It means the kitchen is easy to clean because there is nothing on the counters. The extreme is only having enough for one person for one day, but getting down the number of items you need to live comfortably for a week- simplifies everything. The people that only own two plates? They’ve realized that washing a plate after every meal is easier than washing ten plates every other day. Minimalism is about getting our possessions down to an amount that is stupid-easy to maintain. People always tell me, “I’ve been decluttering for a long time, but it never makes any difference.”
Want to win the decluttering game? Get rid of the most. If your dream is to volunteer your time to at-risk youth, all the excess in your home feels draining when you walk in, instead of being a calm retreat to come home to. In that case, all the fancy dinnerware and cutesy decorations are creating more upkeep- when really, you need to be able to focus on maintaining the garden and preserving food. Suppose your dream is to own a homestead. It doesn’t matter how great the item is if your dream is to be a travel blogger, all the items you own are preventing you from doing that full-time. And everything you own should assist you in living that life.
Here’s the deal: you have a life you want to live. Yes, I’m sure I need to get rid of the 23 vases- I never use them, and it doesn’t matter that we got them all as wedding gifts 27 years ago- I don’t use them, they need to go!īut what about the things that we acquired because we really LIKE the item? Of course, we like it! We own things for all sorts of reasons.Īnd when we realize that we are keeping things out of guilt or shame- those items are easier to be sure about. There is more to life than just taking care of THINGS. Because the amount of stuff in it- it was an impossible task. Years later, I finally figured out I had to DE-OWN all the stuff. Rearranging all the stuff was simply that- rearranging.Īnd when I thought about having a tidy space, I pictured myself shuffling clutter All. Instead of getting rid of things, when I cleaned or organized a room, I would be “creatively rearranging” all the items.īut my house was always a disaster- unless it was a day or two past the shuffling episode.
It doesn’t help our home stay clean and organized if we simply shuffle our clutter from one area to another. I remember reading a quote by Joshua Becker- don’t just declutter, de-own.
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