Break the Twitch Articles

Well, it’s about eight months in to our minimalist journey and I’m still calming the desire for more things almost every day.

There’s the Canon 70D camera body with the EF-S 10-22mm wide-angle lens that Casey Neistat uses for his daily vlogs. The Zig Zagger skateboard that a friend recommended to me a few weeks ago (even though I have no idea how to skateboard yet). Unfortunately, those are just the ones that came to mind and while I could go on, I’ll spare you the list. It seems that finding things to want still comes quite naturally to me.

I can usually justify things to myself, too.

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“So, do you even have any furniture in your living room anymore?”

Yes – we have furniture because we truly enjoy not having to sitting on the floor all day. I am often asked similar questions from friends and strangers alike when I discuss minimalism with them.

When we talk about minimalism as an idea, many people have vastly different concepts about what it means and that’s perfectly fine. 

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It’s easy to imagine what is gained when we buy.

If we’re not holding it in our hands as we leave the store, it will most certainly be sitting on the doorstep within two days. Even the intangible aspects aren’t difficult to fathom. We’re told from every direction about the amazing ways our lives will improve, if only we had this one thing.

A rush of dopamine flows into the brain just as quickly as the money flows out of our bank account. A brief feeling of accomplishment occurs (read more about the false first step). Then, a moment of bliss, because we’ve been told that this is the purchase that will get us closer to being the person we want to be.

On the little white tag, there’s a listed price. But is that the only price we’re paying?

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