To me it all started with bumping into r/minimalism years ago (shoutout to !minimalism@lemmy.world, the migrated r/minimalism) and reading books about it.

I noticed that with minimalism came simple living, enjoying the small things in life. I often feel like they are interconnected due to this, but this could just be my experience.

How many others had a similar experiences, or did something else bring you here? Also welcome experiences about directly searching for simple living topics and bumping into this community (originally on reddit).

  • Lazycog@kbin.socialOP
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    2 years ago

    I am so sorry I did not realize Kbin does that… no wonder I’ve had issues. I usually post on my lemmy account but have really been liking kbin lately. Seems I don’t even have an option to post with “undefined” language.

    Now, you put it exactly how I feel about this topic! I got into it from a blog post, checked out the infamous “minimalists” and Marie Kondo, but felt like the message is the same and feels like they are just trying to make a lot of money on the concept of minimalism after the first two paragraphs of text. Be it podcast, netflix show or anything else.

    The great thing I got from it all was the mentality against consumerism. I didn’t realize how social media conditioned me to follow the latest trends and buy the newest gadgets.

    Thanks for your awesome response (and sorry about the post settings).