The blogger Xi Mo transformed his home after more than a year of "breaking, giving up, and leaving"
Discard or donate items that have not been used in the home for more than a year, do not buy unwanted items, do not hoard things, streamline the head of the house, streamline the bank card, delete useless apps in the mobile phone, focus on doing only one thing... The Beijing Youth Daily reporter noted that in the past few years, with the development of the times, many people have stepped out of the original "hoarding" life and begun to "break, give up, leave" and "minimalist" life.
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What exactly is a "minimalist" life? It's not about throwing away the house with nothing, it's not about not buying anything new at all, it's about simplifying everything. As the British writer Fergus O'Connell mentioned in "Minimalism", the so-called minimalism is to simplify the heavy work and daily life. The Japanese writer Hideko Yamashita also explained the minimalist life in the book "Breaking Away": "We must not hesitate to give up all those things that are unnecessary, inappropriate, and uncomfortable, and cut off attachment to them." Breaking, giving up, and leaving is to solve the problem through subtraction, that is, to gradually like yourself through repeated choices, and then create a better self, which can be regarded as a rebirth of oneself. ”
Student small fish
Pursue inner minimalism more than material
In recent years, there have been many articles and videos sharing "minimalist" life on online platforms such as Douban, Zhihu, and Station B, and "minimalism" has become a boom.
Two years ago, student Xiaoyu (pseudonym) shared his feelings about his five years of minimalist life with netizens on Zhihu. In these five years, Xiaoyu's minimalist life has not been smooth, but she still feels the impact of minimalist life on her.
In the post, Xiaoyu said that when she first went to college, she lived between 1,000 yuan and 1,500 yuan a month. Later, after doing tutoring, the money became more, and the monthly expenditure increased to between 1500 yuan and 3000 yuan. The number of items gradually increases, making it difficult for small fish to keep minimalist.
After a semester of "chaos", Xiaoyu rearranged his mood and resumed a minimalist life. She re-cleaned the dormitory and threw away useless things. In addition to going to class, doing homework, tutoring, and going to the library on weekends to read books all day, she also developed the habit of morning running.
In the days that followed, Xiaoyu's change of social relations due to going abroad gave her a different understanding and understanding of "minimalism". She streamlines her relationships, focuses her time and energy on important things, and realizes that friends with positive energy around her will continue to have a positive impact. When she graduated, Xiaoyu cleared out a lot of belongings, and after clearing, her luggage could be filled with a suitcase and backpack.
Despite this, Xiaoyu said, she remains curious about the world, receptive to new things and new perspectives, and believes that a dull life is everyday.
Similar to Xiaoyu, he lived a "minimalist" life during his time at school. Shi Yu said that her life is not a "minimalist" life in the standard sense, "I think I have too much stuff for many people who live a 'minimalist' life, but I can only buy what I need." I don't think 'minimalism' doesn't have a hard standard for what to do, and I think it brings me inner 'minimalism'. Shi Yu said.
"North Drift" Business Lady
Minimalism is "another kind of possession"
Two years ago, Ms. Shang, who had been doing "North Drift" for several years, finally had her own house in Beijing, but because of limited funds, the size of the house was not large, and when she moved, Ms. Shang had to throw away many things. "It's painful to throw, but it's also a bit refreshing." What Ms. Shang did not expect was that looking at the home with fewer things, her mood was particularly comfortable, so she began to intentionally quit the habit of "buying, buying and buying" and trying to live a "break, give up, and leave" life.
"'Minimalism' is not nothing, but another kind of possession." Ms. Shang told the Beiqing Daily reporter.
Ms. Shang said that in the early stage, she would also be unable to control consumption, "after all, I just moved to a new home, and I feel that everything must be purchased." But slowly, Ms. Shang found that some things were put into the shopping cart without immediate checkout, and after two or three days of looking at it, she would find that there was really no need to buy, and she gave up, and now she would only buy things that were needed, which also made her feel the pleasure of "owning".
From the beginning to buy less or no new things, to the later, Ms. Shang consciously cleaned up the useless things. "I had some clothes Bought at school before, or things sent by others, some of them felt that they were commemorative, and some of them felt that the price was more expensive and reluctant to throw them away, but then I thought, these things I have not used for many years, and I will certainly not use them in the future. Ms. Shang said.
There are "roadblocks" on the way for Ms. Shang to live a "minimalist" life. "My mom is the biggest obstacle to my throwing." Ms. Shang said that because she now lives with her parents, she often has to go through her mother's eyes when throwing things, "Sometimes I put it in the doorway and tell my mother that this is going to be thrown, and it didn't take long for me to find that she had taken it back." Later, Ms. Shang and her mother reached a consensus, before throwing each other to discuss, "my clothes are actually more expensive, many are relatively new, thrown because of a long time not to wear, before I was secretly thrown, now before throwing I will ask my mother, this she can not wear, if she can wear it, then give it to her directly, so that she does not have to buy clothes." As for cosmetics or something, the same is true, I have reduced my cosmetics to several kinds, and the rest is not wasted, so that my parents can use them together. ”
Ms. Shang said that now looking at the family is becoming more and more streamlined, her mother is not so disgusted with her throwing things, and even feels that it is good not to hoard goods too much, "It is not only the home that is streamlined, but also the heart." ”
Blogger tidal foam
From "Don't Want to Go Home" to "Love Home"
Xi Mo, who has tens of thousands of fans on The Little Red Book, is a standard "minimalist" practitioner, and the labels she labels herself are "don't make money for items", "don't rent for items", "don't clean the room for items", and "enjoy life".
In the first video that Shimo uploaded to the Internet, Shimo said that he was going crazy, and there were so many things in the family of three that people collapsed. In the video, there are things piled up on the table, cabinet, bed, and floor of the Ximo family in the living room or bedroom, and the room is also very dim. "I didn't even want to go home." Recalling the beginning, Xi Mo said that she was very annoyed when she came home every day and looked at the messy things, "Housework can't be done, everywhere is messy, cleaning up the house is very complicated." ”
Because there are too many things to move, too much luggage when traveling, clothes to be packed for many days to change seasons, friends who come to the house to visit the house often have to clean up the house a day or two in advance, etc., at the end of 2019, Xi Mo finally made the first "break, give up, leave" decision. "Not long after the first 'break, give, leave' there was an epidemic, which made me regret it and start hoarding again." But at that time, I was stuck at home all day, looking at the messy house every day, and I felt that I was almost depressed. In the summer of 2020, the epidemic stabilized, and I began to leave again. Shiomo said.
After deciding to live a "minimalist" life, Shimo threw away 90% of the items in the house, "Throw away tens of thousands of pieces." Shimo said that she threw things in such a large number, her family would also object, and she would also check the garbage can, and even if there was something at home that could not be found, she would first think about whether she was thrown by Shimo.
Although the thing is thrown by itself, in the process of throwing things, Shimo will also have heartache and hesitation, "Some things will be thrown away and picked up again, and then thrown again, and picked up again, until this thing makes me feel that it is too annoying, I will really throw it away completely." ”
After more than a year of "throwing" things to live, Xi Mo's home gradually became refreshing and tidy, Xi Mo told the Beiqing Daily reporter that after living a "minimalist" life, cleaning up the house can become super fast, a few days without cleaning up the house, you can also clean up in about half an hour, which not only allows her to reduce a lot of time to do housework, have more time to do what she wants to do. After the home environment became comfortable, she now likes to stay at home and is always relatively calm inside. And the home is getting bigger and bigger, and there is no longer a need to move things away from doing sports and playing with children.
In terms of finances, she also saved a lot of money after living a minimalist life, "which makes me very happy, and what is even happier is that I find that the quality of life is not reduced, but I eat better, and the quality of the things I use is also higher." Xi Mo said that the benign changes brought about by the "minimalist" life have also gradually made her family begin to understand her, "Now my family has changed slightly, and I think I have begun to clean up the house, but I will feel that my room is more comfortable, and my room is more chaotic." Shiomo said.