To me it all started with bumping into r/minimalism years ago (shoutout to !minimalism@lemmy.world, the migrated r/minimalism) and reading books about it.
I noticed that with minimalism came simple living, enjoying the small things in life. I often feel like they are interconnected due to this, but this could just be my experience.
How many others had a similar experiences, or did something else bring you here? Also welcome experiences about directly searching for simple living topics and bumping into this community (originally on reddit).
Lol I did the same thing and lost my long well thought out response. Heres the gist; I agree with Inasaba so much. I started out exploring minimalism, but became repulsed by the prevalence of minimalism being the goal rather than a means to a goal. (Had the same experience with the ultralight backpacking community). When used as a principle component of a larger framework, it definitely compliments simple living. My personal philosophy is a combination of simple living, spirituality (mix of Druidry, Buddhism, Pantheism maybe), naturalism, and love (and probably some other things I haven’t quite sussed out).
I think minimalism in a vacuum is unlikely to provide significant satisfaction, but can be an emergent property of other pursuits. Conversely, in pursuing other virtues that can benefit from minimalism, it can be very helpful to examine minimalism specifically to help establish intentionality and practicalize principles to get you where you want to be.
I’m so sorry about the post settings… Didn’t realize that affects federation!
And I agree, I couldn’t read or watch anything related to the topic after realizing it’s seen as a goal. I do see it as a great starting point into being more mindful of the life around you.
Thank you for taking the time to rewrite your answer!
Anytime friend! Yeah it’s definitely a good starting point! Honestly it was the first Minimalist documentary on Netflix that pulled things into focus for me, but then I feel like I outgrew that world. I hope that doesn’t come across as sanctimonious.
No, it doesn’t! I bet many of us had the same experience :)