What is minimalist lifestyle?

Petter Pan

5 weeks ago

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00:00Hey guys, what is going on? Welcome back to the channel.

00:04In today's video, we will talk about the very first episode of Minimalist Monday series.

00:10So this is going to be the first out of many videos that we are gone, not do on Mondays,

00:16me and my friend Mateo. But before we begin with the video, if you guys haven't already,

00:22make sure to leave a like down below and subscribe for more content.

00:26So today we will talk about what is a minimalist lifestyle.

00:30This is actually one of the first questions that I got when I started this channel.

00:35But I feel like it is still a question that people have today because if you type in minimalism into

00:41YouTube, you get so many different types of videos. And I think that can be pretty overwhelming for

00:48someone who is just starting out. So for me, minimalism isn't really something that you follow

00:54or a certain way that your house should look like. For me, minimalism is really a mindset and a way

01:01of approaching problems and a way of living that helps you focus on what is important. It helps you

01:08live a life by design and not by default. Because when you don't know how to do something, you kind

01:14of just go with whatever is happening. You kind of fall into the trap where society tells you what

01:20you should be doing, how you should be living, what you should own, what you shouldn't own, how you

01:26should spend your time, etc. And then you end up living this life just like everyone else. And you

01:33kind of don't have any purpose in what you're doing. You're not even questioning things. You're not

01:38even thinking, hey, maybe this isn't for me. Maybe I would rather do something else instead. And then

01:45you end up doing something that you hate for the majority of your life. And I don't think that that's

01:49okay. And minimalism teaches you to think for yourself, teaches you to sit down and decide what do you

01:56want out of life? What makes you happy? What doesn't make you happy? And then you start removing things

02:02in your life that distract you from that goal. So for me, minimalism is all about living with

02:09intention. And it's something that is super personal. There is no right or wrong way to do it. For example,

02:16I decided that I wanted to move into a van. And that's what I did. But for you, maybe minimalism means

02:23that you decide to buy less stuff, but you're still living in a normal apartment or house. Maybe minimalism

02:30for you means that you want to travel the world and see new places and meet new people. But it's

02:35also fine. Maybe minimalism for you means that you want to spend more time with family and friends and

02:42less time on social media. Whatever that thing is that helps you live a life by design and not by

02:49default is your minimalist lifestyle. I think that minimalism really begins with you understanding

02:55yourself, knowing what is important to you, what is not important to you. So if you want to begin

03:02with minimalism, I think the first step is self-reflection. Ask yourself, why do you want to

03:08be minimalist? What do you hope to gain from this experience? Do you want to save money? Do you want

03:14to save space? Do you want to save time? Or do you want to be more in tune with yourself? Once you figured

03:21out that why and you figured out that direction that you want to go into, then you can start

03:27implementing the principles of minimalism into your life. One of the most popular principles of

03:33minimalism is the idea, the 2020 rule. So this rule states that if you haven't used an item within 20

03:40months, you haven't needed it within 20 months, you probably don't need it in your life anymore.

03:46And you can apply this to anything in your life, not just physical items. If there are projects that

03:52you haven't worked on within 20 months, maybe those projects aren't for you anymore. If there are

03:58hobbies that you haven't done in a long time, maybe it's time to let go of them. And once you start

04:05applying this to different areas of your life, you'll start to see that you've been holding on to a lot of

04:11things. Whether that be physical items, emotions, memories, experiences, ideas, thoughts, people,

04:19jobs, anything. And you realize that you do and actually need some of these things to be happy

04:25and to live your life. Another principle of minimalism that I like to use is called eat the frog.

04:32And basically this means that you want to not tackle the hardest task in your day first thing in the

04:36morning so that you do unprocrastinated. So for me, I get up at 5am and by 6am, I'm already working.

04:45And the first thing that I always do in the morning is work on my hardest task. So usually that's

04:52filming a video. And I always get it done first thing in the morning so that I do it, keep postponing

04:57it. And then once that task is complete, I can relax for the rest of the day. The next principle is called

05:05auto-reject. And essentially, this means that you don't need to say yes to every single opportunity

05:11that comes your way. Just because something sounds exciting or just because other people are doing it,

05:18it doesn't mean you have to say yes to it. You should ask yourself, does this align with my goals?

05:24Does this align with my values? Is this something that I actually want to do? And if the answer is no,

05:31then you can auto-reject it. And I think that this is such a hard thing for many people to do

05:37because a lot of us are raised to think that saying no is rude. Saying no makes you come off as a bad

05:44person. But no, it doesn't. You should say no to things so you can focus on what is important to you.

05:51The next principle is called single purpose. And basically, this means that you want to have one

05:57reason for doing something. You want to have one reason for buying something, one reason for wearing

06:04something, one reason for eating something, one reason for watching something, one reason for reading

06:10something. And you want to make sure that everything that you do in your life aligns with your overall

06:16goal. So if you want to be a musician and you're spending all your time playing video games, then playing

06:24video games doesn't align with your overall goal of becoming a musician. Or if you want to become a

06:30writer and you're spending all your time scrolling on social media, then scrolling on social media

06:37doesn't align with your overall goal. So you really want to make sure that every activity that you're

06:43redoing has a purpose and that purpose should align with your main goal. The next principle is one that

06:49I made up and it's called delayed gratification. And basically, this means that you want to delay

06:55small pleasures now in order to enjoy bigger pleasures later. So if you really want to get

07:01into that ice cream right now, that you know that you have a dentist appointment in two weeks and you

07:07don't want to ruin your ice cream, then you're going to delay that small pleasure now in order to enjoy

07:12a bigger pleasure later. And I think that this is a great principle because a lot of things in our life

07:18are based on delayed gratification. Like the fact that we study now in school so that we can have

07:25better jobs later. The fact that we exercise now so that we can have better health later.

07:31We read books now so that we can gain knowledge that will help us later in life.

07:36So I think delayed gratification is a really important principle to understand and it is something

07:43that separates winners from losers.

07:44And the last principle that I want to talk about today is one that I also created and is called

07:53radical acceptance. And essentially, this means accepting things as they are and not as you wish

07:59they were. A lot of people spend their entire lives wishing that things were different, wishing that

08:06they had more money, wishing that they had a different family, wishing that they were skinnier,

08:11taller, smarter, prettier. And I think that this is a waste of life because things are how they are

08:18for a reason. Everything happens for a reason. And instead of focusing on how you wish things were

08:24different, you should focus on accepting things as they are and making the best out of your situation.

08:30So those are the principles that I use in my daily life. If you guys want me to make a more in-depth

08:37video on any of these principles, let me know down below. Also, if you enjoyed this video, make sure to

08:45hit that thumbs up button and subscribe for more content. Thank you so much for watching and until

08:51next time, see you guys later. Bye!

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