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Life As A Minimalist After One Year

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One year after minimalism I still remember the first time when I was being introduced minimalism was around August 2016. As I couldn't find much videos about minimalism on YouTube, I started posting about become minimalist in Singapore on YouTube in August last year. And because of that, I was connected with like-minded minimalists and most of us are now in a Facebook Group (This is a closed group as we want to keep it minimalist!), it keeps growing bigger day by day though! So how's life for me after a year of minimalism? Well, below are some of my thoughts and practices: I no longer buy physical books but rather loan or buy online (we do have digital library which we circulate books around) I own lesser clothes than a year before (worn and torn clothes are being use as rags instead) I still listen to The Minimalist's Podcast to learn more about minimalism Those who knows that I'm a minimalist stopped buying stuffs for me (in

The Internal Factor

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Its a noisy world out there! If you had embarked on your minimalism world, you would notice that it's not an easy or smooth journey after all! Why is that so? Because we are all living in a noisy world . Different people define minimalism differently and do it differently. However, ultimately minimalism at it's core means " less is more ". People tends to want others agree with them and likely they will tell you that as a minimalist, you should do this or that. In fact, the real minimalism should comes from the inside rather that the outside . Do you feel happier, more peaceful or lighter? If you do, probably you are on the right track. Just ignore the noises. How should a minimalist get away from all the noises? So, usually, when I bring stuffs into my life, usually I will ask myself some questions: Does this item makes my life simpler? Does it helps to save money or time? Does it makes me happier? Do I need to spend a lot of time or m