Thread: Minimalist Living

SWMBO has been researching being more of a minimalist. Has anyone else worked toward that?

I have tried it a few times but always come to the same conclusion........I may use that someday!

I am trying,down to only 30 straights, does that get me into the club??

Having grown up on a farm, I learned to never throw anything away. Unfortunately I have continued to live that way ever since.

I'm getting a new chance at minimalistic living in 9 days though, as I will be leaving my house, and my wife, and moving to Baltimore to start a new job. I'm moving into two small rooms advertised as an artists studio in the top of a row house. There is no kitchen, no sink, and no bathroom! I have obtained permission to install a sink and to use a bathroom on a lower floor, but all I will be taking with me will be honing and restoration supplies, a dorm size fridge, a crockpot, a rice cooker, and a bread machine. I'm going to be buying a futon (traditional plain old nothing but cotton batting) tomorrow and my decor will consist of that futon and a honing table. Minimal living will consist of work, cooking/eating, sleeping, and razors!

30 Straights? Wow.... Just be careful

Remember you still need a set to shave with, 30 is pretty low

I am more of a survivalist, which in a lot of ways is the polar opposite of a minimalist...

I'm not so extreme as to have an underground bunker full of supplies, but I also try to hang on to anything that might be of use some day.

I have a tendency to buy things in pairs in case one should break or wear out and I am unable to get another. Minimalist living is incomprehensible to me.

Nice Hat

Sorry to be off topic but,... Utopian,Even though I don't know you personally,sorry to hear about your losses.Good luck on your new life though and I hope you prosper well.

Originally Posted by Utopian

Having grown up on a farm, I learned to never throw anything away. Unfortunately I have continued to live that way ever since.

I'm getting a new chance at minimalistic living in 9 days though, as I will be leaving my house, and my wife, and moving to Baltimore to start a new job. I'm moving into two small rooms advertised as an artists studio in the top of a row house. There is no kitchen, no sink, and no bathroom! I have obtained permission to install a sink and to use a bathroom on a lower floor, but all I will be taking with me will be honing and restoration supplies, a dorm size fridge, a crockpot, a rice cooker, and a bread machine. I'm going to be buying a futon (traditional plain old nothing but cotton batting) tomorrow and my decor will consist of that futon and a honing table. Minimal living will consist of work, cooking/eating, sleeping, and razors!

Sounds like a dorm room at college,hope it works out for ya,it better have internet hook up!!!

As far as minimalism goes.I've been doing it all my life.But it's in the eye of the beholder IMHO as to what it is.I have plenty of stuff,but I am always paring down while still keeping comfy.