Our world runs at a hurried pace, we are always either too busy to stop, or too tired to go on. The common man in his daily life, lives with the constant overstimulation of burdens. The burden to succeed, the burden to provide, and the burden to sustain. Constantly trying to win the race against humanity, the people of today live to explore new arenas. Every aspect, every step of life brings us new opportunities, and with each opportunity comes the privilege to possess. 

 

Possession; a dangerous aspect in the way of life that removes the mask of man to show the true ugliness of his extent.  Possession is what burns our inner fuel to work further. Though possession comes with the pretext of �freedom�, it is what binds us further to the ground. The more we possess, the more we are attached to things around us, and the more it circles back to the cycle of overstimulated burden. 

 

While possession forces you to guard what you own, �minimalism� let's live as who you are. Minimalism is not a trend, it is a silent cure to the cycle of consumerism that has succumbed humanity to live in their illusion of success. 

Minimalism is intentional.

That is the principle to live by when practicing minimalism. �All things that truly bring you joy, and possessions that you cannot sustain without, are all you need in your life�. Minimalism is this art of intentionally keeping things in your life, and consciously not consuming in excess. 

 

The agenda of consumerism that is constantly pushed by the toxic media culture is what is essentially plagueing the young mind. It is not just about buying 10 handbags when you need 2, or buying 10 different colored shirts when you need just 1; it is also about the silent force that pushes school children to buy textbooks and stationery not out of necessity, but to keep up with a sense of social prestige. It is about that middle class worker buying the latest iphone on EMI, while silently falling into the debt trap of capitalism. 

 

The culture of excess that is ingrained in the minds of the young, is what makes them believe that self worth is measured by possession and monetary wealth. They have been taught to believe that to be enough, one must have enough. The small boy who is ridiculed in class for not having a colorful eraser, or the married couple judged for not having the high end cutlery set, are all living the same way, facing the same intensity of pressure. The pressure of having enough to show to the world that you live a quality life. 

 

While the world screams at you to be more, minimalism silently pulls you towards your inner consciousness to listen to yourself more. The subtle art of knowing that this is all I need, and being confident in one's skin, can save generations from being caught in the same cycle. 

Minimalism, then, is not a a lifestyle choice; it is a kind of awakening that makes you take a step back and ask yourself �is this really what I need? Is this what I want?� When a person properly distinguishes the difference between need and want, they will finally be free from the world that dates you to define your self worth. 

 

Minimalism clears the clutter from life, leaving us to focus on our mental and spiritual peace. To live minimally is to reclaim time, the time lost while chasing all the possessions of life that were once holding you back. 

 

In choosing less, we make space for more; and that perhaps, is the greatest possession of all.