How Minimalism Builds Luxury: Things We Can All Learn From A Minimalist
Building a life of true wealth & luxury is usually on everyones mind. Yet, we have to constantly ask ourselves what does this truly mean to us? Money and material wealth is sometimes people’s only focus that drives their motivations and successes, when many other aspects can also make up of a wealthy lifestyle too.
Managing your overall health, finding your purpose and what makes you truly happy, family, finding love and a romantic partner are all of what consumes our everyday motivations aswell.
Still, consumerist attitudes are constantly embedded into us by society telling us we always need to find more, have more time, more items, more happiness, more money and so on … ultimately leading people to forget that money is just a tool.
That’s why it’s important to slow down, to reflect and really value the simpler things in life. Minimalism builds the luxury of the more important and longer term possessions within our lives. Read on to find out what you can learn from a minimalists lifestyle and how.
what is minimalism?
By simple terms a minimalist’s lifestyle focuses on a simple mantra that we all know and love to use, but struggle to live by…
“Less is more.”
By decluttering material possessions, cleaning out your environment, down too the choices of clothing in your wardrobe. Minimalism is everywhere. Though the true lesson of what we can learn from minimalism is that you don’t have to rely on your lifestyle being all about your material possessions either.
The very essence of minimalism can be about; finding pleasure in the simpler things of life, altering self destructive mindsets, moving life at a slower pace, appreciating the people and things you already have and most of all; understanding materialistic and financial struggles are nearly always temporary.
Minimalism isn’t just about bare walls and matching interior. It’s a lifestyle, a mindset and a way to set yourself up for peace, in order to shut out the noise of the world when it’s gets too overwhelming.
Minimalist influencers that support this lifestyle
“You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.” — Vernon Howard
Things we can learn from a minimalist’s lifestyle
1# To slow down and take more control over our lives
If you’re wanting to change up your lifestyle, into having more peace, order and organisation, the mindset of a minimalist will teach you just that.
Start to reflect on things that you truly value, ask yourself questions about your own personal beliefs and future goals, as minimalism isn’t for everyone. Doing this reflection, will teach you your own personal life visions, what really matters to you and what doesn’t, allowing yourself to take back control of your life and to declutter that which isn’t really necessary.
If your visions are to buy a house, have children, or even to travel to places you’ve never been, then yes money and materialism will become your focus and will be at the forefront of your life. However, what minimalism teaches is that it shouldn’t become dominant over your inner values, your health, mindset and other aspects of your life.
These values can easily get pushed to a side due to commitments you believe have priority over them. Yet when realistically, you might just not be in a place or be ready for them. Even so, If your visions are of flexibility, comfort, having or providing enough for yourself so you can then build funds for your future goals, then a minimalists lifestyle is meant exactly for you.
2# To be more intentional with our expenses
Minimalists often cut down on expenses that they believe aren’t truly necessary to their lives as its a common belief that certain expenses lack priority and just aren’t important as others.
This can really benefit your life and help you to cut back on the prices of your daily spends on; necessities, food, products and clothing. So, you can eventually build up funds to purchase those bigger goals and investments.
Avoiding small or big impulse buys is also very important, as it teaches financial discipline and becoming mindful of your unnecessary spends to find easier and more productive ways to spend your money and your time.
Therefore, it is very important to clearly set yourself financial goals and to set intentions on what spendings you want to prioritise.
3# To live a cleaner life & have always have a clean environment
It is very true in a minimalist’s lifestyle to never keep that what you don’t necessarily need, to only have what you use or keep an item merely for a specific purpose.
This isn’t to say you have to get rid of all your possessions and live off a few possessions, yet more about being mindful of your environment and to keeping it tidy with; efficient storage, throwing away what you have more than one of, knowing what you don’t need to create a clear and healthy space, whether that be mentally or physically.
Having an clean environemnt, where you know where all of your things are is key to living a healthy and active life. I think we can all agree, that when your space is tidy, so is your mind. This is necessary to organise other tasks and goals you need to accomplish. Enhancing productivity and giving yourself a fresh mindset, is what minimalism is truly all about.
4# To appreciate what we already have
As a minimalist declutters and recognises how many things they truly possess they naturally learn to value that what they already have. It’s very important within a minimalists lifestyle to reject what todays society is constantly embedding into the public; that is too buy. Building up self discipline is very important in order to not to purchase new things for yourself that you don’t really need.
Being at peace with what you already have and being grateful for your current life is the first step into overcoming indulging into consumerism.
It’s okay to say what you have is already enough, even when buying new things is exciting and nice, it can also create immense guilt. Knowing other ways to gain the same satisfaction over things you love is much easier. Understanding expansion is not the only way we grow is also key for developing a minimalists lifestyle.
5# That our values are the main thing that determines our lives
As many would say, a minimalists lifestyle looks so easy, effortless and chic. Though this may be true, looks can be deceiving, as it truly isn’t for everyone.
A minimalists life, takes deep commitment, reflection, change and most of all, discipline. Hard dedication to these values are what minimalism is really about.
Becoming too indulgent in materialism can also cause confusion. Many people have the idea that a minimalists lifestyle is a contradiction in itself as it takes money to buy expensive, chic and aesthetic items.
However, many choose this path due to luxury and value buying more expensive items once in a while to buying cheaper items more often, which is absolutely fine. It is up to you what lifestyle you choose.
Many would also say that for you to be a true minimalist, holding the mindset that the items you choose is all that really matters, is the first mistake. Some choose to search for nice items in charity shops, get great discounts, shop from online sellers and the list goes on. . .
True minimalism doesn’t focus on the appearance yet the value and use of an item. Believing this will automatically give you a rich and luxurious mindset for you to manifest into your materialistic life.
As well as; being resourceful and already using what you already have to build a better and richer life.
You could; DIY and make up old items into new, use old materials, remake materials etc… there are so many things a minimalist does to live the life they truly desire.
"I make myself rich, by making my wants few." - Thoreau
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