Minimalism more commercial

Minimalism has changed in the last few years. When I started, there wasn't really a lot of blog, vlog or channels. I am still a minimalist and I am loving the vibe that I have been creating for the last past 7 years in my life.

I got a better relationship with my stuff. I know what I want and got rid of a lot of other things. I still buy but much lesser. In the past 5 years I have been wearing my jeans until it fell apart and got new ones to replace them. I am also trying to not buy bags which is futile especially when I was in Japan.

I even got two wallets which is bigger but good for travel outside of Europe. Especially in Korea and in Japan where they use huge bills. 

Minimalism still plays a huge role in my life but the way it's been promoted on different platforms like buying into minimalism is so not environment friendly. I kinda find it horrible when people throw things away just to buy the same product but aesthetically pleasing or environment friendly. How environment friendly are you when you throw something away that cost energy and money to produce. 

I also don't buy into the hype of particular brands being good/green. I think learning and thinking out of the box is way more important and really reducing my footprint (travel excluded). I already wrote about it before, minimalism is for everyone different. But I think the best starting point is reflect on what you have and what it brings you. Step 2: what do you want, what is your ideal living situation. Last step is taking action to achieve step 2. 

Keeping busy and being grateful

I think everyone is tired of this Covid-19 situation, not even a vaccin is going to change the new normal. So in the end I'm thinking about adjusting my lifestyle to it instead. As many say ' if you can't beat them, join them'. Rather to get caught with the virus I'm  trying to make my life as enjoyable as possible. 

I'm not a big spender, although my vacations can be expensive. The rest of the time, I only have few cost that needs to be payed and I've cut every subscription or cost as much as I can. I already ended my holiday travel insurance, my monthly lottery/donation which granted me a free pass to different cultural outlets. All have been ended. 

I've been drinking coffee much more and recently I bought the espresso illy cups. And I am hooked! The regular coffee that I drink is okay but the taste, the aroma is just so damn different. So I bought coffee beans from Lavazza also a coffee brand that I like. I have a burr coffee grinder, old style. It means I have to manually grind it and it cost so much time. 

I decided to buy an electric one. Just when the beans arrived. I'll first try to use it with my Nespresso machine and with my mokka pot. If it doesn't generates the nice coffee as I want. I will think of upgrading to an espresso machine. I try to use the thing I have first before buying an expensive machine. 

In a sense I'm keeping myself busy. I'm grateful for having a job where I can work from home and stay safe. I hope that in the end we will all learn form Covid-10 and adjust so we all can have a stable life environment.