i've been spending a lot of time around these three blogs lately.
no impact man.
zero wate home.
:mnmlist.
this is an ongoing conversation. in high school i participated in a voluntary simplicity group in my neighborhood. my group mates were talking about paring down, downsizing, etc. getting rid of a lifetime of acquisitions. or half a lifetime. i remember saying at one point: i haven't acquired everything you're talking about yet. i don't have a car, or a toaster, or a TV.
i go through phases where i want the walls bare. showing only those things i truly love. to eliminate the clutter of pattern, and knick knacks.
at other times a yearning for decoration and whimsy returns. this particular feeling isn't fueled by advertisements. the answer to the yearnings isn't so much new crap. as beauty. flowers. butterflies. cats. how do people live in those white minimalist boxes?
questions...
for bea: when you were transitioning to this lifestyle, did you sell everything you own and replace it to fit your new very spare aesthetic? or were the items you ended up with items you had in your original possession? where do you buy your shoes? your underwear?
it seems all these people are self-employed. they do not go to the office every day. no one observes them wearing the same eight items of clothing day after day after day. how does one do this at the beginning of a career, in that still-proving-oneself time?
why do i feel so guilty and ill about this all the time? and how do i get to a place where life feels delicious and meaningful?
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