MENTAL HEALTH | MINIMALISM
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Minimize your life for better mental health.
Minimalism
I read about minimalism and wondered if it was what I needed.
With life comes junk and it can weigh us down.
Not long ago, I incorporated a quasi-minimalistic approach to my life, to a degree, without discomfort and without moving to a teepee.
Initially, I identified what I held onto that caused me unnecessary anxiety. Not a difficult undertaking, at all. Dusting small decor on shelves? Gone. Shelves and the crevice-ridden tchotchkes served no purpose but to ridicule my housekeeping standards. I removed them. The trinkets and the shelves no longer exist. Problem solved.
Eight black shirts that all look similar? Ditto for the pants upon pants I never wore in Florida and I’ve been here 12 years. I kept a small percentage of clothes that are my go-to favorites and donated the rest. I have a closet again that I navigate my body in easily.
Mental cleansing is just as important. An emotionally imbalanced marriage? Done.
