Goodbye, Things: On Minimalist Living

by Fumio Sasaki

Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have. —RABBI HYMAN SCHACHTEL

Tyler Durden said it best in the film Fight Club: “The things you own end up owning you.”

I think that some of our unhappiness is simply due to the burden of all our things.

what is truly essential for him- or herself, who reduces the number of possessions that they have for the sake of things that are really important to them.

The things that are important to you will vary.

Minimalism is not a goal

we tend to consider our future based on our present.

Why do we own so many things when we don’t need them?