Minimalism
Documentary Notes
Less stuff
Less clutter
Less debt
However - At first glance, people might think the point of minimalism is
only to get rid of material possessions: Eliminating. Jettisoning.
Extracting. Detaching. Decluttering. Paring down. Letting go. But that’s a
mistake.
Having more
things can cause:
Stress
Anxiety
Discontent
Rich not to
do with wealth
Pursuit of
happiness
Filling a
void with stuff doesn’t fill it, it just widens it
Consumer
purchases
Cars
Clothes
Furniture
Health
Passions
Relationships
Growth
Not
contributing to others
Getting the
clutter out the way to make room for what’s important
Changing
perspective
The
minimalists.com
Adding
value to people’s lives
Willing to contribute beyond themselves
Contribution
makes a real community
Take a look
at your day to day life
What takes
up your time?
Online
shopping
Watching tv
Putting
materials first makes you loose sight of your real priorities
Living for
a pay check
Living for
stuff
We are living
at a time when people in the west are experiencing the best standard of living
in history. Why at the same time is there such a big longing for more?
We still
feel restless.
We are
encouraged to buy.
There is an
allusion of what our lives should be like.
Advertising
has polluted and infiltrated our culture
This hasn’t
come about yesterday this has been infiltrating us for hundreds of years
Advertisers
want us to believe that we really need these things
Every year
there is more media, options, pressure stuff just NOISE!
Do these
things have value
People want
money to not struggle
What is
portaged as normal on tv?
Fashion
Electronics
Household
good
Cheaper but
more available
Accumulating
more stuff
40% of
their space they use
affordability,
simplicity
bringing
more social homes that bring people together
Our
relationship with things
What
material good can do to position us in a status system
Hunger
never full
You can
never get enough of what you don’t really want
We want to
feel whole
Financial
freedom
There is
more to life than bills money and work
Living a
life of purpose and meaning and adventure
Going to
advertising
Not being
prepared for every moment
Be mindless
and consume
Distraction
Black
Friday
Christmas
More about
more
Inspiring
people to have more by buying less
Letting go
of all these things
Books:
Everything
that remains
Junk
culture
Human
identity is not defined by what one does but by what one owns
We think we
need those things because we have been told we need them by our society
It’s
becoming a thing you do
Having
balance – having enough
Creating
social change
Love people
and use things
The
opposite doesn’t work
ISSUE – People’s
obsession with buying and things
EXAMPLES –
Black Friday, Christmas and all the days between
We tend to give too much meaning to
our things, often forsaking our health, our relationships, our passions, our
personal growth, and our desire to contribute beyond ourselves.
Minimalism has helped us…
·
Eliminate our discontent
·
Reclaim our time
·
Live in the moment
·
Pursue our passions
·
Discover our missions
·
Experience real freedom
·
Create more, consume less
·
Focus on our health
·
Grow as individuals
·
Contribute beyond ourselves
·
Rid ourselves of excess stuff
·
Discover purpose in our lives
What
are the issues of having an obsession with buying and having things we don’t need….
-
Creates discontent
-
Takes up too much of out time
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Causes us to live in the future
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Can make some of us feel trapped
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Self-indulgence
and consumerism are changing our values
