Hello Book Lovers..
I first found this book when I went to a Gramedia bookstore. I read a glimpse of this book, and was interested in taking it home, but decided not to because I might be able to find the book at a slightly cheaper price. So I put this book on my wishlist, until finally I found it in the online library, Ipusnas. It didn't take me long to decide whether I should borrow it or not. I borrowed it right away. Luckily, there was no queue for this book so I could read it right away.
This book, as the title suggests, provides an understanding of minimalism based on the author's experience (Fumio Sasaki) who initially had an attachment to goods, then did Dhansari, until finally living with as few goods as possible. Just like the Dhansari book that I read before, this book also has more and less, which has the same content, how we should treat the goods in our homes. In this book, the author also shares tips for throwing away goods and gives what positive impacts will arise after we try to throw away goods that we don't need.
Fumio also makes several figures as minimalist role models such as Steve Jobs in this book. According to him, Steve Jobs has given many examples of true minimalism. He also mentioned that the minimalist movement adopted by Steve Jobs is a minimalist style from Japanese society.
The understanding of stopping comparing yourself to others and also worrying about other people's views of others, is the effect of minimalist living that I highlight the most. So I concluded that being a minimalist will create a good improvement for the person who does it.
Entering a fairly mature age, I understand that being a minimalist is what I want. Because apparently, having a lot of stuff will create attachment which of course can affect mental health. Previously, the number of items that I didn't have much was only because I couldn't buy them. Of course I had the desire to buy this and that. However, after my finances improved, I thought about whether I really needed these items or just wanted to get validation that I could afford them? The better my finances, the more I just wanted to save them even though the risk would be greater when inflation occurred.
I used to be very happy to hear visitors say: that I have complete cooking equipment. But now I only need a rice cooker and an electric pan. When reading this book, I kept feeling guilty when I saw that the house I rented had many unused items. One of them is the stove. I rarely cook. Even if I need to cook, I only make simple dishes like boiling vegetables or stir-frying. I can do that with a rice cooker and an electric pan, so I sold the two-burner stove at a cheap price. I just wanted to get rid of the stove and convert the place where the stove was to put other things like dirty dishes and bathroom equipment. After being able to get rid of the stove, now I can be calmer and feel free.
Reading this book is like a signal to start decluttering again. Last year I had decluttered as often as possible, I threw away a lot of trash, and gave away some items like clothes, books, and small furniture to other people. Now it seems that I have a mission to find out what items I can get rid of without having to replace them by buying new items.
I rate this book 3/5 stars. Read it if you have free time!
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Vivie Hardika
Hi, Halo, Annyeong! Welcome to my galaxy.
I have so much imagination in my head. Something that I can't achieve as a human and as a girl. So writing is very challenging. Since Junior High School, I have written whatever I want to write. Without skill, I just write what I want to read. Now I have 12th published novels and all of those are romance.
Yeah, I proudly say that I am a passionate author, traveler wannabe, and blogger.
