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> The things I have here aren’t just things. They are tools I use to explore my passions. This is actually pretty good point. Many things we are passionate abo
by stockkid 8y ago
> The things I have here aren’t just things. They are tools I use to explore my passions.
This is actually pretty good point. Many things we are passionate about requires us to have things. Extreme minimalism could in many ways conflict with pursuit of our interests.
- RealDinosaur 8y agoI enjoy painting. I recently got a load of acrylic paints, hardwood panels, canvases, and an easel. Definitely not something that can fit in luggage. There are some hobbies that fit the minimal lifestyle. Say digital music production, or reading, or listing to music, but some like modeling, physical painting, machining, or sewing that just take up a lot of space. I'm constantly battling between having stuff and not having stuff, but I think the solution is to get as much stuff you can enjoy that fits into a 2m^2 storage unit, and lasts a lifetime. I'm not sure I agree about needing 10 guitars like someone mentioned. I have 3 basses, 2 guitars and 1 acoustic and that feels like too many already.
- scoutt 8y ago> So I might be obsessed ... then suddenly become possessed > “scanners“, “multipotentialites”, “polymaths”, and “renaissance people”. There must be a difference between having things to pursue some passion and pathologically having the passion of purchasing to pursue things.