There are more things to gain from eliminating excess than you might imagine: time, space, freedom, and energy, for example.
You can't help but fixate on something that you're about to throw away because it's right in front of you.
We think we can't become a minimalist until our lives have settled down. But it's actually the other way around; we won't be able to settle down until we're living a minimalist life.
Minimalism had to be born, not out of a mere spur-of-the-moment idea or yearning for a new lifestyle, but from an earnest desire and fervent need to rethink our lives.
I used to pretend to be an expert on various kinds of music, even if they didn't really interest me.
I used to like taking pictures. I wanted to capture precious moments and make them mine. I wanted to hang on to everything that might someday become a fond memory.
