In the 60th years of the last century in visual art of the USA the new current – minimalism has arisen. Gradually it has extended to all spheres of life, becoming way of life. The main idea of minimalism – limit reduction of requirements, finishing them to minimum. Than this lifestyle is bad or good?
Presently, when advertizing imposes us desire to constantly get all new and new objects, the ideas of minimalism are chosen the progressive people caring for the dwelling and the environment. The minimalism is the style helping to fill life with what does it really valuable.
What good expects the modern person choosing this way of life?
Improvement of health and general psychological state
Psychologists have proved that life among huge number of things and objects worsens psychological state. Competently it is very difficult to organize storage of things for convenience of their use. Need of service of large amount of property, search of things at their enormous volume often not only irritates, but also leads to neurosises.
The dust accumulating on things, regiments and other systems of storage is capable to provoke a number of diseases. Among them allergies, pneumoconiosis, dust bronchitis, tracheitises, konyyuktivit, etc.
After disposal of the unnecessary and not used things, the living space will be released. In the apartment will become cleaner, is lighter, the microclimate and psychoemotional state will improve.
Saving of time
In the world where on the account every minute, people try to minimize all household efforts. It is very difficult to be in charge of housekeeping in the apartment in which there is set of the things demanding space and leaving. If to remove excess objects from the housing, time spent for cleaning will be reduced. As a result, time for what will give us true joy will be released.
Economy of money and improvement of quality of things
Making the decision and following the principles of minimalism, undergoing process of disposal of unnecessary things, the person ceases to drag superfluous to the house. Need to decorate shelf with the tenth figurine, to buy on kitchen the next device, and to the child – cheap toy, interest in which will be gone in half an hour, disappears. Thus, considerable sums of money are saved. And at commission of the considered purchase of any subject to the house, there is opportunity to spend for it more money, than earlier, thereby having chosen better product.
Good point is also that the remained money can be spent for hobby, entertainments, travel, improvement of the state of health, education.
Freedom for work and creativity
One more plus of minimalism is availability of the place for work and creativity. It is very pleasant to gather in the clean room all family. Time saved on house cleaning can be spent for communication with the family and friends, for hobby and hobbies. It is possible to fulfill the dreams and plans, the head is not stuffed by thoughts concerning the actions necessary for maintenance of order in the dwelling. Feeling of freedom and the joy that you are surrounded by favourite, qualitative, functional things – undoubted plus of such lifestyle.
There are in minimalism and minuses. It is necessary to learn about them before change of the way of life.
Misunderstanding of people around
The apartment with minimalistic design looks not traditionally for most of people. There is probability that people around will not accept your idea to leave around themselves minimum of the necessary things. There will be questions of how it is possible to do without any given subject, about lack of taste and money. There can be also offers, and even attempts to get for you those things which to relatives seem necessary. In this case be ready to defend the borders and to reason the choice of such way of the life.
Lack of means for stress relief
Shopping for many is means for stress relief. If you have got used to struggle with stress, buying new things to the house, there can be discomfort from lack of shopping. It is necessary to look for new way of fight against melancholy and bad mood.
At minimalism in human life there is order and control over surrounding situation. All life, and not just acquisition of things and maintenance of order in the apartment, becomes more conscious. What you decide to store and what to get rid of. But it is worth remembering that all new can come only when you get rid of old. Prepare the place for new plans, the ideas, adventures, being exempted from old stuff.