In my last post I was saying about gradually paring down until you get to the things you really love - well perhaps you shouldn't stop there.
Other blogs on Minimalism say that it is people who are important not things and of course that is true but people can be time wasters too and often the time spent with people who are not on your wave-length can be very frustrating. Not all social intercourse is good for you and I find a lot of people talk about very trivial things: TV, the weather, clothes, food etc.
This can be a constant dribble of clutter into your mind and your mind needs to be clear and clean as well as your habitat.
It got me thinking about certain Asian old men who will live their lives normally then when they get to a certain age they cast it all off, family as well and go off into the wilderness. That is difficult in our culture but perhaps by gradually not having so many interactions with people our lives can become quieter and calmer.
Monday, 19 December 2011
Thursday, 8 December 2011
Shopping, it's great isn't it?
Today was very wet and windy but went shopping with a friend as she had to buy a cardigan for a relative. We went to one of those shopping outlets where everything is supposed to be cut-price. It was heaving even in this weather but of course it is nearly Christmas so everyone is out trying to get bargains.
I noticed first of all that mostly there was a lot of out-dated stuff that nobody had bought so it was being sold as a bargain buy. Then I noticed how shoddily-made other stuff was. There was a dreadful Christmas-stuff only shop selling really cheap, horrible, garish decorations and trees and it was full to the brim with people.
My friend couldn't find what she wanted so we carried on and finished up at one of the big supermarkets, again heaving with people. I thought I may as well do a bit of Christmas food shopping but what a disappointment. The so-called bargains were not and the choice was dismal but of course it is so much easier to do all one's shopping in one shop, isn't it?
I bought very little, got no bargains and soaking wet to boot.
I have now decided to stop buying into the Christmas craziness and buy sensible food that will be eaten and enjoyed, not rubbish that will make us all feel sick Christmas day afternoon.
Christmas? Bah humbug!!!!!!!
I noticed first of all that mostly there was a lot of out-dated stuff that nobody had bought so it was being sold as a bargain buy. Then I noticed how shoddily-made other stuff was. There was a dreadful Christmas-stuff only shop selling really cheap, horrible, garish decorations and trees and it was full to the brim with people.
My friend couldn't find what she wanted so we carried on and finished up at one of the big supermarkets, again heaving with people. I thought I may as well do a bit of Christmas food shopping but what a disappointment. The so-called bargains were not and the choice was dismal but of course it is so much easier to do all one's shopping in one shop, isn't it?
I bought very little, got no bargains and soaking wet to boot.
I have now decided to stop buying into the Christmas craziness and buy sensible food that will be eaten and enjoyed, not rubbish that will make us all feel sick Christmas day afternoon.
Christmas? Bah humbug!!!!!!!
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