12/18/2023 0 Comments Wordpress becoming a minimalistYou are perfect exactly as you are, you need nothing else. Others won’t like you more if you have the newest iPhone or the most expensive shoes. Remember that objects don’t determine your self worth. Here I am today, everything I own can fit in a rucksack and I am happier than ever. I now can spend more money on the things I really really love – yoga and travelling – and I don’t feel as though I have sacrificed anything. I now have more time (because I am not wasting time buying lots of stuff I don’t need) and of course I have more money. I have gone from owning 30 plus pairs of shoes to only 3. It has been so liberating to uncover this and in the process reduce the number of items I own. But the moment that i really believed that who I am is a person is on the inside, no out, changed my life. It has taken time to change these beliefs and finally see the truth. I am brought face to face with attachments I have and also false concepts I cling too- like my worth is external. Reducing my possessions has really been a good self enquiry process for me. I donated boxes and boxes to charity shops, instead of feeling a loss like I expected I felt 10 times better. I had stopped buying stuff and now I started to actually get rid of the useless stuff I owned. Then I came back to England and moved into this apartment. When you are carrying all your belongings from one place to the next, acquiring new things is just out of the question! So whilst in New Zealand and Australia I think the only things I bought were maybe a new book and a pair yoga leggings. It has hung my wall my entire marriage and helped. One of my prized possessions over the years has been a special recipe. I think travelling first brought me out of this mindset of constantly needing new stuff. I have been a Marine wife for over fourteen years. I needed more stuff because I thought it would reduce my unhappiness. In fact, looking back on it now, I think it caused a lot of stress in my life. I begged my parents for new stuff so I could appear cool to the outside world. I needed everything. I thought that my worth was in the clothes I was wearing or the technology I owned. I used to be a very very enthusiastic consumer. Recently I read a book called goodbye things and the whole concept of minimalism and its benefits was brought into my awareness. It was very unconscious at first: I went traveling and then moved into a small flat and was gently forced reduce the number of objects I own. Over the past couple of months I have slowly been evolving into a minimalist.
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