Minimalism: Saving time or space?

in #time8 years ago

Have you ever found yourself confronted with this dilemma when you uncluttered the cornelian choice between the time saved by an object during its rare uses or the space saved when you dispose it?

At the first approaches, when we begin the journey towards minimalism, we speak above all of the material decluttering. We realize that we have acquired too many objects, and that the presence of them suffocates us and affects us negatively in our daily lives. We then head down into the sorting of objects. What's in it for us? An obvious gain of space.

Space saving

Imagine for a moment your house has been uncluttered with all the things you don't use every day. What would it look like?
You will get to move more easily between the last remaining pieces of furniture. You will quickly find all the objects of your everyday life, those objects you really used.
Imagine all this space you have gained, and you could clean it up very quickly, because there won't be any need to move tons of objects before you get there. An uncluttered space is a feeling of freedom guaranteed.

Minimalist office

And for the rest that we have to keep, people keep asking me what's the best: closed or open storage units? I prefer the closed storage for less visual pollution and so that the gaze does not stop on "disturbing details" when we begin to contemplate our environment.

Time saving

And here we are before this object that saves us time but takes up space. Should we keep it or not?
Extreme minimalism would say no, and surely would get rid of it. But in either case, let us base ourselves on our feelings, not on what it should be, that is, what is most important to you: space or time saved?
I'm a suburban mom. My life is very normal: I live in a normal house, and I don't travel with all my possessions that boil down to the contents of a backpack. And in many cases, I prefer minimalism in gestures.

Minimalist kitchen


Personally, I don't have a robot, despite all the positive feedback I've heard so far. I haven't measured the time saved yet. And in the end, it all comes down to what suits me personally. And you, for which category of objects would you prefer: time to space?

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Great read, I love being a minimalist, It truly does save so much time and I found out these "things" I had really did not make me happy.