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How Minimalism Can Help You Focus On A Free Cluttered Life
Living less will empower you to live more happily.
Before I dig into how I got to embracing minimalism as my final lifestyle choice, let me introduce myself. I am at the age heading toward fifty now. I’m single and live in a 63 square metre one-bedroom apartment in Sydney West suburb. I co-own the house with my parent, so to this extent, I’m lucky enough I don’t pay house rent.
My current casual job in the event industry only pays day to day basis of living cost. I don’t save big because I can’t afford it. Instead, I rely on my saving tin — coin by coin, note by note — and a little bit of tax return until I can afford to travel the world. Since COVID-19, my income has plunged into the depth of uncertainty. To sustain Sydney’s unforgiving living cost, I have been eating once a day for a year.
In the materialistic world, here are your daily life: you scroll your social media updates. There are ads in between scrolls. Commercial ads on your radio alarm will wake you up in the morning. Sometimes you choose to ignore it, but some other times you look into it. Whether or not you’re interested in purchasing the product, you only have two options: to buy or not to buy.
