Where to start in Minimalism.

What first attracted me to minimalism was the aesthetics. The crisp cleanliness of it and also all the space involved!

As I kept doing research, I kept reading that you would have more time for important things and save all this money. I agree with the money saving tactics, but as for the time, I'm still working on it.

However, learning and growing in this journey has definitely.

The overall core concept in it is honestly surrounding you with what you love!!!!!!!!!

The first thing to do if you're an n00b like me:

Do a hardcore soul search and find out what genuinely makes you happy.

Sounds easy right? Well, maybe it will be easy for you. If it is, I'm so glad for you and congratulate you! Now go into your life and get rid of everything that doesn't make you happy. I'm kidding. That would be hardcore. I mean if you can do that then many kudos for you, but it probably won't be that easy.

But if you're like me, this step might be hard. I couldn't differentiate genuine happiness from that temporary high I got when I went shopping.

I've been blessed with all this time to myself here, so I have been able to figure that out.

Some tips for finding what genuinely makes you happy.

1. Lay down in complete silence with no distractions and let your mind wander.

Answer these questions:

-What do I want to do right now?

Me? Usually, I wish I was swimming somewhere.

-What do I want to do before I die?

Me? I want to see as much of the planet and try to touch as many lives as possible.

-What would I be doing right now, if I knew I was going to die tomorrow?

If I knew I was going to die tomorrow, I would go to the animal shelter and play with all the animals and then go to all my favorite dessert places and stuff my face.

Now just to clarify, it would take me two days to get back home, so this answer is my logical-since-I'm-stuck-in-Korea answer. Okay. 

Through those answers, they should give you some insight into what makes you happy. If your answer for number two is shopping, then maybe minimalism isn't for you, and that's okay. Some people believe everyone can be a minimalist and that's a cool idea, however no plausible. Minimalism might not be for you, and at the end of the day, it's what makes you happy.

Getting side-tracked

I have, for the past few weeks, completely shunned my new goal in life!!!

I have forgotten that I wanted to live a more meaningful life with minimalism. A person can think of minimalism with materialistic things, and in that sense, I have failed as well, but recently I fell off the wagon badly with my biggest guilty pleasure...food.

Before I would buy a few veggies and a source of protein for the start of the week and whenever I ran out of vegetable or protein, I would simply go to the grocery store to the gym and buy exactly what I need.

I guess since the weather has been SO humid and horrible that I try to limit my time outside now. I have been cramming a week's worth of groceries in one run and walking around with pounds of produce. I didn't even realize it has been stressing me out but, things go bad because I can't eat all the food at once and carry heavy stuff in the humidity it not fun. I can tell you that.

 I also have finally gotten some things shipped to me from home and now that I have all these clothes in my apartment....I know I have too much stuff. I was doing so well, but changing my entire lifestyle is difficult. Even though I am aware of the benefits and the long term positives to minimalism, old habits die hard. I can see why everyone doesn't live by this philosophy because it is. So. hard. It's kind of like abs. EVERYONE wants them, but it's not easy to get them, so not everyone has them.

But I CAN DO IT! I will live a simple life with fewer objects and get those rock hard abs I've been working on (for like years, oops).