Who here /minimalist lifestyle/?

>having a child
>letting your wife get away with stupid shit
>being married at all
Do you enjoy being a cuck?

I enjoy myself but I don't get out of control. Every couple of months I do a sweep of the house and get rid of anything I haven't sued in a while. My grandparents are fucking hoarders so I am determined to never be like that. It's ok to have possessions though, as long as you're not attached to them. I could get up and leave my shit at any time... but it does make it convenient when I want to work on a project and already have everything I need right there.

This guy gets it

The only way to not be a cuck is to fuck women casually

Relationships are for losers

>grow up in a shit family

a-all families are shit guys nothing good can come out of it

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There you go. No excuse.

>my daddy touched my butthole and mommy didn't tuck me in: The Post.

I walk around my house naked every day.

I only have one of each eating utensil in my home along with one plate (I don't use bowls).

I have replaced all food in my life with soylent.

The only two things in my living room are a Sony VAIO laptop that my mom bought for me six years ago and a sleeping bag.

I work for Leapforce at home.

My closet is comprised of nothing but two suits that I dread wearing, because that means I'll have to wear the other one to take the one I didn't buy from Goodwill to the dry cleaners.

I shit out of my apartment window twice a day into a bush to lower my water bill.

just shit in the sink and wash it down with piss

>Relationships are for losers
the downfall of western society

Western society is the best in the world

That's why every other county copies us

Did you also delete your 10 TB of porn?

>I work for Leapforce at home.

How did you obtain this and how much do you get paid? I want to apply but it seems as if they are looking for people with degrees (unless that is how they weed out complete degenerates). All I do in my time is research, read and research some more. I don't even play video games. Any tips you could give me for getting the job?

>Any tips you could give me for getting the job?
do some research on it

Kek'd

>My grandparents are fucking hoarders

Is this something specific to that generation? It's as if grandparents passed down their hoarding ways to the boomers, who hoard like crazy.

>be almost 40
>Gf wants engagement
>no
>user, I have to tell you something
>I have cancer
>gf dies of fucking cancer
karma's a bitch. guess I'll have to be old, alone guy who pays 24 yo strippers for bjs

The Great Depression will do that to you. It either happened to them or their parents and was then passed on to them.

Yes, I think it's generational. My grandparents both grew up extremely poor, from Paterson and Newark. Throughout their lives they always bartered with people, traded favors, sold on credit etc. I can see in my mother that they passed along many of these hoarding traits- she always goes to thrift shops and buys shit to sell on ebay, but it mostly just piles up in the house.

Honestly it makes a lot of sense, seeing where they came from. If you're poor, why would you throw anything away if you could sell it? A couple bucks here, a couple bucks there, really adds up.

everything I own:

>money clip
>jacket
>sweater
>hat
>1 nice jeans 1 work jeans
>1 dress pants
>1 shoes
>4 shirts
>6 pair of sock
>glasses
>electric razor, deodorant, cologne, toothbrush, nailclippers, toothpaste floss
>1 binder and one textbook for learning math
>14 carefully selected photos of loved ones/past events as only sentimentals, rest got garbaged
>one backpack which fits all of the above

that's fucking it boys, everything else is garbage, given away or sold on kijiji.

everything I buy is from thrift store. only eat rice and beans.

people think I'm insane who know about how much stuff I have

>tfw you still think you have too much stuff and wanna throw away some shirts

forgot laptop and scientific calculator, pencils eraser

I own one pair of levi 504's, khaki pants. bunch of shirts, japanese style futon for my bed, thinkpad t420, glasses, milsurp jackets, razor. Knife and other miscellaneous shit I don't care about losing

are you fucking homeless or what?

Well I guess our grandparents had a reason to hoard, but baby boomers certainly do not.

kind of.

I have a couple fuckbuddies who's houses I can sleep at, can go to uni at any hour and 24hr gym membership.

semi homeless?

my only property is my car, and computer, and the clothes i wear. Not sure if minimalist since these are needed in day to day living, but i try to keep my belongings to a minimum

hoarding was pretty normal back when tech moved slowly enough that you could fix a thing for 50 years or more of its working life.

now things change so fast there's not much point in keeping spare parts or wholes. Things are also much cheaper and much more disposable than they used to be, a trend that's been going on for centuries.

most of us make more money as we get older though, so we hoard less. There's no point in keeping parts to repair a thing that we can just replace or pay someone to repair without any fuss.

well said.

keep emailing them. I didn't want to leave my house at all, so i just kept emailing them about it. do some amazon pajeet center shit for cents.

I'm thinking of starting a horder cleaner biz. Sooner or later that shit needs to be dealt with, either for a move, a death or some sanitary court order whatever. Just need a ef one fiddy and a second hand trailer but biz should ramp up over time as boomers age and kids don't want to deal with it. I like minimalism, I really cut down on extraneous purchases.

College Hunks Hauling Junk

Been doing this forever. I do keep a small memory box though. I just went through it the other month and found an old half of a heart necklace I got for my (now ex) gf like 5 years ago. Felt bad.

I miss you Kristen ;_;

Cheated on grill friend, she kicked me out, thought after a weekend we could make up, NOPE, she sold all my Blurays, vidya, TV, work out equipment, etc.

Now I have a laptop, bed, desk, chair, two plants and TV but you know what?

I'm happier this way; I'm living spartan.

I've lost 50 pounds since I don't eat fast food or drink soda every night, get my hair cut every 4 months, I ration my hygiene products and I use my family Netflix and Hulu account.

Oh plus pirates, games and music.

But my saving account is growing and I'd like to buy a condo one day.

I like it.

I've already got one of those businesses.

Most of the work I do is cleaning the stuff people leave behind in foreclosed houses.

pretty good work, I average around $3000 per day when I can do that kind of thing.

My negro.

>frugal minimalist
>don't impulse buy anything, buy very little at all
>when I actually need something I buy it at high quality so it lasts. I unironically own a $30 pair of underwear and plan on getting several more when I can be assed to
>room is always clean, simply nothing much to be messy
>have everything I need
>room is mostly empty, that brilliantly clean look of hardwood floor
>never buy anything unless i need it, no "quirky" or "neat" junk around, don't buy shit just "because"
>buy used when possible
>repair what I have including clothing, easier to spend 20 minutes fixing a hole in some pants than having to find a store, go there, try on shit, buy it, haul it home, cut tags off, and dispose of old item
>can't really lose anything because it will be in one of like three places, no junk to hide in
>no tv, no cable bill, no subscriptions, only bills are cell, internet, rent, groceries
>no car, simply use bike, never have to worry about car maintenance or running it to repair shops
>never pay for parking (lol at carcucks)
>bike repair guy actually lives in my building, if I get an issue I can't fix I go upstairs and knock on his door
>bike keeps me in shape on top of it
>choose low-technology options that are simple, mechanically sound, and last for years or a lifetime as opposed to fancy junk
>no keurig or coffeepot, just put it in a reused jar and coldbrew it overnight
>no gimmicky one-use items in kitchen like fucking popcorn machines, panini presses, egg grillers, watermelon knives, mixer machine (just use a fucking spoon you lazy shit), ice cream maker, bread machine, etc that normies buy and let go to dust when they realize it isn't a magic fairy of cooking
>don't keep a bunch of broken junk around
>don't buy new editions of things, just buy when my old one breaks past repair/use
>no stress at all, totally chill lifestyle

Should mention my dad's tale.
>he buys a house, neighborhood falls to the black plague if you understand me
>house isn't worth half of what he bought it for
>he's actually underwater because he kept reverse mortgaging or refinancing or whatever dumbassery he got himself into
>wants to move, hates the hood, full of detroit level crime
>has the entire 3 bedroom, full attic, full basement, plus yard plus shed plus other shed plus RV full of his junk
>dusty old crap that hasn't been touched in over 20 years
>he wanted to move to a trailer but literally cannot because all his stuff
>I've been through the shit and seen it, most of it is worthless or outright hazardous
>clothing in attic is moth eaten and full of mouse shit, unusable
>still has electronics (the cheap junk kind that no one wants) from the 90s, mostly broken
>has rusted, broken tools
>has stuff with parts missing, rendering it worthless
>has dollar store kid toys from when I was an infant
>has cages from pets that have been dead since before I hit puberty, rusted and dusty of course
>has accumulated junk like mostly-rotten scrap wood, broken lawnmowers, the handle from a broken shovel, piles of old magazines, vhs tapes, sports equipment that haven't been used in 10 years, etc
>his junk hoard is keeping him chained to this hood house thats worth keeps declining every year
>if not for the junk he could have sold it when the plague was first creeping in ten years ago and rolled out
>now his house lost so much value he'd be better off torching it
>on top of his shit finances (he has 35k of personal debt as well as the house issue) he is an impulse buyer
>goes on online shopping sprees nearly every day, buys a bunch of fucking junk that never gets used
>buys collector coins as his only form of "investment" that will never sell for as much as he bought them for
>I know, I tried
>someday I will inherit this castle of junk

This is how it is with my parents. At this point I've accepted that they're complete fuckups and will never not be hoarders, never get themselves in good physical shape again, and never conquer any of their demons. They're both on the long downhill slope and it will, literally, never get better.

I'm just dreading when they finally die and I'll have to clean up all of the fucking *shit* in their houses. The one they live in has shit piled, literally, to the ceiling in some rooms.

It makes me so angry and I can't wait to be completely financially independent of them. You can be damn sure when I have kids in the future, they aren't visiting their grandparents' house if it continues to look like this and they continue to live like this.

My dad has all the rooms in the house piled with boxes upon boxes of junk. Every time I go there it looks worse. He made excuses at first like he was "getting ready to move." It's been years nigga you ain't moving anywhere. He has no kids in the house but has piles of children's books, toys, and vhs tapes in the living room. There hasn't been a child in the house since I was a child. It's literally impossible to clean the house in the state it's in, there's just dust everywhere.

On the other hand I love cleaning and disposing of junk. When he kicks it (I'm an only child) I'll just put a dumpster in front of the place and haul it all out. It's so satisfying and I'll get a great workout.

You can't say anything to him, he's set in his ways. My mom (they're separated) I got to read that marie kondo book, so there's hope for her yet. She used to be a hoarder but massively reformed.

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>On the other hand I love cleaning and disposing of junk.
Kek, this is what forced me out of my parents' house as soon as I was able to. We would literally fight on a daily basis because they'd keep old newspapers and magazines, fill my room with shit because they ran out of other space to put it, and (disgustingly) refused to throw out rotten, moldy food in the fridge. There's stuff still in their fridge, today, right now, that expired before the year 2000. I'm not even kidding.

I grew up being embarrassed of my house and family and I can count on one hand the number of times I had friends come over. I can't blame them for all my troubles growing up, but things would be different, they'd be quite a bit different, if I had had a house that I could've invited people to. That's why I love cleaning up, staying organized. I will *never* live like that again, and I will fucking not force my kids (whenever I have them) to grow up like that.

There is a distinction to be drawn between minimalism and essentialism.

IMO, minimalism is more of an aesthetic, whereas essentialism is a lifestyle.

I think it's best to take from both, and discard what's impractical/superfluous.

For most people, it's just best to declutter and organize your stuff.

Super minimal.

1BR apartment, bed comes down from the wall. Driving a little Honda SUV.

Feels pretty good.

Only think I splurge on is food. I'll buy a $50 meal without blinking. I consider it an investment. On the other hand, I've been working out in the same Nike shoes for like 4 years. I wash them when they get dirty.

I worked for a guy once doing that, looked like he made bank. Had like 10 of us clean an abandoned home for 100 bucks each, must have charged way more than that.

I assumed this was infinity chan but it isn't. The fuck is worse than infinity?

its just a phase? if not, how long you are practice this life style?

>The-chan-that-must-not-be-named

8? Or are you talking something else?

Feels bad man. My parents kept boxes of their shit in my room, too. But I was young and dumb and didn't realize it was weird at the time. After I moved out my dad somehow filled my old room with piles of junk. I don't even know where the fuck he gets it all. He kept my old mattress, for example, that was cheap to begin with, ten years old, and, well, it's a very used mattress. Like why. Why?

I also knew my friend's family well. They had a massive fridge, a second fridge, AND a chest freezer stuffed full. Sometimes I would dig through and find shit that was expired years ago. They never eat through anything, just buy more. They buy on sale to "stock up" but never eat any of it.

Both.

You guys realize this is a psychological condition, most likely an addiction, that could be improved through psychotherapy?

Also for >marie kondo book
You mean "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing"?
Pic related, the author.

My girlfriend is pregnant and my minimal life and dreams are about to come crashing down, here was my framework before

>1 BR apartment
>Bed, couch, one dresser, coffee table, cooking supplies and groceries
>Laptop and phone, no unnecessary electronics, no TV, jam box for loud music
>Car is paid off, 2007 sonata, will drive until it dies
>$20K in the bank, no debt, 24 years old
>Make $3K per month as an office manager, bills are $1200 per month
>Save as much as possible
>Gym membership where I use the sauna, swim, shower, shave, etc. Rarely use home shower
>A pair of loafers and a pair of sneakers, no other shoes
>4 button ups, 3 polos, about 6 t-shirts
>2 pairs of shorts, 2 pairs of workout shorts, a pair of jeans
>3-4 pairs of boxers and a handful of socks
>Have some essential oils and burners so that I can meditate to the scent, I also grow plants on my balcony

I worked so hard to create a life that was pure bliss. Now my GF is pregnant and is destroying it. I'm being physically abused pretty much every day, getting bruises and black eyes. I haven't ever hit her, she's just really fucking crazy.

From a spiritual stance I see her as this big ball of negative energy. I should have broken up with her a long time ago but I feel stuck now. My family has already expressed that they will support me if I decide to leave, but I fucking love this little baby even though I've never met him.

If you are living this life, enjoy it. Use it as a way to catapult into traveling and mini-retirements.

Soap?

Yes, quite obviously that's what I meant. She's qt on top of it.

I don't care if it's an "addiction", they should handle their fucking issues, or at least accept my help. Even when I tried cleaning my OWN room as a kid he would fetch the junk out of the trash. I lived in a hoarder den of a room all my childhood because he wouldn't allow me to throw out anything, not even a ratty old sock. I don't give a fuck if it's a condishun. Recognize you're a nut and get help in that case instead of making your kid deal with it. Are you also an apologist for crack addicts?

m8 don't let a bitch hit you, that's retarded. Call the police on her the next time. She'll either learn or she'll get put in jail. Then YOU get to be the caretaker of the kid while she's doing time. Do you go out of your way to try to be a victim?

>into traveling and mini-retirements.

I am my brother.

>getting bruises and black eyes
Can't you just fucking grab her hand in mid-air and tell her to stop that shit?

>Recognize you're a nut and get help
You understand that this is not how it works, right? If they're truly addicted, they get the kicks from hoarding and probably are AFRAID to stop. They won't seek help on their own because most likely they don't ever wanna drop the habit.

>You guys realize this is a psychological condition, most likely an addiction, that could be improved through psychotherapy?
Oh absolutely. I've asked my mom a few times now to see an actual psychologist - NOT a therapist, an actual PhD psychologist. She just gets pissed off. My dad really isn't the hoarder, he just doesn't take care of himself. I've talked to him about getting healthy but it's the same thing; he just gets defensive and "well I've been walking every day and I eat less now and etc etc"

Basically I'm just venting and I can't wait to be completely separated from them. I still want to see them for holidays and stuff but I do not want to be living in a house they own, I don't want to be driving a car they own, I want to be completely independent from them.

Not that easy unfortunately. Where I'm from, I could have bruises all over and if the police came than she could just say that I raped her, that I pushed/hit her, and I would go to jail instead of her. My area is horrendously sexist for assault cases. I am creating a paper trail and taking photos/notes on when things happen, just in case something ever comes up

I do, I was being a bit dramatic but I do get bruises on my arms. I always let her hit me before I stop or use defensive tactics.

He bitched me out every time I tried to help him. Look I don't give a fuck. I used to have issues of my own, I recognized them, I fucking dealt with them and the problem is solved now. I have NO sympathy for weaklings and cowards who can't get their own shit together.

>I am my brother.
Good, that's what life is all about. Enjoy it while you can and don't set yourself up to get held down by anything or anyone.

I never realized how important it is to make good choices until I had something drastic like this happen which will cloud my life until the day I die. You get one shot at this life, and I just fucked mine up.

>I unironically own a $30 pair of underwear

I have a pair of these for every day of the week

what chan ya dungus

>she'll get put in jail

>putting a prego in jail

Lol the bitch knows she's immune now.

Do NOT let her be the fucking dominant partner you stupid cuck. You think you got to where you are by being a fucking beta? Fuck no. Show her your dominance and show her YOU control EVERY aspect of her livelihood. If she doesn't fucking come around, she's going to keep continuing to do this. If she does hit you again and cause visible marks, don't call the police but instead get a meeting with a lawyer about all your options because if this cunt is hitting you when times are good then who the fuck knows what she'll do when times are bad. Perhaps you might love the baby but you don't love her. Get your shit sorted out, it's time to put that saved money to good use. You might have to pay child support for 18 years now if she doesn't decide to run away. Next time you want a kid, look for a surrogate and raise it yourself, you're getting a taste of the later stages of marriage life. This generation is too fucked to understand what marriage is supposed to be like.

It's 8

>Björn Borg

>Make $3K per month as an office manager
>A pair of loafers and a pair of sneakers, no other shoes

what bizzarro world do you live in?

>minimalism is for the rich, check your privilege!
ok i guess im rich, cuck

chuck it, you dont need it. useless crap and emotional baggage will get you no where.

i get asked, i just tell people "she died in a plane crash"

after the "i don't want to talk about it" cues, i end it with "i guess its better that way"

just fucking chuck it. she's sure as hell not crying over your sorry ass.

I suck at being /min/. Those are the shoes i currently have
>suit shoes
>winter boots
>sneakers for everyday wear
>running shoes
>clip pedal shoes for biking
>hiking boots
>pair of birkenstocks for summer
I don't want to miss any of those. What do "minimalist" people even do in their freetime?

enjoy suicide in a couple of years from loneliness

>31
>no gf
>no car
>vasectomy
>dont drink
>small apt in the city
>saving $3k per month
>will be done wagecucking in the next 5 years

how many cucks per hour?

Is this a hidden lewd "i'm wearing no underwear" thing?

post about it online.

I own a business and have too many tools/equipment/machinery, I can't live that lifestyle.

This book has changed my life.

I had some problems with throwing away stuff but now it isn't problem for me. But I should deffinitely throw away more.

I wish my gf reads this book, I think it would help her. She has way too much stuff and especially clothes she doesn't wear.

And her father should deffinitely read it but he "doesn't read books".
When I visited her father's house I was literally triggered. He is divorced for like 6 years and he still isn't over it and he drinks because of it. He is fat, has diabetes, but does nothing to get better. His house is messy but it could be worse. It was. I shouldn't have gone to the basement. Its filled with junk, boxes, unwashed clothes, broken stuff etc.
Also he collects clocks and watches - the living room is filled with them and every one of them is ticking. And like 6 of them are striking each half a hour.

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forget about netflix
just type in the series or movie you like to
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he could probably fit all that shit in his car if he put down the back seats
pretty good as furniture goes

>not being touched by daddy
he never really loved you

where do you get your mail?

in a materialistic world, being a minimalist is hard. you get judged, you get looked down upon, you get taken for granted.
IDK where you're from, but in the shithole I'm in, people see your value based on what expensive shit you have. Doesn't matter if you have a moolion dollers, if you have a small house you're poor...if you are a direct retailer you're desperate...shit, Philippines suck.

- thanks Bro
Back again to piss on OP. Minimalism isn't about having basic shit level stuff. Minimalism is about having the best you can afford without wasting resources on items you won't maximize your use of. Even the 10 item wardrobe isn't strictly 10 items. The items certainly aren't fucking Levis from Walmart.

Lol you dumb cucks.

>be me
>drive a maserati
>own a nice house in a white gated community
>fuck all the girls i want
>eat luxury foods

Hahahahahah

pretty cool. what have you been doing with your time?

you don't own a comb?????????

what is luxury food? not even trolling either

when you use a knife and fork
yknow like KFC and pizza

I live frugally, but I just prefer being a bit frugal and saving money. I have a car though, which is my biggest money sink. I like out in the sticks, so it's a necessity, but still.