Minimalism: The Key to a Minimalist Home, Budget, and Lifestyle to Live Happier with Less - Valentina Palermo V. - Bog

Are you happy with your life? Are your possessions bringing you happiness or stress? Are you carrying a debt that helped you finance things you are not even using? Take back control of your life. Minimalism is about learning how to be happy and live fulfilled with less. Less doesn't necessarily mean you live in a van without internet and live from selling handmade bracelets to tourists. Less means the perfect scenario in which you have enough to live happy with objects you need and love. There is a pattern in modern society in which you are expected to spend and finance acquiring luxury items with debt. However true happiness is rarely found in these material belongings. There's nothing wrong with owning nice and expensive things but it becomes a problem when things start to own you. Minimalism is about breaking this pattern and going back to basics. It helps you appreciate non material things such as experiences and skill development. There's no right or wrong answer to how many things you need in order to be a minimalist, as we all have different perceptions of necessities and opinions on how much is enough. Another benefit of minimalism is that it can be used in virtually any area of your life to help improve it. Whether it is lifestyle, travel, fashion, budgeting or decoration, there is always a way to minimize in order to make life easier and more enjoyable for you. Picture it: a decluttered lifestyle in which you can enjoy a cup of coffee without worrying about work or anything else, traveling with just a backpack so that you can focus on the trip and not on taking care of the 140 items you packed, a wardrobe filled with quality items that you love to wear and fit you perfectly, a budget that has been changed so that you are only spending on that which is essential and brings you joy and a flawlessly decorated house in which you can relax without your mind drifting to the "I have to clean ___" thought. Everyone's journey with minimalism is different, some people jump right into it while others take their time to make the transition. Whatever your situation is, you will start seeing positive changes in your life and attitude once you start living the minimalist way. The most important part is that you enjoy this journey and that you reach a point in which minimalism forms an important part of your life because of how much it has helped improve it.