Bit of a success for Apple that this guy pared his life down to 15 things and 2 of them are Apple products.
Extreme Minimalism: this guy owns just 15 things
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Re: Extreme Minimalism: this guy owns just 15 things
#32When you go to starbucks each morning, spending $100 a month there instead of owning your own coffeemaker - it's not minimalism.
It's consumerism.
Trying living with just what he has in a 3rd world country and it's minimalism.
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#33My own experience from living out of a max 20kg suitcase is that owning too few things forces you to think about things a lot more than you would like to. Do I keep this? What do I throw away instead? Where do I get this quickly if such and such event occurs? What's the cost of buying this versus keeping/transporting it. Who can I borrow this from? Am I bothering them too much if I borrow this again? Etc, etc. My con…
Agree. I think the key idea is to minimize the time it takes to think about the things you own.
Re: Extreme Minimalism: this guy owns just 15 things
#34There is also the hipster version of this: http://theburninghouse.com/
"If your house was burning, what would you take with you? It's a conflict between what's practical, valuable and sentimental."
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#35Most Buddhist monks could easily get under the "15 things" limit-- the standard list of possessions is: three robes, an alms bowl, a cloth belt, a needle and thread, a razor for shaving the head, and a water filter.
And a dog just needs a stick. I don't think it's about competition.
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#36When you go to starbucks each morning, spending $100 a month there instead of owning your own coffeemaker - it's not minimalism. It's consumerism. Trying living with just what he has in a 3rd world country and it's minimalism.
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#37I remember reading somewhere that S. Jobs was of a similar mentality; at times he only kept a Tiffany's lamp, a chair and a bed in this apartment.
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#38Does he have health insurance? I'm guessing that's a pretty big thing.
Re: Extreme Minimalism: this guy owns just 15 things
#39Bit of a success for Apple that this guy pared his life down to 15 things and 2 of them are Apple products.
Not only that, but all his consumer electronics are made by them.
Heck, almost everything not wearable or clothe related is Apple's.
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#40There are a bunch of comments that this guy actually owns more than 15 things, and that others cope with less, and he isn't in the 3rd world etc. All true; his system isn't as extreme as the headline would have you believe.
However, I see the takeaway is that he gets by with a lot less stuff than the average person in his demographic, and I think that is something to be applauded. I know I wouldn't relish doing it like he has, but it has made me think I could get by with less.