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A person’s home can say so much more about them than words could manage. If someone’s house is messy, cramped, full to the brim with things they don’t care about- it’s often the case that their brain is feeling the same way. In a tidier, more straightforward, home, a person gains the space to breathe and let their creativity and thoughts flow smoothly. Although this isn’t always the case, it’s essential to consider if your living space could be what’s gunking up your mind.
Here’s why a minimalist approach to home decor may be for you.
You’re Easily Overwhelmed
When staring down to extremes, options that are both appealing but vastly different, do you find yourself stressed? Are choices something that you hate having to do, even for small things? If so, then paring down on your belongings may be what you need. A person’s brain can only process so much information in a day. Don’t overwhelm yours by asking too much of it.
Minimalism and owning fewer things means that you have less to choose from when you need to make a decision. Your home will have clear pathways, concise decoration, and decision making will get to get spent on more important things than whether you need that massive mirror for an already cluttered room.
You Have a Strict Budget
Minimalism isn’t just about owning fewer things. It’s also about making sure those things are of good quality. By buying couches, tables, beds that are higher quality- you’ll save yourself money in the long term on not having to buy replacements. Clutter, small purchases of a couple more paintings or another lamp, or a couple of vases, may seem cheap while you’re doing it- but it hits your wallet long-term.
Space out your purchases, and put that money towards significant long-lasting investments, instead of a ton of tiny and flighty buys.
You’re In Tight Quarters
If you already don’t have much space, then filling it to the bring with junk isn’t going to help you. Instead of thinking about getting a house and researching houses for sale in Vancouver, to make more room for more junk- consider if any of it’s improving your life. Do you need that weird bust of an ancient person, or did you buy it because there was an empty spot on your mantle?
People do need things, possessions help ground us in our surroundings- it’s part of how we express ourselves, but you’re not expressing yourself by filling a bookshelf to the brim with DVDs you might not even watch.
You Lose Things
This idea should be obvious, but if you keep losing things that are important to you, then you’re holding too many things that aren’t. Everything in your home should have a place of its own, a spot where it belongs. Although this is possible in a cluttered home, in an organized and minimalist home, you’re more likely to be able to locate everything.
Instead of losing things, you’ll know that everything is right where it should be, and you’ll be relieved of the stress of searching for your keys when you’re already late.
