Actually, it’s great for everybody.
FYI, when I say I’ll do something tomorrow on a Saturday, it means I’ll do it on Monday. I suck at remembering which day, date, or time it is. Actually, I am terrible with names and numbers in any form.
Now, on to today’s edition…
Introverts are super reactive to noise and by noise, I mean anything that seems pointless.
It could be small talk, exchanging greetings or a pretentious speech from a politician about how much they care for the people.
Absence of noise makes it easy to organize your thoughts and ideas because there is nothing cluttering your mind.
And a decluttered mind often reflects in everything around you – your organized desk, cupboard, furniture, and your desktop – they all follow a pattern of looking clean.
In fact, it works both ways. When you look at clean and organized surroundings, your mind automatically feels relieved and light.
Empty spaces are so calming and relaxing.
They also reduce decision fatigue by not making you decide which piece of furniture to settle your ass on when all you have is a bean bag.
Decision fatigue is the way you feel tired after making a certain number of decisions in a day (also the reason some big shots wear same color hoodies every day).
The absence of a spare chair also means nobody in the house can sit near you and bother you while you want to live in solitude, lost in imagination.
So, basically, anything you don’t really need is a burden on you, and you should get rid of them.
Because eventually you’d realize that possession of something owns you rather than the other way around.
No need to believe my words, learn from a little exercise:
Next time you sell something you’re hoping to replace – your furniture, some gadget, or a fancy showpiece, wait for a month before buying a new one.
If you feel that not having it means less work cleaning, maintaining, and keeping on possessing it, you can consider not buying a new one at all.
If it makes you feel less cluttered, proactively get rid of everything unnecessary that you haven’t really used for a year – old books, clothes, accessories and so on.
Some items could be hard to let go of because of the memories associated with them. Consider giving them away to someone you know, who would use them more often than you do.
It’s like giving your pet away for adoption when you’re moving abroad. You can revisit whenever you want.
If you happen to embrace minimalism, I’d love to know how it’s going.
I am slowly getting used to the idea myself and learning to let go.
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