Minimalism - (the definition is here)
I want to be a minimalist. Essentially what this means for me is un-cluttering everything in my life. Mostly just the objects. I spent about 3 hours going through things in my room yesterday.
The reasons I am doing this is are:
- I have too much stuff, junk stuff
- This stuff is stressing me out
- I am going to university deciding what I actually need and what I don't
- I am trying to give myself a reason not to buy random little things
- Consumerism sucks
I am starting by going through the stuff in my room and putting them into one of 6 places
1) The Garbage
2) The recycling
3) A box of stuff to sell in a yard sale or to give away
4) A bag of clothing donations
5) Things I am bringing with me to university
6) Things I still want but I am not bringing with me to university
It's a lot of work. You can't just spend one day doing it, it takes forever. Unless you already don't have a lot of things.
But this is sort of my project of the month before I go away to school.
It was really hard at first, I was actually freaking out because I had all of this stuff to do and it was really overwhelming. I just kept thinking "One thing at a time!". I am re-purposing some things I find around the house for other uses. I have a ton of junk in the basement as well, mostly from my childhood and I found a few things I am now using as storage bins and such, instead of buying new.
I think I am going to go through ALL of my clothes today. I usually just go through my two closets, but I am going through my PJs and my bins, everything.
After I am done my room, I am hoping to work on my spending. I don't need to buy half of the things I do buy. I almost bought a new pair of headphones the other day and I actually just found 3 pairs in my room while cleaning it out. I always go shopping and see little things I want, like a new makeup thing or a new shirt that I really don't even need.
I am getting organized!
I am going to be a minimalist.
What do you think?
I want to be a minimalist. Essentially what this means for me is un-cluttering everything in my life. Mostly just the objects. I spent about 3 hours going through things in my room yesterday.
The reasons I am doing this is are:
- I have too much stuff, junk stuff
- This stuff is stressing me out
- I am going to university deciding what I actually need and what I don't
- I am trying to give myself a reason not to buy random little things
- Consumerism sucks
I am starting by going through the stuff in my room and putting them into one of 6 places
1) The Garbage
2) The recycling
3) A box of stuff to sell in a yard sale or to give away
4) A bag of clothing donations
5) Things I am bringing with me to university
6) Things I still want but I am not bringing with me to university
It's a lot of work. You can't just spend one day doing it, it takes forever. Unless you already don't have a lot of things.
But this is sort of my project of the month before I go away to school.
It was really hard at first, I was actually freaking out because I had all of this stuff to do and it was really overwhelming. I just kept thinking "One thing at a time!". I am re-purposing some things I find around the house for other uses. I have a ton of junk in the basement as well, mostly from my childhood and I found a few things I am now using as storage bins and such, instead of buying new.
I think I am going to go through ALL of my clothes today. I usually just go through my two closets, but I am going through my PJs and my bins, everything.
After I am done my room, I am hoping to work on my spending. I don't need to buy half of the things I do buy. I almost bought a new pair of headphones the other day and I actually just found 3 pairs in my room while cleaning it out. I always go shopping and see little things I want, like a new makeup thing or a new shirt that I really don't even need.
I am getting organized!
I am going to be a minimalist.
What do you think?
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