Thread: The Minimalists

Originally Posted by loneranger

So the question is do Land Rovers bring more joy than frustration. 😀

I think this may be an ancient Zen coan?
Like if I don't look at the black cloud on start up does it really exist?

Originally Posted by loneranger

Minimalists still keep things that bring you joy. So the question is do Land Rovers bring more joy than frustration. 😀

Yes, but you've got me thinking that plenty of other crap in our house doesn't. I'm not a hoarder by any stretch and seem to take a huge trailer of rubbish to the tip every year but I never seem to be able to keep up...

I need to start getting good at this as we plan to travel around Australia working within 5 years - just about everything apart from the Pugs, the Missus and the Land Rovers will need to go at some point...

The documentary is available on netflix. It's well worth a watch. From a 'wife's perspective' it encouraged me to go through the wardrobe. There's a lot less in there now.

A couple of years ago the missus had got into this big time and is till keeping things minimal. The move a year ago really was the highlight though. I am a bit wary though as the missus gives me the , your also excess baggage , look every now and then
Cheers Hall

Originally Posted by Hall

A couple of years ago the missus had got into this big time and is till keeping things minimal. The move a year ago really was the highlight though. I am a bit wary though as the missus gives me the , your also excess baggage , look every now and then
Cheers Hall

haha,,, I'm sure I get that look too
We could do with some major "de-cluttering" here, and like Gav, travelling will soon sort it all out I guess. (Just as well we have the farm to store stuff at )

Hi,
We travelled round Aust on a motorcycle in 1976 for 4 months.
That was minimalist, especially compared with what we now consider essential.
Cheers

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It's going to be a tight squeeze Going from a two storey four bedroom house into this

The less the better, we went from a 2 story 5 bedroom house to a 110 and a camper trailer travelling for a year with two kids. Twice I sent back stuff that I thought we needed but was just taking up space.
We're back in a house now, after two years we've still got boxes of stuff at home and a full shipping container of other "stuff " that we don't need, but it's out of sight.
I like stuff but it can tend to own you.
The freedom of minimal maintenance is great.