Hisham Sarwar
People live a minimalist life for many reasons by either embracing the lifestyle reluctantly or sometimes it is forced upon them due to low income, a lost job, or a broken relationship. But there are some people who intentionally chose to own less. By owning less and choosing a minimalist lifestyle, they lower the burden of unneeded physical possessions. This is the kind of decision that they choose every single day and own less rather than more.
By owning less you can live a better life because it brings you freedom, clarity, and an opportunity to move forward. Real life begins after putting your financial house in order.
Following are the reasons that can encourage you to embrace minimalism:
More opportunity:
What most people fail to understand that the life that they own is important and not the things that they own in it. Therefore, you should not waste time pursuing things that fade or perish with the passage of time. By owning less, you can pursue a life that is filled with joy, compassion, and contribution that stays eternal.
Saving finite resources:
In real life, you are connected to resources that are finite such as time, energy, money, attention, physical space etc. even your mental and physical capacity is limited that you use to build relationships. But when you start living a minimalist’s life, you free yourself up from all such things. It helps you to focus more on your endeavours and save more of the finite resources.
Living intentionally:
When you own less, you become more intentional in living a life by identifying your values. You stop getting swayed by artificial influences and bring your life back under your own control. The outer aspects do not influence and you shape your life as you want.
Frees up space:
Living the life of a minimalist gives you time to discover yourself. It is because by owning fewer possessions, you don’t have to waste time cleaning and organizing. You save up a lot of money by spending on things that are actually important. It helps you to examine your life and make sure you live it to the fullest. This is the reason why successful people like Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg wear the same clothes every day.
Improving the lives of others:
When you live with minimal resources, you worry less about your own gains. Because personal gains are always short-lived and do not provide complete satisfaction. On the other hand, when you live like a minimalist, you focus on improving the lives of people around you and making them happy. By helping others you gain inner satisfaction and live a happier life. As a freelancer, this is why I decided to personally train thousands of freelancers online and how they are rocking the world
New inspiration:
In today’s world, people are losing their happiness and satisfaction in pursuit of materialistic possessions. The results of these choices are causing them to suffer from anxiety, fatigue, and regret. But as a minimalist, you chose to live life without any consumerism and find new inspiration every single day.
