— VerifyYourBrain

Thank you for stressing that minimalism has nothing to do with poverty!

I can relate to your grandma's mindset, and I appreciate people who understand and accept the difference by putting their hands up and saying, "I would never aspire to be a minimalist because I grew up too poor." Instead of bantering and unsuccessfully trying to convince me that their poverty makes them blinking minimalists.

Sacks labelled "smaller sacks".

😅I love that. I went through a period where I was a hoarder and would do things like this, with the intention of recycling, and repurposing things. That was simply because I was too sentimental and didn't like to waste anything. It's not like any of those things enriched my life in any way.

If a friend suggests a bar that's outside my budget, I tell them so.

100% I am the same. I take delight in turning down invites and saying outright, "That's over my budget. I could have the same or better experience or product at so and so."

That was simply because I was too sentimental and didn't like to waste anything. It's not like any of those things enriched my life in any way.

That's the thing. I'm fortunate with this new bed. It has one of those storing spaces underneath, and of late, it's become a dumping ground for repurposable items of all sorts. Unfortunately, the realism that I'll probably never repurpose them doesn't fit down there :))

"I would never aspire to be a minimalist because I grew up too poor."

Quite the contrary for many, I think. I don't know how it is elsewhere, but in Romania, it's been a common finding for me with people who grew up in smaller, poorer villages, who do a 180 and automatically go for all the kitschy flashy crap when they can afford to.

I take delight in turning down invites and saying outright, "That's over my budget. I could have the same or better experience or product at so and so."

There is a certain pleasure to it, isn't there? It's a good way to weed out people too. I remember a first date with a guy I was seeing. He took me to this pretentious cocktail place where a single glass was over 10 pounds (for reference, they're 5 at most in Ro). Ended up spending a ton on a few drinks. I kept thinking this isn't gonna work, he could've spent that money on a proper meal and drink at a less assuming restaurant. Tells you about a person, man.