The Art of Minimalism — Less is More
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.
In 2016, like many people I watched a documentary on Netflix called “Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things.” Whilst the documentary was fascinating, it’s immediate impact to me was very minimal. However, as the months and years passed, I found myself regularly being drawn back to the concept of minimalism. As a regular advocate of capitalism and working in finance, I felt that it would be impossible to be a supporter of minimalism as it seemed contradictory. I was wrong.
Purpose
Minimalism means a lot more than the generic definition of just living with the things you need. It is centred around what is important and removing everything that distracts us from our core purpose. It focuses on your intentions and thus can have striking improvements in many areas of your life.
Various religious groups from Buddhists to Hindus often mention the idea of removing possessions to get spiritual focus. However, the actual term minimalism came from the 50’s and 60’s when the trend was adopted in music, art and design. The philosophy was the same, to remove everything but the instrument or key design pieces. Minimalism has really taken shape with products such as the iPhone with it having greater focus on…
