I think the stigma comes around other minimalist influencers (not you) who seem to focus more on purging stuff rather than not buying stuff in the first place. I'm always shocked how frequently they do decluttering videos. It seems like a lot of shopping is still happening in some households that identify as minimalists
This for sure! "I'm going to declutter all this stuff...follow me as I do so!" Followed by a video about.... "Hey, check out my latest weekly Amazon haul!" "Check out my haul of all the cool things I picked up from IKEA/Dollar Tree/make-up store/craft store, etc.."
Yeah, I saw one about “what to declutter in February “ which told people to get rid of things they bought in the January sales. I’m like “I didn’t buy anything in the January sales because I’m a minimalist”. Duh. Such a wasteful cycle of consumerism.
I’ve bumped into similar comments on the other minimalist channels too. I’ve come down to the idea that each person who wrestles with the idea- may be creating their own excuses to not try a new scary idea. My project 333 is me using & wearing my carefully chosen clothes year after year. It’s colourful but based on a neutral core. I use the same cheap cleaners and rarely change because they work. It’s a mix of vinegar and soda with dollar store microfibre and cleaning concentrate (ZEP) from Home Depot. Laundry detergent and dish liquid from Costco or Walmart home brands. The look of quality comes from a calm cohesive series of daily decisions to conserve and buy the best one can afford.
I personally like the natural neutral style. I have OCD and anxiety and the calm surroundings help me relax, when I am surrounded by bold colors and busy patterns my brain can’t stop looking at it and finding flaws lol. Different things work for different people! I’ll stick with my boring style haha
Great balanced video! We're a large family on a VERY fixed budget. Minimalism helped me so much mentally being in s smaller home with a big family. We thrift quality as often as possible. Example, my daughter needed jeans, I got her a beautiful pair of Land's End jeans for $6 instead of $80 retail.
Sometimes it’s a combination of misunderstanding minimalism- plus the very human pushback against the unknown scary idea. In other words excuses to avoid potential changes. You said it compassionately and correctly.
I think ppl lean into the idea that minimalism is a thing for the rich because there is actually a real conscious choice to it. “I have money but I will choose not to buy more stuff” vs ”I don’t have money, I need to choose carefully what stuff I buy”
Isn’t it both for everybody? Shouldn’t everyone make a conscious choice of where to put their money, time & energy? Minimalism is a lifestyle, it is to make better time, energy and space for both were you live, your loved ones as well as in your in your calender or any other aspect of life. To make life less stressful and more enjoyable.
I agree that minimalism make life less stressful, but it’s also not for everyone. Some people are maximalist. But both sentences do not apply to everyone. In one you choose to not have ten throw pillows, in the other you can’t afford to have ten throw pillows.
@@hellostranger9742 yes, I agree. But even maximalists with lots of money have to spend carefully! No one has an unlimited amount of money, space & time. I also agree that if people have very little money they can’t buy as much. But what they spend their money on should still be wisely done! My point was that rich people perhaps shouldn’t buy so much. There is only one earth and we are not using the resourses wisely! Especially rich people and rich countries!
I was poor when I started looking into minimalism and now feel I have a focus on my plan to get rid of debt and the intention of purchases is helping alot. Thank you as minimalism is helping me feel richer and less stressed ❤👍❤
I’m definitely not rich but I’m not poor either. I just made the decision after a move that I owed too much stuff and wanted to reduce the amount. I have a pretty stressful job and decluttering and living a more minimal lifestyle lowered my stress levels. Nobody needs 40 teaspoons lol
Great video!! I loved your response, so thank you for sharing your view of this lifestyle. For me, I love minimalism because of the calm it creates in my home. I’m still on my journey, have a long way to go, but the release of extra items in my home has been so soothing to me. I think minimalism is for whoever enjoys a life of less. Rich, poor, working, retired, doesn’t matter. I love the lifestyle of less. Thank you again for introducing me to a holistic, clutter free space.
I loved this video. I think that a lot of people feel like minimalism is a threat to them and that they are being judged for owning a lot of items. So instead they attack it without even understanding the roots of it and not realizing that it could solve a lot of problems regardless of what economic status they fall into. I'm not rich by any means but minimalism has taught me that less is actually more. When I do add things to my wardrobe or home it is with intention and always coming from a wishlist. This way I plan and budget for it and make sure it will be something that I actually need and will get much use out of. I haven't had buyers remorse since going about it this way. Also, I agree that there is not one way to do minimalism. I'm not really a neutral tone type of person. I have painted both my bedroom and kitchen in bright colors but because I was strategic with the types of furniture and textures I placed within the rooms they still have a minimalist, calming and welcoming vibe.
I adapted minimalism ten years ago when I was a college student and money was tight. Back then it helped me to focus on the bigger picture, spending money wisely and looking for the things I wanted second hand for a fraction of the price of the original cost. I never felt poor. I sold a lot of my stuff back then, too. It definitely helped with my budget. Now that my budget isn't so tight anymore minimalism helps me even more. During the last ten years I was able to find out who I am and what matters to me. This prevents me from overspending now, I don't feel the pressure to have certain things, because of all the mental work I was able to do. I know what I need, I know myself, I am comfortable with who I am and I have a good feeling for what truly adds value to my life. It was a huge win for me to adapt this lifestyle early on, I saved myself from accumulating a lot of junk, having the discomfort of a cluttered home and all the negative side effects that come with it and not so much time to spend on decluttering, because now that money isn't tight anymore time definitley is.
I wonder if people getting annoyed with rich people thrift shopping is because they can afford to pay more but are buying the cheaper option and taking that option away from poorer people. For example, if a shop has a £10 chair that they sell to a rich person, the next customer could be a poorer person who needed a chair but it’s gone now. Rich people buying second hand pushes up the prices of second hand goods as retailers can increase prices as they know that their stuff is selling well at the moment. Perhaps people who always thrift shop or have to thrift shop may not like the shops being more popular.
I have a pretty minimalistic home. Financial minimalism is amazing as a low income women/mom/wife helping me feel like I could have a good life and less thoughts of more is better but rather more is just more, goal is contentment. Ascetic minimalism is often feels out of reach if you don’t have the money to have the items you love. I appreciate a home that everything has a place, and a used item being more valuable than a useful item. Sustainable is less my goal but more a byproduct of more simple living.
I don’t think it has anything to do with being poor or rich, just like you said. I used to have a very stressful job and had a good income and I bought lots of stuff, then I got sick and lost my job. I didn’t have all that much money but still bought all kind of stuff and got myself into debt deeply. I needed that to realise what I had been doing with my life...buying just to feel better and now having so much stuff that I got depressed of all this stuff. So I started decluttering and slowly came the feeling that I love to live with less and only keeping the things I really use...so minimalism.
I can understand why you hesitated to do this video. I value the fact that I pick up bits and pieces of great information from all the different people I choose to follow.
Before I watch lol. I think it’s like anything else. A philosophy or belief. And those can be adopted by the rich or the poor or anything in between. Great points tho. I still can’t even imagine ever spending $1800 a year on clothes. Not Bcuz I’m poor tho. Lol. I have been near destitute before also so I haven’t always had it so good. But I just fail to see the point paying too much for anything really. Esp not for anything like clothes or some basic household items. Main rule of thumb for me is thrift first and see what’s out there if I need a thing. People can turn their noses up at us thrift store rats, but I often get better quality there than I can find anything new. And for so much less. My last trip was some cool bins. The paper was still on them. Lol. It said “Made in Sweden” and I guess it originally came with a 10 year warranty. 😂😂 You can tell they are way better than my usual $3 Dollar Tree “go to” bins. And yah. Thrift store. They were $4 each. Lol I got 3 large and 3 small. The small ones were another brand but also not the cheap Made in China stuff. 😂😂 I didn’t really have it so bad as a poor girl once I learned how to hunt for mind blowing deals. 😂😂The only diff was that I had to put more time and effort into hunting down the good stuff that didn’t cost me near as much as it normally goes for and hunting for the right stores and coupons and rebates and perks and so on (as well as thrift and freebie scavenging lol). I just had to get more creative and work harder at it. My point being is that it’s all relative. A used Gucci is still a Gucci. Lol. (Although back then I was super happy with things like Coach or Eddie Bauer or CK or Anne Klein etc. And it’s also about perspective as well. You can still be very intentional even if you’ve only got a few slim dollars extra to work with.
I think that there is a disconnect between different types of minimalism. And I'm going to oversimplify here but there's Minimalism as Aesthetic and Minimalism as Intentional Living. A lot of "Minimalism is for the rich" comes out of the aesthetic movement, which presents minimalism as an aspirational ideal, and it's that aesthetic that particularly draws out the culture and style criticism, because of the sterility and lack of ornament inherent in the Aesthetic as it is popularly presented (and in particularly, the lack of color, in multiple ways). You tend to come from a Intentional Living viewpoint, which is more flexible, but also can have it's contradictions. This is less fleshed out in my head, but the contradictions often involve time as a concept/currency. (I came to Minimalism from Simple/Slow Living Movement myself that sort of predated and was engulfed by Minimalism as a buzzword)
Honestly, there was a time when minimalism felt like it was only for the rich. Part of that was because of the Marie Kondo idea that everything you own needs to strike joy. Often when most of your stuff has been given to you, it doesn’t strike joy. The idea of getting rid of anything that I didn’t LOVE was not helpful. When I realized that minimalism was more than Marie Kondo then I was able to wrap my mind around being a minimalist and having what I used whether I felt joy with it or not. I also feel that when you’re poor, getting rid of things that WILL BE used is not doable. More wealthy minimalists can send things on that don’t fit now or are “extras” while being less able to replace them is something that is an actual concern for less wealthy. That being said, I also started minimalism while being pretty poor. In fact, my seven person family was living with my parents. Becoming minimalist enhanced the space I had (which was not much), allowed me to give (which felt amazing), and allowed me to have more time (which is in short supply when you’re low on funds).
Marie Kondo is not and never promoted minimalism. She was helping people that were overwhelmed with having too much stuff and didn't know where to begin. She never told people to get rid of their stuff only to keep what sparks joy. You can find joy in things that were given to you. The fact that someone thought enough of you to share what they have with you should make you feel good just for that reason alone. That is where wabi sabi comes in. Find the beauty in what may appear flawed to you.
I think one of the reasons why people think minimalism is for rich people only is because a lot of minimalist influencers portray the aesthetic minimalism and not the real meaning of it. I must say that I don’t see minimalist influencers that shows the reality of their lives.
Everyone has something they feel they need to criticize. The people criticizing this and assuming wrongly that it is only for the rich obviously don't get what the idea is. For some, minimalism is about saving money. For others it may be for their mental well being. If you're doing it because it's "trendy"--you're doing it for the wrong reason.
I understand your points. It’s not that I disagree but I do think that online influencer minimalism has become toxic including an elitist trend. The part that bothers me the most is the competitive nature that’s developed. It’s become almost absurd enough to be an SNL skit. I don’t want to make your lovely channel negative so I will stop with that.
Brilliant Mia!! 👌 I think it depends on how you define the words rich, poor & minimalism et.c. I have seen really poor people living during awful circumstances. And if you don’t have a roof over your head and don’t know when or where you are going to find any food then you don’t need to declutter… so in that sense it is for the wealthier part of the world. Now if you can afford a computer of some kind, pay for some sort of network to get out on the internet and also have the time to sit and look at RUclips, then you are NOT in the poor category, in my view! If you have a space you can call yours, weather rented or bought then this Chanel with Mia is an excellent time spend to reflect on what is important to you, how you can live a better life with just the things you love in it! And that can be reading a book you borrowed at the library. An intentional life! Not to get uppset because your definition of rich, poor, intentional or something else is different 🫣
I agree. The truly poor couldn’t and wouldn’t even be watching any vids very likely. When I barely had a roof over my head (and that was tenuous) I spent the most time hunting down extreme coupon deals for things like toilet paper etc. and I was on food stamps but I still sought out grocery deals as well. I prob would’ve also been too ashamed of just how poor I was to bark online about it also. Esp not wanting to incur the wrath of those who see benefit recipients as “bums” costing them tax money. Etc. So I stayed in the shadows mostly. I was extremely poor on paper, but before I knew it I had stockpiles and a lot of stuff that I’d never need or be able to use for a long time. And I also know some. I got less and more at the same time but they really have a LOT of stuff. There are charities and food banks and food stamps and all this. Free clothes. Free food. And so on. By the truckloads. I think people would be surprised looking at my fridge for example and looking at their fridges and they might have trouble guessing who was financially “better off.” Just what I’ve experienced and what I’ve seen. This one chick prob had 50 pounds of high dollar meat from the food bank and it was totally free. Not all poor folks are like that tho. I don’t think I was quite that bad with hoarding or trying to just take everything in sight like that. But there are some who are just milking it and getting everything they can get their hands on. And I seriously wonder where they put it and just how much will be wasted. But being a perpetual greedy user isn’t just a poor man’s problem either tho. It’s a soul issue.
To be fair, a client of mine, who is rich, was the person to introduce me to minimalism. But it’s young money that is all about minimalism. In my experience it’s older folks or those who grew up appreciating it more that prefer decadence and opulence for the most part.
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I think the stigma comes around other minimalist influencers (not you) who seem to focus more on purging stuff rather than not buying stuff in the first place. I'm always shocked how frequently they do decluttering videos. It seems like a lot of shopping is still happening in some households that identify as minimalists
This for sure!
"I'm going to declutter all this stuff...follow me as I do so!"
Followed by a video about....
"Hey, check out my latest weekly Amazon haul!"
"Check out my haul of all the cool things I picked up from IKEA/Dollar Tree/make-up store/craft store, etc.."
@@radarwas yes the haul followed by the extreme declutter! So wasteful!
Yeah, I saw one about “what to declutter in February “ which told people to get rid of things they bought in the January sales. I’m like “I didn’t buy anything in the January sales because I’m a minimalist”. Duh. Such a wasteful cycle of consumerism.
I'm glad to see someone else has noticed this, lol. And do they just throw stuff around for "picking up" in their videos?
I view it as Essentialism -- often less is more.
I’ve bumped into similar comments on the other minimalist channels too. I’ve come down to the idea that each person who wrestles with the idea- may be creating their own excuses to not try a new scary idea.
My project 333 is me using & wearing my carefully chosen clothes year after year. It’s colourful but based on a neutral core.
I use the same cheap cleaners and rarely change because they work. It’s a mix of vinegar and soda with dollar store microfibre and cleaning concentrate (ZEP) from Home Depot. Laundry detergent and dish liquid from Costco or Walmart home brands.
The look of quality comes from a calm cohesive series of daily decisions to conserve and buy the best one can afford.
I personally like the natural neutral style. I have OCD and anxiety and the calm surroundings help me relax, when I am surrounded by bold colors and busy patterns my brain can’t stop looking at it and finding flaws lol. Different things work for different people! I’ll stick with my boring style haha
Great balanced video! We're a large family on a VERY fixed budget. Minimalism helped me so much mentally being in s smaller home with a big family. We thrift quality as often as possible. Example, my daughter needed jeans, I got her a beautiful pair of Land's End jeans for $6 instead of $80 retail.
Sometimes it’s a combination of misunderstanding minimalism- plus the very human pushback against the unknown scary idea. In other words excuses to avoid potential changes.
You said it compassionately and correctly.
I think ppl lean into the idea that minimalism is a thing for the rich because there is actually a real conscious choice to it. “I have money but I will choose not to buy more stuff” vs ”I don’t have money, I need to choose carefully what stuff I buy”
Isn’t it both for everybody? Shouldn’t everyone make a conscious choice of where to put their money, time & energy? Minimalism is a lifestyle, it is to make better time, energy and space for both were you live, your loved ones as well as in your in your calender or any other aspect of life. To make life less stressful and more enjoyable.
I agree that minimalism make life less stressful, but it’s also not for everyone. Some people are maximalist. But both sentences do not apply to everyone. In one you choose to not have ten throw pillows, in the other you can’t afford to have ten throw pillows.
@@hellostranger9742 yes, I agree. But even maximalists with lots of money have to spend carefully! No one has an unlimited amount of money, space & time. I also agree that if people have very little money they can’t buy as much. But what they spend their money on should still be wisely done! My point was that rich people perhaps shouldn’t buy so much. There is only one earth and we are not using the resourses wisely! Especially rich people and rich countries!
I was poor when I started looking into minimalism and now feel I have a focus on my plan to get rid of debt and the intention of purchases is helping alot. Thank you as minimalism is helping me feel richer and less stressed ❤👍❤
That's incredible Carolyn!!! Intentional choices can make such a huge impact 🙌
I’m definitely not rich but I’m not poor either. I just made the decision after a move that I owed too much stuff and wanted to reduce the amount. I have a pretty stressful job and decluttering and living a more minimal lifestyle lowered my stress levels. Nobody needs 40 teaspoons lol
Its a personal choice, regardless of the size of your wallet.
Thank you for this video, very needed! Agree 100%, you are wonderful and I love your videos 💜
Great video!! I loved your response, so thank you for sharing your view of this lifestyle. For me, I love minimalism because of the calm it creates in my home. I’m still on my journey, have a long way to go, but the release of extra items in my home has been so soothing to me. I think minimalism is for whoever enjoys a life of less. Rich, poor, working, retired, doesn’t matter. I love the lifestyle of less. Thank you again for introducing me to a holistic, clutter free space.
I loved this video. I think that a lot of people feel like minimalism is a threat to them and that they are being judged for owning a lot of items. So instead they attack it without even understanding the roots of it and not realizing that it could solve a lot of problems regardless of what economic status they fall into. I'm not rich by any means but minimalism has taught me that less is actually more. When I do add things to my wardrobe or home it is with intention and always coming from a wishlist. This way I plan and budget for it and make sure it will be something that I actually need and will get much use out of. I haven't had buyers remorse since going about it this way. Also, I agree that there is not one way to do minimalism. I'm not really a neutral tone type of person. I have painted both my bedroom and kitchen in bright colors but because I was strategic with the types of furniture and textures I placed within the rooms they still have a minimalist, calming and welcoming vibe.
💯 yes! Minimalism looks different for everyone.
I don’t think it’s for either.
It’s for the person that wants to embrace it.
This one RUclipsr said to *throw away spare change*. Needless to say, she was torn apart in the comments.
I adapted minimalism ten years ago when I was a college student and money was tight. Back then it helped me to focus on the bigger picture, spending money wisely and looking for the things I wanted second hand for a fraction of the price of the original cost. I never felt poor. I sold a lot of my stuff back then, too. It definitely helped with my budget.
Now that my budget isn't so tight anymore minimalism helps me even more. During the last ten years I was able to find out who I am and what matters to me. This prevents me from overspending now, I don't feel the pressure to have certain things, because of all the mental work I was able to do. I know what I need, I know myself, I am comfortable with who I am and I have a good feeling for what truly adds value to my life. It was a huge win for me to adapt this lifestyle early on, I saved myself from accumulating a lot of junk, having the discomfort of a cluttered home and all the negative side effects that come with it and not so much time to spend on decluttering, because now that money isn't tight anymore time definitley is.
I wonder if people getting annoyed with rich people thrift shopping is because they can afford to pay more but are buying the cheaper option and taking that option away from poorer people. For example, if a shop has a £10 chair that they sell to a rich person, the next customer could be a poorer person who needed a chair but it’s gone now. Rich people buying second hand pushes up the prices of second hand goods as retailers can increase prices as they know that their stuff is selling well at the moment. Perhaps people who always thrift shop or have to thrift shop may not like the shops being more popular.
I have a pretty minimalistic home. Financial minimalism is amazing as a low income women/mom/wife helping me feel like I could have a good life and less thoughts of more is better but rather more is just more, goal is contentment.
Ascetic minimalism is often feels out of reach if you don’t have the money to have the items you love.
I appreciate a home that everything has a place, and a used item being more valuable than a useful item.
Sustainable is less my goal but more a byproduct of more simple living.
I don’t think it has anything to do with being poor or rich, just like you said. I used to have a very stressful job and had a good income and I bought lots of stuff, then I got sick and lost my job. I didn’t have all that much money but still bought all kind of stuff and got myself into debt deeply. I needed that to realise what I had been doing with my life...buying just to feel better and now having so much stuff that I got depressed of all this stuff. So I started decluttering and slowly came the feeling that I love to live with less and only keeping the things I really use...so minimalism.
I can understand why you hesitated to do this video. I value the fact that I pick up bits and pieces of great information from all the different people I choose to follow.
Before I watch lol. I think it’s like anything else. A philosophy or belief. And those can be adopted by the rich or the poor or anything in between. Great points tho.
I still can’t even imagine ever spending $1800 a year on clothes. Not Bcuz I’m poor tho. Lol. I have been near destitute before also so I haven’t always had it so good. But I just fail to see the point paying too much for anything really. Esp not for anything like clothes or some basic household items. Main rule of thumb for me is thrift first and see what’s out there if I need a thing.
People can turn their noses up at us thrift store rats, but I often get better quality there than I can find anything new. And for so much less. My last trip was some cool bins. The paper was still on them. Lol. It said “Made in Sweden” and I guess it originally came with a 10 year warranty. 😂😂 You can tell they are way better than my usual $3 Dollar Tree “go to” bins. And yah. Thrift store. They were $4 each. Lol I got 3 large and 3 small. The small ones were another brand but also not the cheap Made in China stuff. 😂😂
I didn’t really have it so bad as a poor girl once I learned how to hunt for mind blowing deals. 😂😂The only diff was that I had to put more time and effort into hunting down the good stuff that didn’t cost me near as much as it normally goes for and hunting for the right stores and coupons and rebates and perks and so on (as well as thrift and freebie scavenging lol). I just had to get more creative and work harder at it. My point being is that it’s all relative. A used Gucci is still a Gucci. Lol. (Although back then I was super happy with things like Coach or Eddie Bauer or CK or Anne Klein etc. And it’s also about perspective as well. You can still be very intentional even if you’ve only got a few slim dollars extra to work with.
It is for everyone. 🤷🏻♀️
I think that there is a disconnect between different types of minimalism. And I'm going to oversimplify here but there's Minimalism as Aesthetic and Minimalism as Intentional Living. A lot of "Minimalism is for the rich" comes out of the aesthetic movement, which presents minimalism as an aspirational ideal, and it's that aesthetic that particularly draws out the culture and style criticism, because of the sterility and lack of ornament inherent in the Aesthetic as it is popularly presented (and in particularly, the lack of color, in multiple ways).
You tend to come from a Intentional Living viewpoint, which is more flexible, but also can have it's contradictions. This is less fleshed out in my head, but the contradictions often involve time as a concept/currency.
(I came to Minimalism from Simple/Slow Living Movement myself that sort of predated and was engulfed by Minimalism as a buzzword)
Honestly, there was a time when minimalism felt like it was only for the rich. Part of that was because of the Marie Kondo idea that everything you own needs to strike joy. Often when most of your stuff has been given to you, it doesn’t strike joy. The idea of getting rid of anything that I didn’t LOVE was not helpful. When I realized that minimalism was more than Marie Kondo then I was able to wrap my mind around being a minimalist and having what I used whether I felt joy with it or not. I also feel that when you’re poor, getting rid of things that WILL BE used is not doable. More wealthy minimalists can send things on that don’t fit now or are “extras” while being less able to replace them is something that is an actual concern for less wealthy. That being said, I also started minimalism while being pretty poor. In fact, my seven person family was living with my parents. Becoming minimalist enhanced the space I had (which was not much), allowed me to give (which felt amazing), and allowed me to have more time (which is in short supply when you’re low on funds).
Marie Kondo is not and never promoted minimalism. She was helping people that were overwhelmed with having too much stuff and didn't know where to begin. She never told people to get rid of their stuff only to keep what sparks joy. You can find joy in things that were given to you. The fact that someone thought enough of you to share what they have with you should make you feel good just for that reason alone. That is where wabi sabi comes in. Find the beauty in what may appear flawed to you.
Ooh can't wait to watch.
Loved this! Thank you!
Great video 🔥
I think one of the reasons why people think minimalism is for rich people only is because a lot of minimalist influencers portray the aesthetic minimalism and not the real meaning of it. I must say that I don’t see minimalist influencers that shows the reality of their lives.
Everyone has something they feel they need to criticize. The people criticizing this and assuming wrongly that it is only for the rich obviously don't get what the idea is. For some, minimalism is about saving money. For others it may be for their mental well being. If you're doing it because it's "trendy"--you're doing it for the wrong reason.
Great video. You don't have to justify your purchases to us. If you want to spend a lot on a bed, thats great.
Minimalism is for any and every one
Thank you!
I understand your points. It’s not that I disagree but I do think that online influencer minimalism has become toxic including an elitist trend. The part that bothers me the most is the competitive nature that’s developed. It’s become almost absurd enough to be an SNL skit. I don’t want to make your lovely channel negative so I will stop with that.
What a great video. Thank you. Minimalist living is truly for all. There is no one right way. A lot like raising kids in fact.
Brilliant Mia!! 👌 I think it depends on how you define the words rich, poor & minimalism et.c. I have seen really poor people living during awful circumstances. And if you don’t have a roof over your head and don’t know when or where you are going to find any food then you don’t need to declutter… so in that sense it is for the wealthier part of the world. Now if you can afford a computer of some kind, pay for some sort of network to get out on the internet and also have the time to sit and look at RUclips, then you are NOT in the poor category, in my view!
If you have a space you can call yours, weather rented or bought then this Chanel with Mia is an excellent time spend to reflect on what is important to you, how you can live a better life with just the things you love in it! And that can be reading a book you borrowed at the library. An intentional life! Not to get uppset because your definition of rich, poor, intentional or something else is different 🫣
I agree. The truly poor couldn’t and wouldn’t even be watching any vids very likely. When I barely had a roof over my head (and that was tenuous) I spent the most time hunting down extreme coupon deals for things like toilet paper etc. and I was on food stamps but I still sought out grocery deals as well. I prob would’ve also been too ashamed of just how poor I was to bark online about it also. Esp not wanting to incur the wrath of those who see benefit recipients as “bums” costing them tax money. Etc. So I stayed in the shadows mostly. I was extremely poor on paper, but before I knew it I had stockpiles and a lot of stuff that I’d never need or be able to use for a long time.
And I also know some. I got less and more at the same time but they really have a LOT of stuff. There are charities and food banks and food stamps and all this. Free clothes. Free food. And so on. By the truckloads. I think people would be surprised looking at my fridge for example and looking at their fridges and they might have trouble guessing who was financially “better off.” Just what I’ve experienced and what I’ve seen. This one chick prob had 50 pounds of high dollar meat from the food bank and it was totally free. Not all poor folks are like that tho. I don’t think I was quite that bad with hoarding or trying to just take everything in sight like that. But there are some who are just milking it and getting everything they can get their hands on. And I seriously wonder where they put it and just how much will be wasted. But being a perpetual greedy user isn’t just a poor man’s problem either tho. It’s a soul issue.
To be fair, a client of mine, who is rich, was the person to introduce me to minimalism. But it’s young money that is all about minimalism. In my experience it’s older folks or those who grew up appreciating it more that prefer decadence and opulence for the most part.