This time two years in the past I had buckets of lip merchandise. I couldn’t resolve if I wished an costly natural mix or an affordable drugstore off-brand. I knew that I wished to have a lip product at all times at hand, and since I used to be buying so ceaselessly, I discovered a lot alternatives to toss a brand new tube within the cart. Nonetheless, I used to be continually dropping them and my lips at all times felt dry. Nobody likes the sensation of dry lips, am I proper? So I’d proceed to gather them sticking them right here and there stashing them within the glove compartment, my purse, my make-up bag, or a kitchen drawer. Ultimately they’d get misplaced or sticky on the backside of my purse, left at a rest room counter, or run by means of the washer. Extra usually they’d merely get outdated and expire whereas nonetheless taking on area on the backside of the drawer.
But then came minimalism. Then got here my alternative to alter the course I used to be going. Then got here Joshua Becker, Allie Casazza, and numerous books, vloggers, and pinterest tutorials. After clearing out carloads of donations, and going by means of each shelf, cupboard, closet and drawer we began to create a brand new way of life. We cleaned, eradicated doubles, pared down and ruthlessly purged. By means of that course of, all of the mediocre clearance lip sticks and the expired and sticky jars of balm have been thrown away. And from that time on, I stored two tubes of lip balm. One is for my purse in order that I’ll at all times have it when away from residence. The opposite lives in my make-up bag in my lavatory. I’ve not as soon as misplaced these two. It’s really easy to maintain observe when the whole lot is simplified!
The explanation I’m excited is that I simply realized that I’ve used up a kind of two lip balms. That’s proper, it’s all used up all the way down to the very backside! Regardless that I had dozens and dozens of lip merchandise over the past 25 years, I actually don’t keep in mind ever utilizing a lip product to it’s core. Is it doable that I by no means did exhaust one fully? What a waste!
So this used, empty lip balm is symbolic to me of the change we’ve made, a change that has been definitely worth the work. Minimalism means much less forgotten and fewer wasted. Much less irritating time fruitlessly trying to find objects that won’t ever be discovered. I really feel so a lot better about this lifetime of much less. And it has given me time and area that I didn’t understand I may have. Minimalist adjustments have saved me cash, area, time and power. Life is best this manner. Life is best with simply sufficient.
What has minimalism completed for you?
