A Journey Towards Minimalism

In this digital world, who will still gives you physical photos? Well, please don't be surprise. On and off, I still receive them. "Where do they come from?" you might be wondering...... Well, they come from those weddings that I attended, company D&D (dinner and dance) where they hired people to setup a photo booth, events organised by retailers etc Therefore today, I sorted out some of them and threw most of them into the trash bins . Those are the photos of the so-called colleagues or friends who never catch up for a pretty long time. Seriously, not to be rude, but I don't think they deserve a "space" in my home. As I got rid quite a number of paper clutters on my pin board today, I pinned all of my loved ones ' photos onto it. Because they are the ones who I truly care and love the most. As I got rid of many stuffs that doesn't matter in my life, whatever left are those truly matters! Less = More! How about you? Do y...

Look around your house or table at your workplace, what do you see? Do you see guitar lying around the corner of your room, skateboard left untouched for years, bicycle that you once loved so much, rollerblades which you used to go for lessons with it etc..... What happened to all those stuffs now? Did you recently just bought a fidget spinner and forget about em all? I wouldn't be surprise if your answer is YES! Cos that's what happened to most of us! We lose our focus! Instead of focusing on one thing we could possibly become an expert of it, we are constantly looking for the next shinning object! Imagine you could be the best guitarist in the world, the next best biker. Wouldn't that be great? Now, ask yourself. "If today you can only have one skill that you will be an expert in, what would that be?" If you already found the answer, shouldn't you be focusing on that subject matter? Shouldn't you discard all those "noises...

"Honey, the wall looks empty. Shall we hang some paintings on it?" "Hey, we just bought some tupperware, shall we go buy some tidbits and fill them up?" "Your dinning table looks so empty, you should at least buy a vase of flower for decoration!" "Wow! You have so many pairs of shoes, go get a shoe rack and tidy them up." "You have a closet full of clothes, please buy more hangers to hang them up" Does all these conversations sound familiar to you? I believe probably you heard at least one or a few of them, either from your spouse, parents or even your friends! Most of the time, we are so tempted to fill up the voids which are unnecessary. We are conditioned since young that we need to have more to be happier, which in contrast, the reverse is true. Ask yourself: how often you take the time to really appreciate those paintings, photos that are hang on your wall? how often do you not throw away food that you can...

You have to let it go! Letting it go is never easy. It is easier said than being done . I can totally connect with you. The same kind of feeling when I first let go of my kids and placed them in infant care and child care center. Few things that came to my mind: "Will they be well-taken care of? Will they fall sick easily? Will those care givers ❤️ them as much as I do?" I was so worried!  "But sooner or later I got to let them go, its just a matter of time!" This was what my subconscious was telling me! Well, same goes for stuffs that we keep holding on to them! We always tell ourselves " Just in case we need them in the future." However, years have passed and those stuffs were still sitting in the corner collecting dust! So what can be done? Well, the truth is - if you cling on to those things which doesn't really matter to you, you won't be able to focus on those few that truly matter . Therefore...

It is another Sunday with the kids. As I need to meet a buyer in the late afternoon (to sell away one of my clutter), I decided to let my kids sort out their toys. I told them to sort out their toys into 2 main categories: Toys that they still want to play with Toys that they already outgrown and no longer has any joy in owning them I told my daughter she can choose to sell it away or donate it to charity. She can then use the proceeds from the toys she sold to buy useful stuffs or to use the money for experiences that she would like to enjoy. So today we have achieved 3 objectives: Own lesser toys Make some money for future use Blessing for the less privileged ones