Start Your Minimalist Journey with Self-Reflection

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00:00so if you want to begin with minimalism i think the first step is self-reflection

00:05ask yourself why do you want to be minimalist what do you hope to gain from this experience

00:11do you want to save money do you want to save space do you want to save time or do you want

00:17to be more in tune with yourself once you've figured out that why and you figured out that

00:22direction that you want to go into then you can start implementing the principles of minimalism

00:28to your life one of the most popular principles of minimalism is the idea the 2020 rule so this rule

00:36states that if you haven't used an item within 20 months you haven't needed it within 20 months

00:42you probably don't need it in your life anymore and you can apply this to anything in your life

00:48not just physical items if there are projects that you haven't worked on within 20 months maybe those

00:54projects aren't for you anymore if there are hobbies that you haven't done in a long time

01:00maybe it's time to let go of them and once you start applying this to different areas of your life

01:06you'll start to see that you've been holding on to a lot of things whether that be physical items

01:13emotions memories experiences ideas thoughts people jobs anything