How to Let Go of Things: One Essential Tip To Make Minimizing Easy and Sustainable
When Marie Kondo’s book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, was released in 2014, an intense new wave of minimalism swept the country. People were getting rid of things left and right while espousing the joys of living with less. Communities like The Minimalists had been building steam for a while and there seemed to be a new […]
When Marie Kondo’s book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, was released in 2014, an intense new wave of minimalism swept the country. People were getting rid of things left and right while espousing the joys of living with less. Communities like The Minimalists had been building steam for a while and there seemed to be a new movement within the interiors community that decided less is most definitely more. But with that movement came criticism. Lots of it. Mainly around the the idea that these new ideals were steeped in classism and elitism. And while I agree with a lot of those critiques, I think there’s always a grey area between both extremes were the truth seems to lie. Thinking about minimalism has been a healthy way for me to better examine the reasons I buy and hold on to things
When Roshanda Cummings and Erin Johnson (below) shared their 10 Tips for Living Minimally Longterm with us last month, one of their ideas really stuck with me. They said to remember that you will always, “Begin Again.” Meaning, you’ll inevitably buy something new and end up doing another round of tossing/d...
When Marie Kondo’s book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, was released in 2014, an intense new wave of minimalism swept the country. People were getting rid of things left and right while espousing the joys of living with less. Communities like The Minimalists had been building steam for a while and there seemed to be a new movement within the interiors community that decided less is most definitely more. But with that movement came criticism. Lots of it. Mainly around the the idea that these new ideals were steeped in classism and elitism. And while I agree with a lot of those critiques, I think there’s always a grey area between both extremes were the truth seems to lie. Thinking about minimalism has been a healthy way for me to better examine the reasons I buy and hold on to things
When Roshanda Cummings and Erin Johnson (below) shared their 10 Tips for Living Minimally Longterm with us last month, one of their ideas really stuck with me. They said to remember that you will always, “Begin Again.” Meaning, you’ll inevitably buy something new and end up doing another round of tossing/d...
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