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You hear about decluttering. Maybe you’ve already done it, and everything you don’t need – everything that doesn’t “spark joy” – is gone.
Now you’re wondering, what next?
Minimalizing our possessions is the easy part.
It might seem hard at the time, but decluttering our possessions is the easy part.
The harder part of being a minimalist is understanding, at a deep level, why we are doing this, then working to become the person we feel we were truly meant to be.
True freedom doesn’t come from owning less. True freedom comes from our possessions not owning us.
Minimising our possessions brings our true inner self into stark relief.
Once we clear the clutter away, we’re more able to see ourselves as we truly are.
Once I’d decluttered my life, I realised I needed to do a lot of work on myself, as a person.
I was eating poorly, and was overweight.
I wasn’t giving as much to charity as I’d like.
My marriage was unhappy and unsatisfying, for both of us.
I had too many “Facebook friends” and not enough real relationships.
I wasn’t contributing to my community as much as I’d like.
I was spreading my interests and talents too thin, and was consequently ineffective at most things.
Minimising our possessions is a first step.
Minimising the parts of our life that are not meaningful is the second.
Take the first step, and you become ready for the second.
