The article says minimalism is in reality about consuming more, but I don't see it explaining why. Did I miss something? Also, minimalist lifestyle and minimal

The article says minimalism is in reality about consuming more, but I don't see it explaining why. Did I miss something? Also, minimalist lifestyle and minimalist aesthetics are certainly different things. I have been into minimalism (the lifestyle) for about a year or so, reading a lot about it, so here is my summary of it: it is an optimization tool among others, kind of like code refactoring. In my case it helped me focus on what's important (family, passions), have more energy and more time. And believe me, when you have a young child, you need as much time and energy as possible. Less stuff is less useless stuff, all fun, meaningful or useful stuff is still there, I just spend less time and energy making decisions about what to wear, cleaning and tidying stuff, etc. Less distractions is less meaningless distractions, by all means I have more fun spending time with my family than playing video games. Knowing from experience that my family and me don't need much to be happy is extremely important and gives me confidence to face the future. Our financial situation is not so good, but I know that we can still do great whatever happens. On the same topic, if you know you can do well with not so much, you are less afraid to take risks, for example starting a business.