Necessary items , no matter how expensive, must be purchased. On the contrary, an item that is not needed in life should not be bought no matter how cheap it is.

Minimalist living is not possible in a day or two, but needs to be practiced into a habit little by little.

Simplicity is the key to happiness. In fact, everyone wants to be happy, but they don’t know how to be minimalist in both material and spiritual.

Keep these 7 habits in mind to have a minimalist and happy life as many people desire:

1. Cultivate healthy shopping concept

Necessary items, no matter how expensive, must be purchased. On the contrary, an item that is not needed in life should not be bought no matter how cheap it is.

High-quality essentials will make you heartbroken because the price is not cheap, but every time you use it, you will feel unbelievable joy and happiness.

Cheap things, although making us feel relieved and comfortable to buy, do not give you a good use experience, and because of poor quality, they lead to rapid deterioration. At that time, you will spend more money to buy another one.

Don’t follow the crowd and then have to spend money to buy unnecessary things for yourself. Don’t see your friends and colleagues buying something, you have to buy it too.

2. Minimize unnecessary waste

Never overestimate your own will. Things like gym memberships almost always cost you money because you really can’t stick to the practice for long.

For all kinds of hobbies ( music instruments, photography, ..), you should first experience with low-priced ones. After that, take a month to reflect and see if you can continue to persist with this hobby. Finally, you just start thinking about buying more advanced types for long-term use.

Do not buy souvenirs or typical items in tourist places because they are almost not essential goods in life, not to mention the quality is not guaranteed.

3. Control the desire to shop

Before going to the supermarket, you should make a list of the items you need to buy. Of course, you must try to only shop on the list you have set out. This method helps you not to get stuck in a situation where you want to buy anything.

If you want to buy a certain outfit or bag, put it in your online shopping cart. After a week, if you are still interested in those items, then decide to pay for the order.

Never spend money on something just because it comes with a freebie.

Don’t buy and buy it because you see a discount, then come home and find that you don’t like them at all.

4. Limit unnecessary hoarding

You do not need to buy and store items to gradually use items such as tissues, skin masks, etc. Supermarkets are your most useful storage, when you need them, you can buy them anytime, anywhere.

Buying used items doesn’t bode well for a money-saving plan, but leaves us with more opportunities to waste more. A common example is: When storing too many tissues, you will have a more comfortable idea of ​​​​using them, thereby losing unnecessary quantities.

Specify a space for each item, after using it, you must put it back in its place. Items that are not used every day, try to put them in the drawer to avoid dust. This habit helps us to find and use it more conveniently next time, and also helps to keep the room neat and clean.

Many people often do not have the heart to throw away the outer boxes or bags. In fact, we don’t use it at all, but its existence takes up a lot of space, making the room narrower.

5. Control the number of items in the house

When buying new appliances, you should think again to see if there are already similar items in the house. At the same time, items with the same function can only be purchased or kept one. Try to use one item with many different uses to save space and time.

After each month, you should get into the habit of looking at the room overview to get rid of unnecessary things.

6. Environmental protection is also a minimalist way of life

Try to take advantage of products that are highly substitutes, reduce packaging waste, for example, buy fabric softener, dishwashing liquid in packs for the next time so that it can be poured into the bottle purchased the first time.

Order less food online, try to limit single-use plastic items such as lunch boxes, milk tea cups, etc.

Try to carry a water bottle handy when going out, buy less bottled water.

7. Reduce the load on receiving social information

Turn off all notifications of never used applications.

Purge message boards on social networking sites, block useless ads.

Quit all community groups you’ve never been interested in.

If others can’t understand your minimalist life, then use your “minimalist” energy to inspire them.