Minimalism… or Something

Defined by the most reliable source on the interwebnet Wikipedia… Minimalism describes movements in various forms of art and design… where the work is stripped down to its most fundamental features. Lately I have been doing a lot of thinking about a lot of different things that I use, wear, or live in and I have been thinking a lot about minimalism. I feel like this term means different things to different people, and I probably have my own interpretation as well and I have found my life becoming more and more minimalist. I think the first time I started to notice this was when I moved back into my original roommates’ home and all of my possessions I had acquired over four years of college were condensed into one bedroom… holy crap. I realized two things, first I had a ton of crap, and secondly the ton of crap, while a lot of it was put away, was bothering me, it was so cluttered, there was too much on my desk, functional stuff not nick-nacks (I hate those). There was too much stuff on my dresser and book shelves, like pictures, gadgets, and other stuff, because in my move I lost some storage furniture because I just had nowhere to put it. So that was the first thing I realized, that when I do acquire my own place again, hopefully in the near future, I want it to be clean, uncluttered, and put together in a way that is me but not oppressive to myself or others. I would want furniture that is flashy, but simple, stylish, and functional (all of which are subjective). I would want my decorating and color scheme to match, and I find myself thinking about subtle colored walls (an accent wall or something of the sort, it depends on the space), classic or retro posters and paintings, and like I said simple yet expressive. If I had the money I would put some of this into action now where I currently live, what I really need is some awesome functional furniture, but alas I do not have the money, what I do have is time and I think I am going to take a bunch of it and get rid of some of my stuff I have collected over the years and get rid of what I don’t need or use.

Now I mentioned things I wear as well and this is way more simple, I really hate clothes with crazy logos on them. Now this might not be all that minimalistic just a preference, but it just isn’t something I like to wear, other people I don’t care. I like some shirts with sweet designs but overall give me a simple T, button-up, or polo and I will be happy. I’m not a girl so I don’t wear jeans with designs all over them.

Lastly, the things I use. Whether it’s my phone, my laptop, desktop, or hell the bag I throw everything in, I want it to be simple and functional. Pretty simple, I don’t want some skin for my laptop with crazy colors and designs, I don’t want to have something similar for my phone, I just want to have something awesome that works well and I feel like I’ve got both for now.

So, to wrap up, this may all change tomorrow, although I doubt it, but in general I try not to have things or use things that are like draw tons of attention to myself. If it does, oh well, yeah some people will notice the phone I use, or the laptop I use because they are a geek, and I’m cool with that because that’s what I do! But I try not to make it a point of drawing attention to the things I have, wear, or live in, I guess it all comes down to being just myself, and maybe these days and after a bit I’ve just become stripped down myself… who knows.

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