Simple living has been given a great place in  Indian culture. Most of the people of our generation, especially those who were born in villages, have grown up eating stale bread, stale rice and salt, oil and chillies. You will find most of these people even today more agile and fit than the people who grew up in cities and grew up eating toast, omelette and protein shake for breakfast. In your school days, you must have read or heard about “simple living, high thinking”. But the modern way of development, hunger for money, and excessive ambition to achieve success have taken us from village to city and city to metropolis. People who grew up in the simple life of village forgot their simplicity after seeing the glitz of the city. Minimalist life is a unique beauty, in which you live your life with simplicity and simplicity. It means that you rid your life of those things whose excess causes stress. This basic purpose of minimalist life is to bring mental peace and to make life more vibrant.

The first element of minimalist living is simplicity. Keep only those things in life that are really essential to you, that give value to your life and make you happy. Minimalist living allows you to get rid of unnecessary things, such as saving instead of overspending and reducing your clothes, jewelry, and other materials. Minimalist living prioritizes your health and personal growth. It allows you to devote time to activities that are important to you, such as yoga, meditation, studies, and career development. Minimalist living can also be an effective way to create a lively and supportive community, in which people share their resources and share prosperity. You can take the example of car pooling, Uber share, which is practiced in big cities. In this system, people working in offices, factories located at the same place go to work by sharing cars together.  This saves money and energy and you also contribute towards reducing pollution. In this way, minimalist living leads you to simplicity, mental peace, and self-realization, which can make your life more meaningful and happier.

You can start a minimalist life by getting rid of something that you do not want or need. In simple words, living with the least number of things. This is a lifestyle that is being adopted by people in many countries. Now you will say that in a country like India, where the largest population is somehow living with the least number of things, what is the meaning of minimalism. But poverty or absence of essential goods and services is not minimalism. Actually, it is not a matter of compulsion, it is a matter of choice. A choice in which you yourself choose to use only the most essential items. Despite the fact that you have the financial capacity to acquire the most expensive and maximum goods and services, you decide to be a minimalist with mindfulness. You apply to yourself that you will use and consume the least number of things and services.  By mindfulness, we mean the habit of observing things, habits, patterns, and behaviors with your happiness and making the necessary changes. If you want to completely adopt a minimalist lifestyle, it may take up to 1 or 2 years.

Understand one thing very well, this is not an overnight process. You start it slowly and achieve results gradually. So, do not worry about what to remove and throw away now. You only have to show the unnecessary, duplicate or excessive collection in the name of backup, luxury items the way out of the house. The path to adopting this lifestyle can be different for everyone in the beginning. But the destination is the same. Whenever you buy something, ask yourself whether you really need that thing. Is that thing just a temporary temptation? Make it a habit to ask this question to yourself. You cannot change yourself in a day and it also requires a lot of planning. That is why often people find it difficult to do all this with their professional life. It is a little difficult but if you make it a habit, then you will question yourself every time before doing anything. When you learn to question, then you will also find the answers to it.

Self-love is extremely important but it does not mean spending recklessly on yourself. It does not mean spending more and more on yourself. Rather, it means pampering yourself with quality goods and services. Spend on simple but nutritious food to ward off diseases, stay healthy and keep fit. Say no to junk. Prefer homemade food, reuse leftover food. Do not waste food. Eating in hotels is not bad, but excess not only affects the pocket but will also affect your target of being a minimalist. Cut down on expensive cosmetics and expensive clothes. Take advantage of natural things. Air, water, sunlight.. these will not only save you from spending on diseases but will also make your mind and brain fertile.

Effects of a Minimalist Lifestyle on Children

The kind of life you live, your children are also affected by that life. If you explain the value of every little thing in front of your children, then your children will also definitely understand it. That is why it is seen that children from rich families do not consider money as money. A minimalist lifestyle can make your child great. Today’s parents are worried about feelings like anger, jealousy and inequality in children. These children create rebellion in the society due to all these habits. If children were taught to survive with less material things from childhood, then perhaps these children could become good citizens of the country.