In a recent post, we talked about Aparigraha, the Yoga principle that translates to “non-grasping,” aka not having so much stuff you’re beyond your own debt ceiling and you can no longer find family members in your stuff-stuffed house. Because having too much stuff, and debt because of it, has become such A Thing, there’s also been a lot of talk in recent years about minimalism and banishing all in your home that doesn’t spark joy.
Because I love both ancient Yoga philosophy and current cultural trends, I thought I should start getting rid of things I “don’t need” (though need and want are often synonymous to me) and even stop accumulating things in the first place (gasp).
The first thing I did in this mission to clear my space, my mind, and my life, was to buy four books about minimalism. My concession to the joke about accumulating books about non-accumulation was getting three of the four as e-books. See? No space taken up on the shelves!
These books on minimalism were just a few of the things I bought last year, which I recently got to review when preparing to file my taxes. There’s nothing quite like this annual mandatory trip down credit card lane to remind you of what you bought—though maybe not why you bought those things. Sometimes, there’s a very good reason…
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