Feeling at peace and happy

How long does it usually take you to clean your house/space? I just am starting my journey with being a minimalist I feel it takes me too long. It usually takes me almost an hour to clean just my bedroom even though it's not too cluttered or dirty. I feel like I just have too many things that I never really use or look at. I have started donating or throwing out things that can't be given away. I can't get rid of all of them because we have very cold winters so I have to store my fall/winter clothing here.

I live in a small two bedroom apartment and really don’t have the room for a tree. We don’t miss it at all. I still put up minimal decor but I’m curious what you guys do?

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Honestly, I just love having a clean inbox. Does anyone else do this too?

Regarding emails, the only emails I can’t delete are my work emails, but I store those emails in different folders so that my main inbox is clean 😊

I'm 32 years old and I was born in era of smartphones but I'm not really into technology. I'm really a digital minimalist. I use phone mainly for calling, sending messages, browsing the Internet, listening to music and sometimes I take some photos (but not often and I don't really pay attention to it). For me, a phone is an investment for years. I want to use it for 5 years or more. What matters the most for me is battery time.

I value minimalism and efficiency and I heard iPhones are like that and iOS is much more simple than Android. What phones can you recommend to me? I want it simple without any fancy stuff.

Hey everyone, I have been practicing minimalism for a while now. It has brought me so much mental clarity, improved my mental health significantly, and made me more in touch with my authentic self; overall, I felt much happier and wiser. About 2 years ago, I secured a well-paying job and was finally financially secure enough to splurge on my hobbies. However, I kept contemplating almost every day about buying a gaming pc; I wanted to get it to play videogames that are pc exclusive, such as CS 2 and TF2, and more importantly, to connect with other people my age in different parts of the world such as Turkey and Eastern Europe where the PC market dominates consoles. The fear of missing out on the fun with others I could have from this region became so annoying that I caved in and bought it. Needless to say, that did not make my mental health any better, and the presence of this PC started creating mental clutter. I enjoyed my Xbox (A console that barely has a player base in the mentioned regions); I have hundreds of games on it, and I like the simplicity and the couch experience, but the idea that I had to make an effort to decide what platform I will play on on a particular day and the presence of this pc caused so much mental clutter it became annoying as well. I am stuck in this dilemma: should I keep it and deal with the mental clutter, or should I sell it and have a constant FOMO haunt me.

Hurdles: I am a Mac user and enjoy the Apple ecosystem a lot, so having a gaming PC for multiple uses is something other than what I want.

If it was 1 option which one are you choosing

Has anyone here stopped using shampoo altogether…like a simple no poo method? If so, what were the results?

‼️and NO…I don’t mean buying the “no poo shampoo” brands that rape your wallet‼️

found this project, pretty interesting. https://mnmltheory.com

I have been looking at getting a new wallet and I am torn between a trayvax original 2.0 or the trayvax contour. Anyone carried either of these?

I'm turning to the ladies and gents interested in makeup. The other day I took myself through an honest cleanse in all my makeup. Knowing when and how and what kind of makeup I use it was not much doubt.

It was interesting patterns found. I kept brand new makeup even if I didn't use it. I also kept old makeup from my teens or that I got from someone dear but that just laid in a far away makeup box. It was a little like going through my different identities as I grew from a teen to adolescent.

So now I have decided. I'm giving away all makeup I don't use to my local secondhand store. Turns out half or more needed to be cleansed and or thrown.

As result I don't need to buy a big makeup storage. Everything I use has it's own little place now and nothing is pouring over in the little boxes. I also know exactly what I have now and got happy little suprises. "Woah, I have a shock-pink lipstick?!

I'm very satisfied. 👌✨

My minimalist journey has been a long work in progress but a possible move has me extra motivated to get rid of things I don’t use. Raised by pack rat maximalists and consumers with bad spending habits, my question is how do you fight off the ‘but what if I need/want to use this again’? We are talking about items I haven’t touched or used in 1+years and have standby items I always turn to first. How do you guys get past that mental speed bump?

I did my first round of cleaning out stuff I don’t need and I feel so much lighter and better already! I still have a ways to go but it’s a start! I shredded and got rid of old drawings from when I was a kid (not all of them, I kept a couple of sentimental ones) and threw out a bunch of broken toys and little clutter. I donated some stuff that was still in good condition but that I haven’t used in years. I love how much better my space looks and I just feel lighter☺️I don’t have many people to share this with irl so here I am lol!

I have been trying a minimalist approach for quite time though I am have been seeing changes me and my lifestyle, sometimes I come to think of by looking others does it really worth it all? What should I consider and make out from these kind of thoughts?