The Digital Hobo song Minimal to the Max asks the question – How Much is Enough?
Had a house full of stuff I don’t need
I had two of everything
Told myself that I owned it all
But I think that it owned me
As minimalism shifts into the mainstream culture we have some resources to encourage us. Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus lead by example through their website The Minimalists. You can listen to their podcast or watch their films. Consider their great ideas for improving our quality of life by reducing the mental and emotional clutter we all experience from too much stuff.
Canadian Musician Bahamas brilliantly captures the elation of “cuttin’ up his credit cards” in Keep Up with the Jones