As a parents, embracing minimalism can be a challenging but also a rewarding experience. Though I'm not a parent yet, I can relate because I've been seeing how my parents tried their best to make sure that we as children have everything we needed. Embracing minimalism helps our parents to prioritize what truly matters in our lives.
To me embracing minimalism is about living with purpose and intention. It is recognizing that there are certain things we don't really need and most of the things we own don't define us but rather the memories we create and the relationship we nurture. Minimalism help me to focus on what is truly important, like a child's well-being, education and personal growth.
By practicing minimalism, I have noticed some positive influences it has on my little niece because I'm the kind of person that likes a simple life. It is s not as if I don't like extravagant life but I prefer to do it on a minimal level.
Minimalism helped me to appreciate the little that I have and I can also see it in the life of my little niece. Shel always appreciate the little things given to her because she has seen it in me and she is embracing it just like I embrace a simple life style.
My minimal life style helps her to be focused on what she already has. It helps her to develop a sense of gratitude and contentment while also reducing the desire for unnecessary things. It also helps her to take care of her things and understand the value of maintaining what she has.
Balancing minimalism and Parenthood can be challenging but there are things I think I can do to navigate through it successfully. At times I set boundaries for her (my niece) especially if she wants something I let her know that I will not get it for her at that time. The reason I practice this delayed gratification tactics is so that it will make her know that it is not all the time that she will get what she wants nor will she get it immediately.
I am stil in the learning phase and I have my niece to practice minimalism with. I am certain that when I become a parent of my own children, I'll carry on the culture of minimalism easily.
Thank you all for reading.
This is my entry to the kiss blog idea for week #166.
Images used are mine.
