This piece is published in full on a website called nourishingminimalism.com
I’ll share an extract here and if you want to continue reading, click the link below.
Decluttering
So far this year we’ve decluttered over 600 items. So why do we find it easy to let things go?
We worked in Education, for an N.G.O in Zambia and later, in colleges, universities and international schools. And while we were teaching, we were learning as well.
Lessons were learned from other cultures. In addition we’ve decluttered a lot, with each and every move.
For us, decluttering is about far more than marching unused items out of the house.
Decluttering is also getting rid of the norms that society tries to impose, losing the habits and values that stop you living life on your terms.
We live in a bonkers, brilliant world. Advertisers, business and so called ‘influencers’ encourage us to buy, buy, buy.
Surely we must look beyond the bonkers, enjoy the brilliant and use our heads.
We don’t need so much of what we’re encouraged to consume.
A joint decision was made early on. Our shared goal was to live debt free and retire earlier than our 60s. ‘Get free sooner’.
We always budgeted to travel…
5 Cultural Approaches That Taught Us to Declutter and Enjoy Living Simple
The piece on Japan…