Talk about two books and a Japanese drama that taught me a minimalist life.
First of all, let's talk about their own general situation: after 70, the staff in the system love to read, love to be clean, and advocate a minimalist life. But at first I didn't realize the meaning of minimalist life, and it was two books and a movie that inspired me.
The first book was Breaking Away. This book written by Japanese female writer Hideko Yamashita is estimated to have been read by many people and deeply affected. I used to like minimalist life, but I didn't really do it minimalist, and sometimes I was still bound by foreign objects and surrounded by things that I didn't need. Later, after carefully reading "Breaking Away", I realized that minimalist life is very important for people's lives. This book tells us that in a person's life, you need to break away, otherwise you will be wrapped in some unnecessary things and hinder your progress. Breaking away is not only for you to throw away the things you don't need around you, but also for regularly cleaning up the distractions in your mind. Therefore, I regularly throw away things at home, and only put the necessary things on my desk, and all the things are sorted out in time. At the same time, often clean up their WeChat records, QQ records, often clean up WeChat and QQ friends who do not interact with each other for a long time, and keep a refreshing.
The second book is Walden. The work of the American writer Thoreau can be called a golden classic, and one of the ideas conveyed in this book is that a person's life really does not need too much material; only after simplifying life can there be time to think and do meaningful things. Thoreau lived alone on Walden Lake for a while, using facts to prove his ideas. He basically worked two days a week, which could be exchanged for a week's living needs, and the rest of the time was spent reading, writing, and meeting friends. This book taught me to uphold the concept of a minimalist life, not to pursue more material enjoyment, not to indulge in the vortex of fame and fortune, to do clean things, and to live a simple life.
The third is a Japanese drama called "My Room Is Empty." The protagonist is a girl, after experiencing the great earthquake in Japan, she found that she usually accumulated various things, and she was usually reluctant to lose a lot of "treasures", in fact, you can't take them away at all. Except for the necessities of life, everything else is superfluous. The protagonist has developed the habit of throwing things every day, and throwing away anything that has not been used for a long time, or giving it to those who need it. This girl's home is clean to the ground, and the room is exceptionally clean and tidy because it is "empty", which is also pleasing to the eye. After watching this Japanese drama, I also developed the habit of cleaning up the items at home regularly, although I can't throw one thing every day, but after a while I will do a "big cleaning" to sort out the things that have not been used for a long time, even if this thing is still quite valuable, but it has no value without use, and it will be disposed of.
Minimalist so, I think it's good. Of course, my cultivation is not up to the height of the protagonists in these two books and this play, but I try to do it, and let the concept of minimalist life guide my daily life.