Minimalism Fail: The Creep Has Started

So…

It is starting to become clear to me that… minimalism is HARD. It’s especially hard in a consumeristic culture. It’s super duper hard when we seem to have this built-in urge to shop and buy stuff. I am slowly ACCUMULATING SHIT.

Cue scary music.

So… this weekend, (or sooner), my plan is to go through and throw stuff away. Or give it away. Or do something with it where it’s not in my house. What makes this worse is… I bought 3 Blu-Ray movies last night. (Yes, I’ve made peace finally with Blu-ray. Now I like it.) Do I NEED these movies? No. I do not. Will I watch them frequently enough to own them? Probably not. Could I have just watched them on Netflix or Amazon instant video rental? Yes. Yes I could.

Another issue is books. I have a Kindle and yet I keep buying paper books. WHY???? OMFG WHY????

*falls over*

I need to seriously clean out drawers, closets, evaluate what I want in my house and what I don’t. The big basic issue here is that I don’t need most of this “just in case”. I don’t need most of it at all.

I kind of wish it was before Xmas. I could Re-Gift a lot of this stuff.

Either way, I’m going to re-minimalize. I’m going to make this a monthly practice. Each month I’m going to go through and look at the crap I’ve accumulated and get rid of some of it. If I continue to do this ruthlessly, then I MAY stop BUYING STUFF. If I know I’m just going to throw it away and that the money will then be wasted, maybe I won’t do it.

And the money will be wasted anyway, because if something ends up in the back of a closet cluttering up your life but not being used ever, then it’s still a waste. Just having an object that reminds me of my stupidity and poor impulse control is hardly a consolation prize.