#94: How Less Is So Much More Than Just More.

Have you ever heard of minimalism?

It’s an approach, a strategy, a practice, a philosophy of life or, in an attempt to challenge your worldview, I would call it what life is ultimately all about.

I have long been attracted to minimalism as a concept. There isn’t just one definition of the word, though. For some it’s a purely practical tool aimed at reducing the amount of material belongings they own. Others look at the world around them asking themselves what they could do without.

Their books and films on the subject of minimalism have earned Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus, also known as The Minimalists, international fame.

I encourage you to watch the movie. You will find that it all sounds and looks really simple, but is it also easy?

The architect John Pawson attempted to bring together his perspectives on minimalism or simplicity in his book «minimum»:

«To achieve simplicity paradoxically requires an enormous amount of effort. To create simplicity, to reduce an artefact, an object, an artwork or a room to its essential minimum, requires patience, effort and care.»

So how easy is it to select what adds value, gives joy and clarity? Remember Pawson’s words. It requires patience, effort and care.

Personally, I consider minimalism to be one of the most powerful enablers of a Look, See, Be, Fly! life!

Looking at everyone and everything surrounding you.

Seeing who and what is truly important to you.

Realizing how having enough and being enough are inevitably linked.

Living lightly.

Flying!

I remember the moments when I presumably had everything and felt empty. There was a time when I was successful and didn’t care. When loved ones are gone, you can’t buy them a ticket back into life, and missed opportunities don’t ask for a call back either.

We have to get rid of the clutter, the noise, the fog. Otherwise, how do we possibly separate the essential from the nonessential?

It means making hard choices. Right now, the timing is as good as it gets.

I am ready, are you?