Minimalist-lifestyle

MinimalistLifestyleBeforeIstartmytopic,Iwanttosharemyexperiencewithyou.Iama16Gmobilephoneuser.ButactuallyIamaddictedindownloadinglotsofapps.OnceIhearthatsomeapphasaninterestingorunusualfunction,Iwilldownloadit.Thenwhenthisreminderwindow“storagealmostfull”poppedupagainandagain,Igotannoyedanddeletedmanyappsatatime.Asyoucanexpect,Iwastrappedinanendlessloop,deleteanddownload,downloadanddelete…IamwonderinghowcanIgetoutofit?Maybeyouwilljustdirectlyadvicemetobuya128Gmobilephone.Iusedtothinkso.ButrecentlyIfindtheessentialproblemisnotthesmallcapacity，butIalwayslettingtoomanyunimportantorevenuselessthingsoccupymylife.SotodayIwanttotalkabouttheminimalistlifestyle.Itcanhelpsimplifyourlifeandmakeusliveamoremeaningfullifetoagreatextent.Andofcoursegetmeoutoftheendlessloop.Iwillanalyseitfromthefollowing3aspects.Whatisminimalistlifestyle，Whatcanitbringtousandhowcanwesimplifyourlife.First,Whatisminimalistlifestyle？Inthisageofinformationoverloadandabundance,minimalismiscatchingon,especiallyinforeigncountries.InAmerica,famousminimalistblogsandwebsites,havingalargenumberofregularreaders,areincreasinglyprevalent.InJapan,“minimarisuto”culturehasbecomeadailytalkingpoint.AndIguesssomedayminimalismfeverwillalsosweepChina.Minimalismdoesn’tequaltoausterity.Itisakindofoptimisticlifeattitude,thecontraryofmaterialisticlifestyle.It’satooltoridyourselfoflife’sexcessinfavoroffocusingonwhat’simportant—soyoucanfindhappiness,fulfillment,andfreedom.Minimalistsholdtheviewthatmaterialhasnothingtodowithhappiness.Sotheyarelessdependentonmaterial.Ratherthanaccumulating“things”,theytendtohaveakeenfocusoncollecting“experiences”,keepingonlythoseitemstheyneedfordailyliving.Tobeexact,Theyarenotanti-stuff.Theyarejustantitoomuchandthewrongstuff.Aminimalistlifestyleallowsmoretimetobespentontheimportantdecisions.Forexample,Let’shavealookatZuckerberg’swardrobe,postedonhisFacebookpage.Theyareallgrayt-shirts.Slightlycrazy,buteffective.Zuckerberghasactuallyelaboratedonhisgrayt-shirtwearing,whichonthesurfacemightseemcasual.Butthere’smoretoit.Ina2014interview,hesaid“IreallywanttoclearmylifetomakeitsothatIhavetomakeasfewdecisionsaspossibleaboutanythingexcepthowtobestservethiscommunity.”Sowecanseeheleavestimeandenergytowhatheattachesgreatimportanceto.Andnext,thequestionis,whatcanminimalistlifestylebringtous?Letmeillustrateitwithmyownexperience.In2016,ItravelledtoThailand.Iwentto3cities,Bankok,PattayaandChiengmai.Withashoppinglistpreparedbeforehandduringthetrip,whereverIgo,Iwouldkeenlydiscovershops,marketsorduty-freeshopsandcheckedwithmyselfifIneededtobuysomething.Andwhat’sworse,Ididn’tsticktothelistandboughtlotsofstuffonthespurofthemoment.Today,lookingatthoseidleskincareorcolorcosmetics,medicineandclothes,IfindIlostagoodmoodbecauseofthoseexternalthings.SoIdrawabeautifulpictureinmindofthefuturetraveltoCambodia.Iwillappropriatelyrestrainmyshoppingdesireandfocusonbeingpresent.Inthisway,Icannotonlysavemoneyandtime,butalsoreducepressures.WhereverIgo,Iwillkeenlydiscoverlocaldelicacyorancientbuildingsratherthanshops.Travelsgraduallybecomedotsthatlinkmylife.Indailylife,ifeachpurchase,eachstep,eachdecision,areassessedtoseeifitaddsvaluetolonger-termgoals，graduallyourhobbies,interestsandpassionswillbecomeclearer.Ifyoufacesuchadilemmainwhichmanyidleitemsarelikechickenribsandthoughtsaretangledup,it’stimetoevaluatewhatareyourprizedpossessionsandwhatisjustjunk.Therearesomepracticalthingsyoucandoquickly.1Getridofthethingsthatmakeyoufeelbad.Ifapairofunfitshoesalwaysremindyouthatyouwastedmoneyagain，Ithinkit’stimetodiscard,donateorsellitatasecond-handplatform.2Don’tpurchasestuffbasedonemotionalwhim.Theywilloccupyyourlimitedspaceandannoyyouunconsciously.3Turnoffnoticeofunnecessaryapps.Theywilldistractyourattentionnowandthen.4Giveupsomething.Lifeisfullofchoices.Wecan’tchooseeverything.Haveareflection.Sometimeswearedrivenbyotherpeople’schoices.Sometimesweoverestimateourselves.Finally,wewillknowlessismore.5Focusonwhatwecareandwhatwelike.Ithinkminimalistlifestyleisagoodtooltofightagainstthefast-pacedandhigh-pressuredsociety.Ihopethiskindoflifestylecanhavesomeenlightenmentonyou.