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minimalism
I know many of you here are aesthetic maximalists but there is something to be said about the joy in owning and consuming less. there is freedom (financial freedom, freedom from advertising, freedom of thought, freedom of movement) in minimalism. I don't think minimalism is a sparsely decorated room with white walls, I think it is owning just enough to feel prepared and joyful, finding the color in your life outside of the ownership of personal objects and moreso in the use of your resources for experiences, minimizing superfluous distractions, and using things until they are unusable. I fail every day at my own ideology but here's to trying. And now a Marx quote! "The less you eat, drink, buy books, go to the theatre or to balls, or to the pub, and the less you think, love, theorize, sing, paint, fence, etc., the more you will be able to save and the greater will become your treasure which neither moth nor rust will corrupt—your capital. The less you are, the less you express your life, the more you have, the greater is your alienated life and the greater is the saving of your alienated being."
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@eatgraeps
May 4, 2025
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@Bigbeaut
I live by this sentiment but have come to disagree. Collecting/making things is one of lifes great joys.
May 4, 2025
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@eatgraeps
@BIGBEAUT Yeah I grappled w this a lot bc art is somewhat wasteful and impractical and I can justify creating mass amounts of it because it has a ”purpose” which is to make me happy but so does every plastic stanley cup addition and shitty high school reunion t shirt that will be worn once and twilight lego set. So who am I to talk. I think the answer here is not a well thought out argument about what is and is not acceptable to produce but having specific and sometimes hypocritical principles about what you accept in your own life. And I would much rather, personally, collect/make things instead of buying cheap plastic stuff from Target to fill every possible niche in my life. Just to explain my argument here a little more
May 4, 2025

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i used to be very minimalistic in my teen years, everything had to have it's own place and be perfectly organized or i'd start twitching (something undiagnosed, probably. it's fine.) somewhere along the way i started to get very sentimental with my things, i think it came with the thrifting addiction. realizing how much value all those things have and how many lives they lived before i found them is just really interesting to think about. the things you keep says a lot about you, and what better form of expression than filling my space with things that i love and feel connected with? colors and textures that bring me peace? the world is a disaster so keeping small things to spark joy is crucial!!!
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@alleywayflowers
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Being intentional with purchases (quality over quantity)
I'm still trying to practice what I preach here. Capitalism makes it pretty hard; they want to keep us buying things so instant pleasure and gratification is marketed and thrown at us everywhere, and makes us feel like to be accepted in society, we must always have the latest "thing." But I've started to realize nothing deeply good can come easy, or cheap for that matter. It feels way more satisfying to know I've purchased something of quality, something that means something to me, something that'll last, rather than a cheap fad that'll have to be replaced soon anyway. Not to mention knowing and caring WHERE your money is going (small businesses over large corporations, looking into what the company stands for.) There are so many times I've told myself I can't afford something I really want and am drawn to, when I've realized how much I've spent on stupid little cheap things that don't matter to me. For yourself, for others, for the planet, spend INTENTIONALLY. And if that means you end up owning less, good! And while you're at it, do a bit of Marie Condo-ing (but please, donate what you can for christ's sake.) You might experience a little withdraw with the lack of stuff and lack of spending, but I think overall you'll feel lighter, freer and more satisfied!
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@jamiegoodson
Jun 19, 2024
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Minimalism is kinda overrated
Having stuff is fun, who’s with me?
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