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0 pointsmo_422y ago0 comments

Millennial here and half-baked minimalist here.

At least it’s not true for me. For all my life I’ve been drowned in objects. My parents are still telling that I had so many toys.

Minimalism is a way for becoming aware of the objects around me. Not so much about the pure number of objects.

Since, I started thinking about what should be part of my life and also letting go of things I don’t really need, my savings rate has skyrocketed. Also, many things I own have much higher quality than my parents or grandparents.

I guess minimalism is a counter-movement to super-cheap consumerism.

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AnIdiotOnTheNet2y ago

Precisely. We are constantly bombarded by messages to buy buy buy. Fill that hole in your life with plastic crap that will surely be the thing you were missing that finally makes you happy. And when that doesn't work, well, just buy some more!

The trick they pulled is telling us all that inconvenience is bad and needs to be eliminated, but what I've come to see is that life happens in inconveniences, and consumerism tells us we should trade our life for their junk.

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