Achieving your dream is one of the most life-altering experiences that you can have. It is empowering and it gives a great sense of accomplishment. But to achieve your dream, you must plan and take action to achieve it. Otherwise, you turn your dream into nothing more than a wish. You must also define your… Continue reading
Why is Minimalism Confusing
Minimalism is a simple concept that can help many people. But there is a lot of confusion about it. Some people believe that you should deprive yourself of things. Some believe that you have to be rich. Still, others think that you should have white furniture with a potted plant as garnish. We will look… Continue reading
Why Does Removing Things Make a Room Look Better
Many times you can make the best improvements to a space by removing things from it. For example, removing weeds from a garden will improve its looks by more than adding any flower. Also, minimalists as a group have better-looking home decors than hoarders do. But the question is why? So, I will discuss the… Continue reading
How to Focus on What You Have Instead of What You Don’t Have
Focusing on what you have is very important for contentment. But it is easy to focus on what you don’t have. Every day we see images and messages on billboards, magazines, TV, and catalogs. Many of them tell us that what we have is not good enough. Also, many people compete for status on social… Continue reading
How to Be Satisfied With What You Have
This is a question that many people struggle with. The question implies that they know that they should be satisfied. But for some reason, they are not. There are a few parts to answering this question. The first part is to understand your innate needs and how to meet them. Another part is to understand… Continue reading
What are The Disadvantages of Materialism?
Humans have owned material things ever since our ancestors started using tools. This is because tools increase our ability to do things. And material things, at least the useful ones, are tools. For example, a winter coat is a tool for keeping warm in cold weather. But a tool is only helpful if you use… Continue reading
Is It Bad to Like Material Things?
The short answer is that it depends. It depends on your reasons, their costs, and the emotional impact. To understand these, we need to know what we need for well-being. We also need to know the roles and impacts of material things. With that knowledge, we can then determine when it’s good or bad to… Continue reading
Do Minimalists Keep Books?
The short answer to this question is yes. But this answer contradicts some common ideas about minimalism. After all, many people believe that minimalism is about cutting out everything. To dispel this myth, we must understand what minimalism is about. We should also understand why a minimalist would keep books. To understand that, we should… Continue reading
Why is Minimalism so Popular
Minimalism is a system and a tool for simplifying life. It promotes focusing on what you value by removing what you don’t. People describe this in many different ways. But they are using different words to describe the same thing. That thing is focusing on what is useful by rejecting whatever is useless. The idea… Continue reading
How to Live a Fulfilling Life
Living a fulfilling life is one of the keys to long-term satisfaction and happiness. But to live a fulfilling life, it helps to know what a fulfilling life is. In simplest terms, a fulfilling life fulfills your emotional needs. It’s important to know that material possessions don’t have much of a role in this. So… Continue reading