The Minimalist Living Irony That Changed My Life For The Better
The minimalist living irony that changed my life. As a beginning Minimalist, I started doing without more stuff and began to notice a few things. There is a minimalist living irony at work. As I began to not eat at every impulse, I noticed how much perfectly good food I would see on the ground or in the garbage.
One day, while ignoring hunger, I saw a perfectly good bag of bagels near a garbage can. On inspection, I found out that a few were my favorite raisins and cinnamon. I was going to take a few, but was afraid there might be something wrong with them.
The irony of minimalist living is at work again. If I were not sure where my next meal was coming from, I would have gladly had those bagels for lunch.
I also made a conscious effort to use public transportation, and I have found that it goes almost everywhere I need to go if I am willing to walk a little more.
This takes more time, but I get some exercise, and I am not stressed out sitting in traffic. I am usually napping, reading, or checking out the ladies. LOL.
I am a Field Engineer for a Telecommunications Company in NY and NJ so I travel daily to job sites. I would often hear about the person who is highly stressed out, they leave the big house and the things they worked hard for to go relax and unwind.
Why is that? This usually means they seek a more minimalist existence.
Some go away on a trip that may include one or two bags of possessions and a stay in a single hotel room. They leave everything else behind. Interesting! Or People go camping to relieve stress and relax.
Again, they leave the home and toys they worked on and stressed over to live in a small cabin or even a smaller tent in the woods. This is the ultimate irony of minimalist living.
They, or should I say we, may have it all wrong. Maybe we should live a more stress-free life and give up some of our possessions, toys, and responsibilities to live an actual stress-free, happy existence.
As I try this, it has been less painful than I thought it would be. It is actually not painful at all. I am looking to turn my minimalist living irony into a happier life reality.
How did the powers that be get us to willingly run on this hamster wheel and reward them with profits? My plans are in their beginning stages. They may seem severe, so I will go slow and reveal them as I proceed, but I must say I’m loving it more and more as I go on.
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