MeideInChina

What is Minimalism?  At first I thought Minimalism meant throwing out everything I own - my clothes, electronics, slightly used boyfriend. But upon reading further, I've come up with my own interpretation that minimalism is about: Living More With Less ဖ I've always been a cheap skate - one of my more attractive qualities, I know - so I figured that becoming a #minimalist would be easy, comprised of me dumping my shit off at the nearest Good Will and then slamming #minimalist into my Instagram bio. But over the course of the last few months, I've been finding out how deep minimalism reaches. ဖ My personal journey into Minimalism started this past year as a result of the never-ending obstacles that were being hurled my way: unsteady jobs, rocky relationships, financial stress, the constant battle to eat a dozen Sugar Shack donuts or hit the gym. All these "problems" - this was before the planets were in retrograde - were hitting me one after the other. ဖ A...

As time creeps forward and my days on this earth become numbered, I am increasingly amazed at just how much can happen in a month. September left my heart feeling stupendously happy and full despite being "homeless" for most of the month. I want to clarify, in essence, I chose to be homeless while I took my time to settle back into Richmond again. It was almost an adventure for me knowing that all I had/needed was my carry-on, towel, and some essentials. For almost a month, I would go to work, gym & shower, and then go to visit a friend and stay the night. My social life had never been so full and I valued the overwhelming amount of kindness from others which may have stemmed from their perception that I was baroque and begging on the streets. Nonetheless, I found a place and have to resort to new measure to keep my social life afloat. ဖ Lucky for me, the entirety of September was full with friends, special events, and more. Oktoberfest (in September, tf? I know) f...