Text | Natto
Source 丨 Ten Point Reading (ID:duhaoshu)
These days, the topic of #Why many young people can't save money# has been hot searched.
One of these views has resonated with countless netizens:
"The money saved in October was given to Double Eleven, the money saved in November was given to Double Twelve, and the money saved in December was given to the New Year Festival..."
There are shopping festivals every month, and every day they enter the live broadcast room.
Contemporary youth, while enjoying the abundance of materials, have become "invisible poor people" who are exquisite on the surface but are actually miserable.
What is even more frightening is that many people's "invisible poverty" is not only in the material world, but also in the interpersonal relationship and spiritual world.
However, some intelligent people have stepped out of the trap of glitz and glitz in time and discovered a new realm of life.
Minimalist substance
There is a couple in Hong Kong who have reached one of the new realms - material minimalism.
Her husband, Mo Haoguang, graduated from the Department of Education of the University of Hong Kong and holds a master's degree from Hong Kong Baptist University.
However, after graduation, he did not go to a decent job in the city, but chose a like-minded wife to go to the countryside to live in seclusion and become a farmer.
For more than a decade, he has not bought a new dress, nor has he thought about buying a house or a car, and in Hong Kong, where the family of three spends only 2,000 yuan per month.
When he had no clothes to wear, he would go looking for some second-hand clothes; if he wanted to eat, he would eat as much vegetarian as possible; when he could walk, he would not take a ride, and he would have to take a bus.
Even the wedding ceremony was only the simplest arrangement, and the rings exchanged by the two were also wood made of local materials.
Some people don't understand, but he feels extra happy.
Because in his materially minimalist life, he not only reduced the garbage on the earth, but also opened up his own pattern, at the same time, he also developed various skills.
In an era where horizontal comparisons can be made from moment to moment, many people will still have burdens in their hearts no matter how rich their material lives are.
Because, a wonderful life is not about how many items you have, but how much time you have to make yourself happy.
When you jump out, you will find that the highest state of life is actually material minimalism.
You don't have to retreat to the mountains like Mo Haoguang, but you can make a break in your life and save yourself from material dependence.
Don't compare because of vanity, don't buy and buy again and again because of boredom, and don't have to try to fill the heart with materials because of emptiness.
Perhaps, in the life of Su Jian, you will find your own "peach blossom source".
Minimalism
Some people are burdened by material things, and some people suffer because of relationships.
And the real smart people, but understand the comfortable relationship, do not have to ask for more, close friends, two or three people are enough.
Bloggers have shared such a thing without knowing anything.
When he was in college, he was the director of the organization department of the student union and the deputy editor of the literary club, and in each activity, he naturally met too many "friends".
Send a random dynamic, followed by hundreds of likes; a word casually spoken in the group can be echoed; walking in the school, there are people greeting him along the way.
He thought it was all a resource he had saved.
But after graduation, he did not have the money to pay the rent for a while, and asked for help from those who had once called him brothers, but none of them reached out.
At this time, he realized that the "relationship" he was once proud of was not vulnerable to time and money.
In the variety show "Please! In "The Refrigerator", He Jiong once said that Li Yuchun never attended after various ceremonies.
Li Yuchun said that this is because he is not good at socializing, and many times, even a lonely person.
And most of the time saved, she will be used to create, think, learn.
Time passed slowly, and she also changed from the "Supergirl Champion" of that year to today's singer-songwriter, fashion Icon, and also cultivated hobbies such as photography and cooking.
Today, although there are not many people left around her, they are all worthy.
In fact, everyone's time and energy are limited.
Streamlining your social circle not only allows you to sink your heart to enrich yourself, but you also allow time to sift through the most important people in your life.
Low-quality circles, should be separated; uncomfortable relationships, when broken, broken.
As Cai Kangyong said: "After the age of 25, your time is getting less and less, don't give it to people who don't deserve it." ”
After all, the essence of a good life is actually to continuously simplify interpersonal relationships, throw away all unnecessary interference in life, and find the most comfortable and shining state.
Spiritually abundant
Let the material be streamlined, let the relationship be minimal, and perhaps, you will slowly find the best state of life - spiritual abundance.
Guoman master Cai Zhizhong is like this.
He once said:
The joy of life is not to enjoy food, not to travel on vacation, not to achieve fame after struggle.
It is to control the mind, to control the body in one situation, and to complete their dreams.
Once, he sat in a chair for 58 hours, just to complete a 4-minute animation title;
Another time, he shut himself in his house and didn't open the door for 42 days, just to complete an important work;
He also went to Tokyo alone for 4 years, just to learn manga skills...
The reason why he was able to do this was because his focus was entirely on the things he loved, and his spiritual world had thus reached an unprecedented fullness.
Every time he immersed himself in the world of painting, Cai Zhizhong could only hear the "rustling" of pencils falling on the paper and the sound of his own heartbeat.
It's like there's only one person in the universe, but it's like having the whole world.
The spiritual world becomes abundant due to concentration, at this time, the brain also secretes endorphins, and people will not only have pleasure, but also a sense of accomplishment.
Today, he has not only completed the comic story of the Hundred Sons and Hundred Families, but also made new interpretations of the Three Hundred Poems of Tang Dynasty, Journey to the West and Guan Gong.
I don't know, have you ever slept and forgot to eat because of something you liked? I don't know, have you ever tried your best because of something you cling to?
If so, believe that your spiritual world will become abundant because of your commitment; if not, try to cultivate some of your own happy hobbies.
Whether it's writing, painting, basketball, yoga...
When you concentrate on doing something you love, you will not only make the monotonous life more glorious, but also make yourself radiant and produce pleasure from the inside out.
As Carnegie said, "Everyone should have a deep interest to enrich their hearts and spice up their lives." ”
There is a sentence in the best-selling book "Minimalist Life":
"The clutter around us is like the extra flesh on our bodies." The less extra flesh there is, the easier the mind becomes. ”
Admittedly, the more you have, the more you feel overwhelmed; the more cumbersome the relationship, the more overwhelming it is.
On the contrary, only by making matter minimal, by simplifying relationships, and by enriching spirits can we find true freedom.
And this, perhaps, is the highest state of life, no matter what kind of situation you are in, you can be calm and fearless.
Author: Natto, this article was first published at Ten Point Reading (ID: duhaoshu), a national reading number subscribed by more than 30 million people. Reading has a way to publish articles with authorization.
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