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Minimalist.

By: David Damron

A Life with No Stuff

What would happen if you awoke to find yourself lying on a bed of grass in the middle of a lush

forest with only the clothes on your back? Would you survive? Would you thrive in these new

life conditions? These questions really have no purpose other than to stimulate your mind to

think of a life without all that chains you down today.

I would be lying if I said I don’t enjoy the comforts of modern man. I thoroughly enjoy having

clothes to wear and entertainment at the push of a button. However, I see the benefits of living

life with little emphasis on things while focusing on the necessities to my well being physically

and mentally.

A life without stuff would be difficult. Conversely, the lives we live today with endless amounts

of stuff may actually be tougher when analyzing the bigger picture.

Stuff Versus Necessity

but a highly necessary to develop a future

that you control.

How many of the items you are sitting

around reading this are actually of major

importance to your development and

survival?

What This Doesn’t Mean

By no way am I saying to get rid of every

possession you own and live off the land for

the rest of your life. I think this would be an

amazing way of life, but it is an extreme

way of changing your complex life into a

simple minimalist one.

As more and more stuff has been invented

and sold, the reliance on things and the

mentality that they are needed has

skyrocketed. Whether it is of ease or

laziness, stuff has come to control many

people’s way of life. Unfortunately, this

constrains individuals from being able to live

a life where they have control over their

choices.

The reason we need to try and view

our lives as they are and what they

would be like without all of the stuff is

to assist in developing a lifestyle that

does not revolve around the building

up of items, but the building up of our

experiences, ideas, and desires.

Right now, acknowledge that you may be

viewing your things as necessary and make

a conscious decision to view your things

differently. This is extremely tough to do,

It is not rational to ask of you to eliminate

all that you have worked hard to earn

though you may want to start putting your

hard work’s pay into that which opens up

the opportunities that aren’t afforded when

possessions are your life.

Why Everything

The reason I referenced losing everything in

this section was because you need to view

the basics before you can add the

unnecessary items. By clearing the mind of

allowing you a few objects instead of none,

you are free to imagine the blankness of

having nothing. When you get rid of

everything you are forced to think with a

clean slate. What would you absolutely

need to fulfill your dreams if you had a

clean slate? That is the mindset you need to

take going into a major life overhaul.

How Much Do You Really Want & Need

Becoming a minimalist isn’t just about getting rid of stuff. Living a minimalist life is about

changing the mindset of want to the mindset of necessity.

What we need and what we want are such different things that it is difficult to transition from

one way of thinking and way of life to the other. As you become more of a minimalist, you will

find that it truly doesn’t matter what you want as in possessions. It begins to identify your

desires based on what you need to live a fulfilled life.

Want

There are a million things I want in my life.

I know that I would love to have brand new

everything. I know that I want to have the

best of the best whenever possible. But

what I want more than that is to have the

lifestyle and opportunities that truly guide

who we are and who we want to be.

So, what do you truly want? If you could

have anything non-physical, what would it

be? I have this feeling that most of the non-

physical aspects to life are much more

valuable. In fact, the act of wanting what

others tell you to have is a non-physical

thing that ends with you obtaining

something physical.

In most of society today, wants are

developed by others. Whether it is by high

society, celebrity, or power, our wants tend

to be guided by becoming something that

we most likely would rather not be.

Through time, we have been told to envy

others and this character flaw has led to

many of our misguided actions.

Ask yourself where and by whom your

wants and desires are guided by. If your

answer is others, then you may want to

start asking yourself, “What do I want that

isn’t influenced by others?”

Need

I need very little to survive. You need very

little to survive. Getting to the point we

accept that is the journey that lies ahead.

Needs are that which we cannot live

without. There is a major difference

between what we can live without and what

we think we cannot live without.

If you choose to live a minimalist life or

implement more minimalist aspects to your

life, you will find that no matter what you

think you need, you can get by with less

than imagined. It’s a matter of whether you

want to choose this lifestyle or not.

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Now, I am not a saint when it comes to

being a minimalist. Nor do I expect

everyone else to be. However, being more

in tune to what your wants and needs are

will open the possibility of controlling your

own destiny rather than being controlled by

the destiny that others have placed upon

your mindset.

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