Minimalism is a commitment to a lifestyle change.
A journey that requires patience and understanding.
Slow down my friend and stop treating your life like a twitter feed searching for the next trend.
Being a minimalist or practicing minimalism shouldn't be complicated. In short it means
that you have chosen a life that's centered around intention. Owning less,
wanting less, living more and consciously choosing to focus on what matters to you. A
life that allows you to rediscover who you are and what you value, truly without the need for trends.
If you think about it, minimalism if given the opportunity, can change your life. An idea that
definitely piqued my interest at the beginning of my journey and one I'm sure you've thought
about as well. Yet as I've shared before change is not something that happens overnight. It's
a process that requires patients understanding and sometimes a slower more conscious approach.
An approach that's slightly non-traditional.
If you haven't noticed I want us to think about this minimalism thing
differently meaning we have to start with our mind rather than our things. Here's how.
Make a commitment. The first baby step if you will that we need to take before minimalism
can fully have a positive impact on our lives. Without committing to this journey, the patience
it requires and the understanding of ourselves we have to gather, wholeheartedly. Then any hope we
have towards living intentionally or purposefully will be a hard road to gain traction on
For me commitment was a quick decision I made early on I knew that I wanted to
reinvent myself as well as declutter my life and minimalism was a tool I chose to help me do that.
Now I've learned a lot and have gained a far better understanding of myself for sure
but if I never made that commitment I don't think I would have had as many
honest conversations with myself nor the patients to be patient through change.
Number two is discard your mental and emotional baggage.
Decluttering plays a major role in living an intentional and simple life
but there's more to decluttering it than we realize. Now trust me I get it i love the
feeling of evicting physical clutter for my life the same way you do. It's just something about it
right. It's like I and every dresser drawer and door hinge can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Comment below and let me know if you caught that metaphor, but
like I said there's more to decluttering it than we realize and before we touch
any of this we have to deal with what's up here and in here first.
I want you to think about your mind and your heart
like physical luggage you travel with and every time you pack for a trip your objective is what?
To travel light and only pack the essential items you need. Now knowing this we can ask
ourselves an interesting question why do we travel through life with more than we need
mentally and emotionally see we should only carry or hold on to essential memories and feelings
Number three is determine and write your goals with minimalism in mind. Meaning keep
the initial goals you write simple. Things you can implement habits and systems around.
Doing this ensures you have a plan in place for the journey ahead of you. Now remember this
journey is a commitment to a lifestyle change and change requires patience and patience is
only sustained when you have an intentional goal and habits and systems to support it.
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