Minimalism and My Thoughts

The meaning of minimalism is different for different people. But the same point is to have fewer things so you will have less storage for those things. Minimalists believe that things can’t make you happy. But it doesn’t mean that you have nothing. No one force you to have nothing if you are a minimalist but you have fewer things which mean you only have what you really need. So I mean, you don’t have the latest trendy clothes, the latest technology, the latest trendy shoes. You only have all of them which is what you really need. So you understand the level of your necessity. You don’t buy things which you don’t really need. But how we don’t buy the latest trendy clothes where a lot of people follow what is trendy right now? My suggestion is you have to search by yourself how to survive in this capitalist world nowadays. For me I don’t want to look old-fashioned so I have tops which I can wear in all trendy is in. I have “plain” t shirts and shirts so can wear the...

In life we have to eat for surviving but do we need eat excessively? I don’t think so.  I know food is something that we need but if you eat food excessively there’s no good effect in your body. Nothing. Minimalism teaches me how to eat as much as I need so I mean I just eat what I need and stop eating unnecessary food for my body. I don’t like beef and chicken basically I don’t like meat so I won’t eat meat unless I have to eat that. There’s something force me to eat them. I’ll eat them in uneasy way. Okay if some of you label me as vegetarian but for me I am not because I just don’t like meat because I don’t like meat, not because vegetarian lifestyle force me to stop eating meat. But I don’t know if some day I will be a vegetarian and stop eating meat. So if you are a minimalist no one forbid you to eat meat. It’s up to you. If you think you need the content of the meat like  just go ahead eat them. But something that you have to remember if you are a s...

Right now is the best way to save your space. As we know that we are live in digital era where everything you need is available digitally. So it’s time to make everything digital. And digital era is related to minimalism lifestyle where you have to safe or having less things so digital helps a lot. If you need books, don’t buy it. Check to library or search online. If it’s available either in library or online it’s good you can save money and save space in your home. But remember that you have to read digitally, do not print. Get the old photos away with scan the, and keep them digitally in your computer or laptop. May be you don’t want to through the old photos because those are memorable and may be those are important in your life. You like to write? Or you usually write your diary? Okay. You better still to make and keep them digitally. If you write your dairy in book note just stop it. Make them digitalized. You want to send a letter. Stop going to post off...

May be everyday you read the latest newspaper and it provides the latest news but something weather you realize it or not is newspaper also provides advertisements. The advertisements persuade us to buy the products; okay the product can help you to undergo this life easily. Almost all the advertisements say like that. But is that a must you buy all of those products? Okay I know it’s up to you whether you buy it or not but something that you have to know that every product you buy make sure that that product can help you to reduce stress. Okay may be you are asking what kind of things I can buy then? Okay the things you should buy is what you need, not the latest product. Nothing’s wrong with the advisement but all we need is our consciousness when we buy something. Marketing try to persuade people to buy their products and they have the profit besides the high profit they offer amazing products. It’s not wrong.  Can you imagine if you home full of your things lik...

Some of people when hear the word minimalism, something across their mind is live in extreme life I mean, you won’t go to grocery stores, you won’t go to malls, you won’t go traveling and any other thought that depict something extreme-life-way. So for me minimalism is not something which stop me to shop but minimalism makes me can choose which I must buy, I mean minimalism as the brake so I can handle myself when I am in the grocery stores or malls. So all you have to do is change your perspective. Here you should think that minimalism as a brake in your life, like for me if I want buy something that I don’t need, minimalism reminds me that thing is not important so I won’t buy. Maybe when you say to people around you that you are a minimalist may be you receive a lot and different critics or suggestions. So here when you are in that situation and you need to change then you confused about what’s going on because a lot and different critics or suggestions come to you. So ...

The sentence above means that you have to live out of your home city for studies. In Indonesia well known as merantu. Some of you maybe it’s going to be hard because you are far apart with your family or even your best friends. It’s hard right. And the worst you have to manage your life alone so I mean when you wake up then you have to cook for your breakfast and get ready to go to campus of course. If you are in home, your mom will cook your breakfast and sometimes help you to get ready. If you live far apart with your home it there be a plus side and minus side and so does if you live at home with your family. There are several things would you feel when you far apart with your home. The first thing is home sick. Yes maybe some of you wouldn’t feel this way. But for me in the beginning of staying in Jogja I felt like this is my freedom has come. And then several months later I feel lonely and I felt like no one (family) put attention on me whereas me, in Jogja felt lon...

If you are pampered, it’s time to start something new. It’s time to be independent so you don’t depend on someone anymore and you can do want you by yourself and you can show people around that you can.  But how to start as an independent girl? Okay since you go everywhere with you mother it’s time go everywhere alone. It’s good spend time with your mother and it isn’t wrong but all you have to do is reorganize your time when you will go with your mother or family and when you have spend your time to go out alone. If you are scared if you go out alone believe that criminal will happen everywhere and anywhere, no place in this world is the safest place so you should believe that everyone is nice when you act nicely to everyone you meet. Another thing will shows you as an independent girl is clean your bed room by yourself. Show your mom you can do it. And start to think that your bed  room is your wisdom, your place who you are the leader so you can do whatever you...