How to live a simple life?

My grandfather passed away when he was 96 years old. After he passed away, we cleared out a lot of clothing in his room, all brand new.

We, the grandchildren, bought him thousands of dollars of down jackets, cashmere sweaters, and duvets during the Chinese New Year, but he never took them apart and used them. Grandpa always used to say, "I'm older." Don't dismantle it, it won't last long. You will dislike the things I have used, and I will leave the new ones for you to use later."

However, the reality is cruel.

After grandpa left, none of his children or grandchildren wanted anything from him, even brand-new clothes.

Everyone burned all the items in grandpa’s room.

However, the savings and jewelry left by grandpa were shared by the children and grandchildren with gusto.

Therefore, I felt at that time that people should not own too many material things. There is almost nothing you can take away.

When people reach middle age, they should start to live a simple life and learn to clean up every year or even every day to avoid causing trouble to their children and grandchildren in the future.

How to live a simple life?

1. Do not purchase unless necessary.

Use up the inventory you have at home first, and then buy as needed when you have almost used it.

I used to love hoarding goods. During Double 11, there were dozens of express deliveries every day, including paper towels, shower gel, and shampoo. The piles were taller than people, making the whole house congested.

Thinking about a house costing tens of thousands of yuan per square meter, with mountains of cheap stuff like this, it feels like it’s really not cost-effective to live in a place where people and goods only live together.

Now, I no longer hoard any items. Purchasing is so convenient, why should we use our home as a warehouse?

2. Deep separation.

I understand that separation is not about throwing things away, but making the best use of them.

I cleaned out the wardrobe at home and found that I actually have more than 30 pairs of jeans, more than 10 pairs of denim skirts, and countless other coats and coats.

I finally understand why I haven’t been able to save any money for so many years, and I have contributed all of it to the clothing store owner.

I didn’t throw away all these clothes, because most of them are classic styles. I bought a few fashionable T-shirts this year to match these jeans and denim skirts, and they turned out to be fashionable all summer long.

Also, the small appliances in the kitchen were cleaned out. It was impossible to reuse them. They were put on the Internet and sold for a total of several hundred yuan. It was not much money, and it was different from the original price. Compared with the purchase price, it is nothing to mention, but I finally found a better place for the babies.

I have an Adidas hat that I bought for 10 years. I never wear it and wash it occasionally. Because it was dusty, I sold it for 15 yuan this time.

3. Increase revenue and reduce expenditure.

The goal after breaking up is still to have a better life.

Economy, society, food, clothing, housing and transportation all require money. I also started to do self-media during my work. On the one hand, I can make a lot of friends, and on the other hand, I can improve myself. After all, you have to find materials to write articles, and this process is improving yourself.

Moreover, there is income from doing self-media, one thousand a month, and twelve thousand a year, which can cover the expenses of the New Year.

Moreover, because self-media requires time, you don’t have so much free time to gossip with colleagues and classmates. Invisibly, life has been relieved of a lot of troubles, so why not do it!

Therefore, there is no harm in living a simple life.

How to live a minimalist life?

Minimalist life is a life attitude and a way of life. Minimalism should be in all aspects, including material simplicity, information simplicity, work simplicity, etc. I am still stuck on material minimalism.

Anyone who knows minimalism knows that Steve Jobs is a perfect minimalist. For decades, Jobs had only one classic outfit: a black T-shirt and jeans. His home only had a photo of Einstein, a desk lamp, a chair and a bed.

Jobs believed in "less is more" throughout his life, and he brought minimalism to its fullest.

To keep things simple, you need to develop the habit of throwing things away regularly. Uncle Jian, a famous minimalist, insists on throwing away one thing every day and insists on not buying clothes for 2 years. All his clothes add up to only 20 pieces. Although we can't do this to the extreme, we can still insist on throwing it away every day. Start with the shabby and useless things at home. The more you throw away, the less impulsive you will be when buying things in the future.

With fewer things at home and less time spent on useless items, you can have more time to do more useful things. For example, I spend less time picking out clothes every day. Only the clothes that you like and are excited about are left in the wardrobe. You can wear any clothes on your body.

We cannot be minimalist for the sake of simplicity, and there is no need to blindly throw away some things. Everyone's living habits and living environment are different, and there is no strict number on the number of items needed for life.

As long as we keep things simple and store and organize them well, we can create a refreshing and comfortable home. Let our home be the spiritual habitat of every member of the family. In this way, our minimalism was very successful.

First, shop less, shop more, and buy things carefully that are not necessary for life.

Second, clean up your home regularly and get rid of things that you have not used for more than two years. Don't be reluctant to throw things away, it's really addictive.

Third, keep a calm mind and don’t compare. In fact, many times, comparison is the driving force for consumption. After you get to a certain age, you will find that comparison is meaningless.

When I was cleaning the house during the Chinese New Year, I found some clean bottles and cans. I thought they might still be useful, but in fact they were never used. They were just taking up space. It was time to put them away. Cleaned up.

There are also a lot of small household appliances, including juicers, yogurt machines, saucepans, etc. There are also a lot of them. These things that are not used all year round must be removed.

The human mind is like a house. If you clean it frequently, it will always be clean.

Along the way, I wake up and understand more and more that it is best to have a quiet world in your own world, without allowing more people and things to participate and disturb you.

Reluctance to let go is a disease. Reluctance to let go of the complicated circle of interpersonal communication and reluctance to give up things that have been left for a long time without being used.

Because these external things often keep us busy like a spinning top, and we usually mistakenly think that we are participating in life and living seriously.

For example, a person has traveled hard in the world for a hundred years, and he is burdened with many things that he considers important, both tangible and intangible, such as reputation, property, comparison, and jealousy. , hatred, gratitude, generosity, pride, humility, etc.

Day after day, year after year, then, he became more and more tired as he walked, and at this time, he thought, could he give up some things to make himself more relaxed?

Wu Zetian erected a monument without words, leaving the merits and demerits to future generations for comment.

Who doesn’t talk about others in front of others, and who doesn’t talk about others behind others. The self mentioned by others is not the true self. If you understand this truth, then just follow your own path and let others speak. Bar.

There is endless money in the world. The ancients said that a gentleman loves money and gets it in a proper way. If the money does not come from the right way, it will go away as it came. If you don’t believe it, look at how those corrupt officials become Prisoners, when they confessed their mistakes and cried bitterly, it was already too late.

The true nature of life is like a piece of food. If you want to make it more delicious, go for all kinds of seasonings. The more seasonings you add, the taste of the food itself will change. light.

At this time, we think carefully, do we want to eat food or seasoning? There is only one answer. What we want is food, but we are unknowingly affected by various The seasoning confused my eyes and confused my mind.

Interpersonal relationships are like waves rushing through the sand. There are only three thousand weak waters, and you only drink from one ladle. In fact, there are only two or three good friends.

Everyone knows the happiness of childhood! A caring word from others, a small toy, and a delicious meal. A new piece of clothing... can warm our hearts for a long time and leave us with endless aftertaste!

As we grow up, although we still have that childlike innocence in our hearts, we just hide it in a hidden corner of our hearts, or even never take it out again. Society is developing and people's hearts are changing. Are we really bound to be overwhelmed by the materialistic desires of the outside world? In fact, that’s not entirely true! This requires us to look for our original innocence, which is actually the simplest soul!

Food, clothing, housing and transportation are a few things that are closely related to us. Rich people have their own views, and ordinary people have their own views. "Comparing people with each other will make people angry" This is an old saying, which is what is said now: there is no harm if there is no comparison! Don't compare with others. If you really want to compare, compare with your own past. In this way, you will find that your life is much better than your previous life. Don’t worry about what you’ve lost? But think more about what you get! Once you have a clear mind and stop twisting and turning, you will definitely put down your heavy burdens and travel lightly. Can a simple life be far behind? The sunshine of happiness will come as promised!

In fact, people really need very few things, but their desires are very, very big, endless, because people are full of absolute curiosity about this strange world. Curiosity drives people to constantly explore, and they want to constantly have things they have never seen before, including all aspects of life. Therefore, people are within their own capabilities, whether it is material needs within the economic range or what their capabilities allow. and non-material needs, all showing a very large possessiveness.

This is like a child. Facing this world that he has just experienced, everything is new to him. He walks on the street and sees curious toys and beautiful clothes, but has not tried them yet. He always wanted to experience the gameplay he had played before. This novelty brought him endless stimulation and triggered all his senses.

However, after he owns it, he may be able to maintain interest in something for a day or a few days, and some may only be able to maintain interest for an hour or two. When the novelty disappears, explore The calm afterward will make him feel that everything is "just like this", and then he will turn to the pursuit of other new and strange things.

In fact, from this aspect, the pursuit of material desires in the adult world is not much different from that of children. They are all pursuing the pleasure of possession, not that they really have a need for the thing itself.

So, after understanding this, it is not difficult to live a minimalist life. When people face something new, they all want to take it as their own. Domination caused by selfish desires will give people a very strong pleasure. I have it, but others don't, and it can make people have a "me-only" feeling. The sense of nobility, however, varies according to everyone's ability. It is not possible to have everything you like. Therefore, people know how to control their desires within their abilities.

How can we achieve a minimalist life? What benefits can it bring to people?

1. If you want to own something you have never had before, you have to figure out whether you really need it, how much it will help your life, and how long you will continue to use it. , love it?

2. If you have it, will it have a huge impact on your life? If you don't have it, will it affect your long-term depression?

3. When you want to buy something, watch it again and again, watch it for more time, and learn to delay gratification. When you think about it for a period of time, you find that it is still what you want. You can start at this time, because you will completely lose the desire to own some things after seeing them many times.

4. Although I do not advocate extreme simplicity like "My home is empty", there is no need to want everything, because there are too many things in life that we cannot go to. You don’t need to have anything. If you understand this, you will be open-minded about your desires. The existence of some things is not for you to possess them, but their existence itself is a kind of beauty.

5. Make the most of every item you own, cherish it, make good use of it, and make the best use of it.

Because when we own a lot of things, we do not maximize its value, but use it or not, or use it as soon as we think of it. We can also find many substitutes like it in life, which dilutes an item. its own use value. Learn to maximize the work of one item rather than owning multiple products of the same type.

When people understand the above five points, you will be more aware of trade-offs and choices when it comes to the chaos you face in life. When you follow the simple life for a period of time, you will fall into the convenience and order it brings to your life. You will no longer have difficulty choosing, nor will you feel bored with things. Instead, you will look at the world with this mentality towards everything in life, with a heart full of compassion and the ability to maximize everything. efficiency.

When our life becomes simple and warm, you will have more insights to discover the beauty in life, and deeply experience the greatest use of everything in life, thus forming It has developed a "simple style", advocating the simple beauty in life rather than the complexity and crowding.

Simplicity, plainness and indifference are the main themes of life. Only when you remove too many desires from your life will you find the fulfillment and happiness of life.

Roll up your sleeves and work harder, our efforts have achieved results. When your life becomes easy and you have a little money in your wallet, you can't help but buy this or that. But when you buy more things, do you slowly find that you have too many useless things stored at home? Some items bring us convenience and happiness in life, but there are also items that we buy on impulse, but later find that these items are not of much use, and the accumulation of these items makes our homes less spacious. A lot of space, a home with bright windows and a warehouse-like home, which one would you prefer? It’s definitely the former. How to have a comfortable and warm home? Why don't you try minimalism?

Throw away things you don’t use and things that make you uncomfortable. Be sure to get rid of the habit of impulse shopping. Buy only what you really need. Don’t buy useless things because they are cheap or on sale. thing. If you don’t need any gifts, trial items, or souvenirs given out for various events, don’t take them into your home.

But as for minimalist things, you have to understand that what you keep is what you must use, and what you throw away is what you don’t need. There is a process for minimalist items. After this, Slowly you will know what you need most. When you start minimalism, you don’t know where to start or what you want to minimalise. You can start by throwing away garbage-level items, such as clothes that haven’t been worn in the past two or three years, expired food, and broken ones. Furniture and home appliances can be simplified. How can these items be simplified? Valuable items that can be resold can be sold online. Websites such as Zhuanzhuan and Xianyu can sell second-hand items. Clothes and bedding can be given to others or donated to those in need. On Xianyu. Flying Ants can come and pick them up for free, allowing these items to play their role in the hands of those who need them. Walk slowly and step by step, and you will find that your home is no longer a warehouse. Nowadays, supermarkets and shopping malls are everywhere. They have everything in them, and they often hold activities and special offers. You can just go and buy them when you need them. There is no need to put all these things in your home. Now House prices are so expensive. These useless items occupy a square meter, which is a lot of money! There are fewer things at home. You will save a lot of time looking for things, cleaning, and tidying up the room. During this time, you can do the things you like. A moderate minimalist life will make you simpler and more refreshing. One point, enjoy a free and comfortable life.

There is this passage on the back cover of the book "Minimalism":

I think this is the best interpretation of minimalist life.

Less is more. We have been pursuing so much that we have forgotten what we really want. I have always said that the simple happiness of childhood is hard to find anymore. The reason is probably that we want too much.

Minimize communication - communicate with people directly, clearly and clearly.

We communicate with many people a day. What are the things we really need? There must be people in life who will talk a lot to unrelated people.

For example, some people will spend a lot of time on some unimportant things, and finally find that it is really not important. People usually tell Northeastern jokes: What are you looking at? What are you looking at? If you look again, I will beat you. I think this is a kind of looking for trouble out of nothing, not communicating minimally, and giving your time, words, and energy to irrelevant people. If it were me, of course I would just walk away. I still have my own things to do.

Minimalize your work - prioritize, don't procrastinate, don't pile up, and focus on doing the most important things.

At work, things are actually not that complicated, and the solutions to problems are often simple.

I remember hearing a story that in a packaging factory, workers were required to put products in packaging boxes and seal them, but in real life, there was always the problem of empty boxes. So the factory called in various experts and calculated how to avoid this problem. Finally, they designed a solution, but it was extremely expensive. However, the problem still had to be solved. In the end, the factory director directly told the production line supervisor not to send out empty boxes again. The supervisor issued orders to the production workers. Do you know how to solve this problem in the end? In fact, it is very simple. Just put two fans on both sides of the assembly line. When there is an empty box, the fans will blow it away. Just like that, the problem was solved.

For example, how to manage a business. Many books will tell us a lot of truths, but can you explain this problem within 5 minutes? The author gives an example in the book. A professor said to investors and CEOs in a business school class: "Never cut off the capital chain." Is this a sufficient answer to that complex question?

Look for the simplest solution when solving a problem. When something happens, just ask simple questions, that is, 6W1H.

1. Who—Who?

2. What—What is the content?

3. Why—What is the reason?

4. Where—Where?

5. When—when?

6. Which—what result?

7. How—How did it happen?

Then learn to use lateral thinking patterns to solve problems. This is more conducive to thinking outside the box and discovering new ideas. There is a brain teaser, it is said that a bottle is filled with water, how to pour it out in the fastest way? Some would say pick it up and pour it, some would say pour it diagonally, but what is the correct answer: break it. This is the horizontal thinking solution model, jumping out of the routine to discover different ideas.

The simplest thing is KISS—keep it simple, stupid.

Live a minimalist life—green, healthy, slow life, give yourself some space, and say "no" to boring entertainment ".

Run every day

Read a book

Breathe fresh air

Skip social activities and spend time with your family

Eat green food and be a happy person

Only buy necessities. Note, it is a must. You only buy [呲ya] if you can’t live without it.

If you already have this item at home, don’t buy a duplicate. For example, some people like cups and buy one after another. Well, I think cups are just for drinking water. Just replace one or two and use them interchangeably. Why make a lot of them at home? If you look at them a lot, they become ornamental objects. Without the actual purpose of the cup, there is Live a simple life.

Those who can do this are those who have experienced some things. There is no certain age and state of mind that cannot reach it. Therefore, most people can just listen to the simple life.

Everyone has their own understanding and definition of minimalist life, as long as they live comfortably.