Live with Purpose by Decluttering Your Home, Simplifying Your Life, and Focusing on What Matters Most to You
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Introduction
Thank you for choosing this book, Minimalist Living - Live with Purpose by Decluttering Your Home, Simplifying Your Life, and Focusing on What Matters Most to You.
Look around you and the lives of the people around you. People have become so materialistic over the years that they have all forgotten to focus on the things that matter.
Everyone is busy working hard to earn money and spend it on things that they dont really need. People mark their level of success in life by acquiring certain things and these are their milestones, but will this approach ever provide satisfaction or peace?
Is the path to happiness really marked by expensive objects? At some point, you will realize that all of those things are not enough and not the answer.
If you really want to make changes and live a better life, the answer might be minimalism. You might have heard of the term or this might be the first time you hear of it.
Minimalism is not a fad or some restrictive lifestyle that tells you to throw out everything from your house. It is a tool that will help you make positive changes in your life.
Minimalism will help you in so many different ways that you will never regret the transition to a simpler life.
The problem with our lives these days is that we assign too much importance to things and not enough to our mental and physical health, friends and family, or just our personal growth. And these are the things that really matter.
Not what car you buy or the latest beauty product that everyone is raving about. It doesnt mean that minimalism forbids you from buying any of these things.
Instead, it teaches you to have the right mindset about what you really need and not want things that have no real significance. Minimalism will help you make decisions more consciously and for the right reasons.
If you want to make this transition then I will definitely help you out. This book is about how someone can improve his or her life by living a minimalist lifestyle.
Its about being more intentional with what you care about and what you dont care about.
Its not just about what the inside of your home looks like, its about how you live your life, from how you dress, how you work, how you think about things, how to eat, etc. A minimalistic life will help you appreciate what is really important in your life and act accordingly.
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Chapter 1: The Proper Minimalist Mindset
Before I started living the minimalist lifestyle, I was just like everyone else around you. I worked long hours at the office, bought a house and a nice car with my money, spent a lot on things that everyone wants, etc.
However, I never found myself satisfied with everything I had. There was always more to buy or do, a lot of hours to earn that kind of money and never much time to do what I wanted.
I just kept living in this rut and kept trying to get more and live a life that everyone deemed perfect. But around two years ago, I was going through a really hard time with some personal issues.
At this time, all I felt was constant sadness and stress and worry about the future. I realized that everything I had worked for was never enough.
The nice house I had was not a place I could sit and relax in. As I sat and spent some time thinking, I realized how little time I spent with my loved ones compared to the time I spent doing my job or other redundant things.
And I decided I needed a change; a massive change that would help me correct all this and start doing things the right way. This is when I heard of minimalism and decided to try implementing it.
And it really did change my life. It wasnt about not working anymore or not buying anything, it was about changing my mindset and my lifestyle.
Minimalism became a mindset that helped me to do things the right way and pay attention to the things that really matter. If you are reading this, you are probably looking for this kind of change as well, and I am here to help you out.
When I saw the impact it had on my life, I knew I had to push more people to start living happily, the way I do now.
Minimalism can mean different things to different people. A minimal life advocates the idea of living a more fulfilling life with minimal possessions and distractions.
It encourages you to pay attention to things that are more meaningful and long-lasting rather than pointless materialistic objects. The concept of minimalism is not set in stone.
Every individuals version is different and dependent on that individual. Different things are important to different people.
There is no concrete compulsion for everyone to throw out some particular thing that will label him or her as a minimalist. Different people want to approach a minimal life in order to fulfill a different purpose.
Everyone has their own reasons for making or wanting these changes and they also have their own way of achieving this. The important thing to focus on is that you have identified and acknowledged that there is a problem and are making a deliberate effort to change it.
Dont get scared or worried about trying minimalism just because it is a new concept for you. It will be a process that you go through, with decisions that you make yourself.
Your mindset has to be fearless so that you can dare to go against the norms of the current society and live the way you really want to. Minimalist living isnt just about what your house looks like; its also about how you live.
Create a space in your mind as well as a surrounding that is clean and inspirational for you. Your life should make you happy and satisfied and it is not about anyone else.
Let us start with the basics. Minimalism is about simplifying your life down to the essentials.