> not really in the sense of owning only exactly what you need to do what you want and no more It's one and the same really. Once you have a bit more money the

> not really in the sense of owning only exactly what you need to do what you want and no more It's one and the same really. Once you have a bit more money the pragmatic live-in-a-shoebox minimalism tends to transform into the "aesthetic" variety - you still own a bare minimum that makes you happy, but you can now afford a better quality of the same. Be it a larger place or a more expensive pair of jeans.