Ready? I was born ready. There’s nothing wrong with consumption. The problem is compulsory consumption. We’re tired of acquiring things because that’s what we’re “supposed” to do. When I heard about minimalism, it wasn’t about just getting rid of my stuff. It was about taking control of my life, and stop being told what to do and actually deciding what I wanted to do. This same thing that’s not making us happy is also causing the degradation of our habitat. We’re going to have to give up a lot, the secret is that a lot of that we’re not actually going to miss. What I found with minimalism is it’s a way of saying “l(fā)et’s stop the madness.” When you recognize that this life is yours, and that is your one and only, and when that seeps directly in your bones, and you recognize that this is it, everything changes. 準備好了嗎？我早就準備好了。消費沒有問題，問題是強迫性消費。我們疲于獲得東西，因為這是我們“應(yīng)當”去做的。當我聽聞“極簡主義”這一概念，不僅僅是關(guān)于擺脫掉物品，更是為了掌控自己的生活，停止被告知要做什么，而要真正來決定我想做什么。 相同的東西不僅無法使我們快樂還危害了我們的居住環(huán)境。我們要舍棄很多東西，事實上，事后我們不會懷念其中的絕大多數(shù)物品。我所了解到的極簡主義便是向混亂說“不”。當你意識到人生是你自己的，你只活一次，當這種觀念深入骨髓，你就會發(fā)現(xiàn)一切都改變了。