At the end of the year, cleaning is an indispensable part of every household, but what will be the impact of such a change? Minimalist writer Naoto Shibuya bluntly said: Less things, life will become richer!
Reason to reduce things and happiness will increase
Minimalism is a way of living by deliberately reducing what you have, but some people are skeptical of the trendy-sounding name of minimalism, and some people feel that it is really necessary to reduce things.
If you ask what happiness can be created by reducing things, the lightness of travel should be one of them.
When traveling, everyone goes out with a suitcase and rests in a cleanly organized hotel. The day before the trip, I think about what to wear for sightseeing and how to match it. Since there are only a limited number of clothes that can be taken out, it is natural to choose your favorite outfit to match .
Cosmetics or regular medicines will only bring the types that are absolutely necessary, and those things that don't matter will be left at home, and if you really forget to bring them, you can also buy them locally for emergencies, in short, you will think in a positive direction as much as possible. If you can't get to it by car, you can rent a car locally, so you don't have to worry about moving.
When you arrive at your destination, you can relax and relax, take a walk in the local area with curiosity, or do some leisure activities, and you don't have to worry about family or work at all. When you go out, you can leave your luggage at the hotel or in a coin locker. When traveling, you can wear what you have to wear before departure, and you don't need to worry about dressing in the morning, this lightness and comfort is exactly what minimalists call "minimalism is happiness", and it is also a feeling that is maintained 365 days a year.
Ihara Nishizuru, a well-known haiku master and ukiyo-e writer of the Edo period, also wrote, "Those who know how to travel know how to travel and travel lightly." When you embark on a journey, simplicity is the root of mobility, and you only need to take the necessary luggage with you to know how to travel. Adding more luggage is not a difficult task per se, so reducing it is a smart option and does not require hiring a separate porter or cleaning staff.
The happiness of travel can also be shaped in everyday life. I don't know if it's because most people immediately think of subtraction when they hear words like "reduce" and "streamline", so they think that these words have nothing to do with happiness, but in fact, reducing things is also one of the means to achieve happiness.
Just through the travel thing compared to the happiness of the minimalist, but then I want to take it further from a scientific point of view ** the happiness of the minimalist. The reason why we minimalists feel that the less things we have, the happier we are, is because we can be freed from the contradiction of choice (paradox = contradiction, paradox). The paradox of choice refers to the state of mind that the more options there are, the more likely it is to feel unfortunate. According to the American psychologist Barry Schwartz, there are three disadvantages of having too many options.
A well-up feeling of powerlessness (= choice becomes a hard job).
Decreased satisfaction (= doubts or regrets about one's choice).
Excessive expectation (= increase in comparable objects).
Let's take this a step further with an example. Let's say we compared the performance of 24 jams to 6 jams in a supermarket based on the assumption that more options are more likely to improve performance. It turned out that stores with fewer options, i.e., stores with only 6 types of jams, performed 10 more than those with as many as 24 types of jams, and this result was completely contrary to the previous assumptions. This phenomenon, known as the law of jam, proves that too many options can cause consumers to abandon choices and purchases due to choice barriers.
The dizzying array of options will make consumers have the expectation that there are so many choices, so they will definitely be able to choose super delicious jams, but when there are so many jams to choose from, consumers will never be able to try them all, so beware of over-inflated expectations, then even if they choose delicious jams, they will not be satisfied.
In other words, many people think that more options are better, but from a scientific point of view, the more streamlined the choices, the better.
That's why minimalists are unanimous in their argument that life is richer with less things. It's not just a matter of reducing expenses, saving time, or lowering the cost of possessions, but when we are freed from the contradiction of choice, our thoughts will become clearer.
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