opadit I'm with you, I don't want to leave this world and leave a big mess for my family to deal with. I don't want to be a minimalist, but I only want what I use and love. Clearing out the excess, paperwork, personal letters, etc. that only mean something to me. I prefer to dispose of them as I want to.
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I love the idea of getting to 100 things I truly love and need...and as someone wrote, that would eliminate my cats, bird, and dog, and oh, yeah, my boyfriend! Oops! Guess I'll have to have a higher number of items to keep!
I have begun to donate more and more items to a wonderful charitable organization (WHAM) that resells items in their shop and then provides free groceries for anyone who comes in. I'm almost at the point where if an item is not worth at least $100, I would rather donate or give it away than spend the time listing and selling it.
I'm dedicating time this weekend to donating or gifting furniture in my storage so I can continue the process of emptying it.
Dusting is becoming much easier with less furniture and fewer collectible items!
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I'm trying to find the Bauhaus? quote about removing the unnecessary/superfluous until only the essential remains.... it seems to me that 'strictly speaking' minimalism might entail only the barely functional items, but then, you have to ask does life exist only to function? I consider a cat an essential.
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I have always eagerly saved photos of Japanese-styled interiors and envied their emptiness and brightness. In reality, I don't see a way to make that happen in my own home. Even pared down to my idea of minimal, I'd still have too much stuff to attain that look. It frustrates me.
So far the closest I've gotten is to put bamboo place mats and an orchid on the dining room table.
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