Goodbye, Things: On Minimalist Living

by Fumio Sasaki

“All you did is throw things away,”

We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves. —FRANÇOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

You’re not your job. You’re not how much money you have in the bank. You’re not the car you drive. You’re not the contents of your wallet. You’re not your fucking khakis. —TYLER DURDEN, FIGHT CLUB

invigorating

Tyler Durden

“The things you own end up owning you.”

loathing.

If you’re anything like I was—dissatisfied with your life, insecure, unhappy—try reducing your belongings. You’ll start to change.

My feeling is that minimalists are people who know what’s truly necessary for them versus what they may want for the sake of appearance, and they’re not afraid to cut down on everything in the second category.

I think minimalism is a method for individuals to find the things that are genuinely important to them.

Danshari, the art of de-cluttering, discarding, and parting with your possessions The “simple life” Working and thinking like a nomad

We’re desperate to convey our own worth, our own value to others. We use objects to tell people just how valuable we are.