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Why did I become a minimalist?

The simple answer to this question is that I didn't choose Minimalism, minimalism chose me. I know it sounds cliche, but it's true!

Let me explain. I've always been a tidy person though not in an obsessive way (at least that's what I think!) Now, after my marriage, I moved in with my husband in an one bedroom apartment and all our stuffs started to literary pile on in one single room! There's not much tidying to do if the room is just full of...things! I mean what should I do with the items strewn all over the floor? Arrange them in the corner of the floor? And there were multiple sorts of things people used to gift me which I neither liked nor used but felt guilty to throw away. Moreover, we had all of our textbooks since out first years of med school at our home as we both were preparing for post-grad entrance exams and we couldn't dare to lose any one of them. Besides, as I was clinically depressed, I often tried to cheer myself up with retail therapy...which never worked by the way. It seemed that I spent all my waking hours folding laundry yet I never had anything to wear. Story of every woman's life, right?



After my huge epiphany in January, I thought i should officially go Minimalist as it will also help with my financial situation. But I couldn't manage sorting my life together because of my being broke...I had no permanent job, and if I had any locum duties, the schedule was extremely erratic, some duties ran continuous twenty four to thirty six hours while sometimes I didn't had any duty for weeks. While searching for jobs and studying for upcoming exams (apart from being depressed and moping in my room alone for days) I tried to sort things out. But that wasn't happening as I planned... I just couldn't reduce the junks from my home. 

One of the major facts about minimalism is keeping items that give us joy. Now when I open my closet, none of my items gave me joy...nor I'm excited at all to wear any of them. Though they were purchased from popular fashion brands of my country, all of them are faded, frayed or torn with loose threads hanging from them...that too only after a single of couple of uses. So I decided to dump all of them and really invest in some good clothes and spent my last bit of savings on them. 




Now, when I arrive at my new home in another city, I'll have to make things work with what I have, may be I'll buy one or two new things...electronics probably...but that will be it. I won't be able to buy tons of things and hopefully my life will be minimalistic by default! :p




This post first appeared on Girl Into Adulthood, please read the originial post: here

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