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by Valentina Palermo V. (Author)
Are you happy with your life? Do you own only things which make you happy or do you convince yourself to keep items we don't need by justifying it with any reason you come up with in the moment? In order to answer this we probably have to ask ourselves what the meaning of life is and if we are living accordingly to what who we are supposed to be in this world. Even if minimalism can't give you a definite answer of what the meaning of life is, it can give you a pretty good idea of what a meaningful life would be for you. There are many paradigms as to how everything works but nobody actually stops to think about them until they're on their deathbed, wishing they had done something different. Don't let yourself be trapped in the fantasy that it will all turn out well because it is you who has to change their way of life in order to live the life you want. Design your life so that you spend every single day surrounded by things and people you love and that you chose to invest in because they make you happy and fulfilled in one way or another. With minimalism you will find out: - How the misconceptions in our society have led us to believe we are supposed to live a certain way and how to break free from them. - Why aiming for less of what isn't adding to our lives will end up adding to all of those activities that do matter. - Why owning less items will set you free from the constraints they set on us without realizing that our things own us. - How to become a minimalist without feeling deprived. - How you can decorate your home in a way that will help you think faster and be more productive using minimalism techniques. - What the right amount of items looks for you in order to maximize your happiness. - Understand that more money will actually be beneficial in your life in achieving your goals and being a better person. - Why things won't make you happy and what you can do to be happier. - How to be mindful of how we spend our time and what to spend it in if we want to be happier and successful by making it easier to achieve all our goals. - Why and how stress is killing you and - The importance of good health and how you can improve your health with minimalism. Minimalism is one of those topics that a lot of people resist because they believe they can't live with just a few items and that is because they place their values and base their personalities off of those items. When you become a minimalist you end up reducing even more after the first stage because you learn that you don't actually need that much and that who you are isn't dependent on anything but your heart and mind, and that it will not change even if you move to another place that's on the other side of the world or even if you lost everything you own the next day. Your value is within you.
