Goodbye, Things
“When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” - Lau Tzu
This will be the last newsletter for a few weeks until I have completed another cross-country move. Once I am done with relocating to Florida and have unpacked and then organize, I can start thinking about cranking out a newsletter and podcast.
During the past few weeks of sorting, organizing, and packing, I’ve had a chance to reflect on a few thoughts that help inspire me to live and maintain a minimalistic lifestyle.
- We all would like to live in a nice, spacious home. But when you really think about it, we just want to allow “Our Things” to live in a comfortable environment.
- Our things are living rent-free in our homes
- Our homes are not museums. It doesn’t need a collection to curate.
- Our collections are not priceless, and they take up too much space.
- Dust tells you how much you value your things.
- Less things = less chores.
- One thing in = one thing out.
- What if you had to start all over?
- Discarding memorabilia is not discarding memories.
- Things tend to bring in more things.
- Somewhere in the back of our minds, we’re thinking that we haven’t gotten our money’s worth yet. But the reality of the matter is that we most likely never will.
- Discarding things can be wasteful. But the guilt that keeps you from minimizing is the true waste.
“It’s only after we’ve lost everything that we’re free to do anything.” -Tyler Durden, Fight Club.
Until next time,
- Chris
- Tulsa, Oklahoma