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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Anyone a minimalist or aspiring to be on here?

We are driven to overeat because our evolutionary biology tells us to prepare for times of scarce food, and are now in an obesity epidemic. In the same way, we are also suddenly drowning in stuff. Clutter. An insane amount of possessions.

"A team of anthropologists at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have decided, after one of the most extensive pieces of research into contemporary life ever conducted, that we are living in "the most materially rich society in global history, with light-years more possessions per average family than any preceding society".

We are now living in an age of abundance in the West. Before, material goods were expensive and scarce. Clothes were so hard to come by that they were handed down from generation to generation. A historian called Eve Fisher has calculated that before 1750 and the onset of the industrial revolution a shirt would have cost around £2,000 in today's money. But now, things - shirts, shoes, toys and a million other consumer items - are cheap.

Once again, our inbuilt impulses have yet to catch up. As a result, many millions of us are filling our homes and lives, and suffocating under too much stuff." [Taken from Viewpoint: The hazards of too much stuff; an article on the BBC website]

And cluttered homes have been linked with an increase in cortisol, the stress hormone. Our stuff is directly affecting our mental health.

I'm trying to minimise our "stuff" but it's hard to do! Anyone else on the same journey?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think for many people material things are a comfort blanket, they make us feel secure in some way. I try only to buy functional items although I have pictures and ornaments, though not in abundance.

However I think we are programmed to be minimalist. Doesn't it feel good when you have a clear out and get rid of unneeded stuff? The challenge is to not replace it with new stuff.

I am an aesthetic minimalist I think.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I try and keep the clutter down too. I use big furniture and storage boxes when I need to put a lot of things somewhere and they'll look crap and cluttered on a shelf/in cube storage. I only keep a few of my favourite photos out of family and friends. I just love things put away and the clean lines. I'm calm as Hindu cows too so there might be something in it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The things you own, end up owning you" - Tyler Durden (Fight Club)

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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk

Yes.

I'm in the suffocating boat.

I also have a compulsion (an actual medical, recognised one) to collect which is a constant battle to control and I get emotionally attached to stuff. Even weird things that it doesn't make any sense to be attached to.

I got teased on here the other day for constantly saying I need to tidy up and sort stuff, and that I avoid it as much as possible, but it is like that. I have stuff piled round my ears, and at times it's totally overwhelming.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love getting rid of stuff and organising the rest. I hate clutter. I only have a small house with not much storage so i have had to be brutal in what ive kept. There is still more i want to get rid of. its a nice feeling knowing everything has a place.

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By *illwill69uMan
over a year ago

moston

I would love to have the space to be a minimalist!

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By *bovethekneeCouple
over a year ago

Hampshire / Herefordshire

It seems to me that people like the sudden rush they get when buying something rather than the 'having stuff'. This explains why people have loads of cheap items rather than a few really good items. I love the cathartic feeling of throwing stuff out that we no longer need or use but the fact that we both find shopping to be an unpleasant experience means that we have fewer items than most.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Some really good points.

Need to throw out stuff. And buy less.

Some days I want a big box to put all the important bits in and chuck out the rest!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Anyone a minimalist or aspiring to be on here?

We are driven to overeat because our evolutionary biology tells us to prepare for times of scarce food, and are now in an obesity epidemic. In the same way, we are also suddenly drowning in stuff. Clutter. An insane amount of possessions.

"A team of anthropologists at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have decided, after one of the most extensive pieces of research into contemporary life ever conducted, that we are living in "the most materially rich society in global history, with light-years more possessions per average family than any preceding society".

We are now living in an age of abundance in the West. Before, material goods were expensive and scarce. Clothes were so hard to come by that they were handed down from generation to generation. A historian called Eve Fisher has calculated that before 1750 and the onset of the industrial revolution a shirt would have cost around £2,000 in today's money. But now, things - shirts, shoes, toys and a million other consumer items - are cheap.

Once again, our inbuilt impulses have yet to catch up. As a result, many millions of us are filling our homes and lives, and suffocating under too much stuff." [Taken from Viewpoint: The hazards of too much stuff; an article on the BBC website]

And cluttered homes have been linked with an increase in cortisol, the stress hormone. Our stuff is directly affecting our mental health.

I'm trying to minimise our "stuff" but it's hard to do! Anyone else on the s journey?

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I keep everything and reuse lots of things, there's no doubt I'm keeping things that I'll probably never use.

My wife likes clothes, she keeps all the clothes she's ever bought, we agree about keeping stuff but disagree on the stuff we should keep.

Obviously being a green,I would say buying something worthwhile is better than buying a lot of things regularly that your only going to throw away next year.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Minimalism has it's place. ...

I don't like clutter but then I don't like emptiness either.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Minimalism has it's place. ...

I don't like clutter but then I don't like emptiness either."

I'm with u there! Im almost minimalist but not quite, when u look in the cupboard it all falls out! Lol

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By *bbandflowCouple
over a year ago

South Devon


"Anyone a minimalist or aspiring to be on here?

We are driven to overeat because our evolutionary biology tells us to prepare for times of scarce food, and are now in an obesity epidemic. In the same way, we are also suddenly drowning in stuff. Clutter. An insane amount of possessions.

"A team of anthropologists at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have decided, after one of the most extensive pieces of research into contemporary life ever conducted, that we are living in "the most materially rich society in global history, with light-years more possessions per average family than any preceding society".

We are now living in an age of abundance in the West. Before, material goods were expensive and scarce. Clothes were so hard to come by that they were handed down from generation to generation. A historian called Eve Fisher has calculated that before 1750 and the onset of the industrial revolution a shirt would have cost around £2,000 in today's money. But now, things - shirts, shoes, toys and a million other consumer items - are cheap.

Once again, our inbuilt impulses have yet to catch up. As a result, many millions of us are filling our homes and lives, and suffocating under too much stuff." [Taken from Viewpoint: The hazards of too much stuff; an article on the BBC website]

And cluttered homes have been linked with an increase in cortisol, the stress hormone. Our stuff is directly affecting our mental health.

I'm trying to minimise our "stuff" but it's hard to do! Anyone else on the same journey?

"

That said I suspect, poverty, low life expectancy, disease, unremitting toil, mono diets, cold, dark, lack of sanitation, et al, might have affected stress levels a whole lot more than thinking of cancelling your Sky subscription

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