So obviously, my bedsheet is either black
or white. By the way, who needs a bed frame
when you can sleep on the floor.
“But this
mattress is kinda excessive and thick.”
“What about this?”
“Still too thick.”
“A yoga mat?”
“Nice and minimal, that’s perfect!”
Why do I need furniture when I can do everything
on the floor.
I can basically achieve the same result even
without a table.
“Ah my back!”
Despite saying no to furniture. Every minimalist
needs to have an empty room and a chair. So
I can let people know that this is a minimalist
house. But If you have an Eames looking chair
like this, that will plus 10 to your minimalism
stat.
That’s how we do it.
“But wait, yours is not from Eames.”
“Shh! Please, no one needs to know.”
I have an apple eco-system because they accentuate
me as a digital nomad. My spirit animal is
a Macbook. I’m in love with Apple products
because of Steve Jobs. He was a minimalist.
Speaking of Steve, my wardrobe contains the
same coloured tee for me to wear the whole
week. This is how I look on Monday, Tuesday,
Wednes.. Okay you get my point. It’s the
same for the whole week. The weekend is my
extreme minimalist day.
Since I get all the things out of the way,
with no distractions to bother me, my productivity
had reached its all-time high. Now I can spend
time creating instead of consuming. And I
love to express my creativity minimally.
Decluttering has become my new found hobby
and I’m always searching for things that
don’t spark joy. So that I can declutter
them away.
In order for me to be the best in minimalism,
I’ve also started my journey of digital
minimalism. I’ve cut short my digital usage,
so I won’t occupy my time on this black
mirror of distractions.
With this newfound time, I’ve been spending
a lot of time reading my book and I’ve completed
the entire book collection which I’ve always
wanted to complete.
Like I’ve said less possessions equal to
more time we can use on what we value.
I’ve done a mass cleanse and decluttered
more than half of my life away. Now I’m
just left with 100 possessions.
It’s everything I own and that’s a good
number for a minimalist because I need to
fit everything into my backpack. I have no
pets because that will make it 101 and I can’t
fit him in my backpack.
That’s about time, I shall travel to nowhere
because having a destination is too cluttered.
I’m out
“Phew! It’s just a dream.”
“Silly me.”
“For a moment I thought.. oh wait..”
Okay, I hope you don’t mind this over-exaggerated
stereotypes of minimalist.
Some of them are weirdly common within the
minimalists we see on the internet, some of
them apply to me as well. It’s bad, it’s
just a phenomenon that is happening because
minimalism is spreading.
Some of the stereotypes might make you want
to be a minimalist but others might turn you
away from minimalism because it seems tough
or even pretentious.
Some of this so-called definition of minimalist
shouldn’t be taken so seriously but we can
use it as an example and try it out ourselves.
If it does that’s great, if it doesn’t,
we might want to search for our own definition
of minimalist lifestyle that fit us.
We might be able to generalize this kind of
lifestyle into one category called minimalism,
but how we choose to live it depends on us.
That’s the reasons why there are different
types of minimalist out there. Some enjoy
the van life, owning minimal stuff and travelling
around the world, others might love to consume
less because they don’t have anyone to compare
with, so don’t let this label remove what
you enjoy or value in your life.
I hope you enjoyed watching this despite the
self-mocking humour as a minimalist myself.
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