Minimalism

[Delightful Life]

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The ultimate in minimalism would be to get rid of everything, including one's self :3

That would be maximimal minimalism?

Pop minimalism would be I guess complaining when someone doesn't put one can into recycling

Physics minimalism would be an embrace of the Path of Least Resistance? Laws of thermodynamics and all that...the path of a light ray is the one that allegedly uses the least energy...

Light is lazy??? :3 Take that, GOP!

And so it goes

 

[Jaebius]

This pops up again :3 Neat

The ultimate in minimalism would be to get rid of everything, including one's self :3

That would be maximimal minimalism?

Pop minimalism would be I guess complaining when someone doesn't put one can into recycling

Physics minimalism would be an embrace of the Path of Least Resistance? Laws of thermodynamics and all that...the path of a light ray is the one that allegedly uses the least energy...

Light is lazy??? :3 Take that, GOP!

And so it goes

Maximimal minimalism: what a concept! I imagine it as the art of living with freedom.

Pop minimalism totally made me chuckle. Ah, the great debate over that single can in the recycling bin.

As for physics minimalism, I’m on board with embracing the Path of Least Resistance. Light manages to illuminate our world in the most beautiful ways. So, it's just being awesome!

And hey, taking jabs at political figures with clever analogies is always amusing

 

[Luce NDs]

This pops up again :3 Neat

The ultimate in minimalism would be to get rid of everything, including one's self :3

That would be maximimal minimalism?

Pop minimalism would be I guess complaining when someone doesn't put one can into recycling

Physics minimalism would be an embrace of the Path of Least Resistance? Laws of thermodynamics and all that...the path of a light ray is the one that allegedly uses the least energy...

Light is lazy??? :3 Take that, GOP!

And so it goes

One would have nothing to cause neurosis and thus a problem for the psychotic ... creating additional worry, bother, stress etc. because it all went!

Some authorities declare the biggest worry and stress to humankind is nothing-ism as we can't stand ourselves ... really? It is said to be a belief as a kind of ism ... and you cannot trump that ... thus great voids ... studied in Aaron James book on A* Theory ... it is all just that ... theory because of our propensity to know nothing ... absolutely!

Is there another side to this theory that may be transcribed as a story? So Theo's Cis as it goes ... a dark reflection ... and shadow comes back at you from around the corner on Sunday morning depressions ... because you were alone with a headache? The self in deed ... twas done ...

This comes up in some of Robert Service's poetry about chills and gnarled fingers ... and yet Sam ... we play it again for lack ... nothing gained?

 

[Mrs.Anteater]

I have been working on digital decluttering. I have three pages with password for all kinds of apps and websites. One thing is to get rid of the ones I don’t use, secondly to unsubscribe to emails that clutter my inbox and thirdly I am going to change my email to g mail and changing every account I have is a mountain of work, as the times have progresses and they often now require verification codes and so on. I have been working on this for several hours and barely started on page two.
I need to do something enjoyable now….
It does declutter significantly, though.

 

[Mendalla]

I have three pages with password for all kinds of apps and websites.

Best solution for that is a password manager. That stores all your passwords in a secure vault and you only need to remember the password for the vault.

 

[JayneWonders]

Digital decluttering is an important item.
Files on your computer. Start by zipping, and eventually purge.
Photos (ok, they're files too, but people tend to think of them differently)
friends in various social media platforms
mail lists (don't forget to remove your account, not just unsubscribe)

In my work, it is similair
instructions
procedures
get simpler -- refer to standards
apps are decided if they are end of life, and shutdown if have little usage
for apps that are needed but, not critical, maintenance is reduced, though security is not. it is a fine balance
all of it is reducing costs, overhead, and energy put into things with little return

 

[Luce NDs]

Digital decluttering is an important item.
Files on your computer. Start by zipping, and eventually purge.
Photos (ok, they're files too, but people tend to think of them differently)
friends in various social media platforms
mail lists (don't forget to remove your account, not just unsubscribe)

In my work, it is similair
instructions
procedures
get simpler -- refer to standards
apps are decided if they are end of life, and shutdown if have little usage
for apps that are needed but, not critical, maintenance is reduced, though security is not. it is a fine balance
all of it is reducing costs, overhead, and energy put into things with little return

Do standards flap in a breeze?

 

[ninj]

I have thought more than once about all the varied meals, the supply of clothing for every occasion and season, the things necessary to run a clean, modern house in the 1960's.It would be met with disbelief I'm sure if younger generations saw the entire inventory of our family of 6 back then.
We had "the scissors". One pair, sharpened by the door to door guy. One carving knife. Potato masher, egg flipper and rotary beater. No long handled spoons of fancy utensils. One enamel colander.......very few things. Just the essentials were enough. By mum used a teacup for a ladle. For measuring it was an old tin cup and regular silverware teaspoons etc. How I learned to cook. Enough clothing and linens to last til wash day because you changed when you got home and wore things multiple times. Oh I could go on.

 

[Luce NDs]

I have thought more than once about all the varied meals, the supply of clothing for every occasion and season, the things necessary to run a clean, modern house in the 1960's.It would be met with disbelief I'm sure if younger generations saw the entire inventory of our family of 6 back then.
We had "the scissors". One pair, sharpened by the door to door guy. One carving knife. Potato masher, egg flipper and rotary beater. No long handled spoons of fancy utensils. One enamel colander.......very few things. Just the essentials were enough. By mum used a teacup for a ladle. For measuring it was an old tin cup and regular silverware teaspoons etc. How I learned to cook. Enough clothing and linens to last til wash day because you changed when you got home and wore things multiple times. Oh I could go on.

The well to do do not know much of this kind of process! If alien it is frightening ...

 

[JayneWonders]

oh, @ninj I remember the door to door knife sharpener guy. Mom would say, if you see him, come tell me. I was shocked, pleasantly, when I was living in Galt, married with kids, is the early 90's when he came down the road, ringing his bell.

 

[BetteTheRed]

We have a sharpening centre a five-minute walk from my house. Old guy, has been there forever, hope he never leaves or dies.

 

[KayTheCurler]

I have thought more than once about all the varied meals, the supply of clothing for every occasion and season, the things necessary to run a clean, modern house in the 1960's.It would be met with disbelief I'm sure if younger generations saw the entire inventory of our family of 6 back then.
We had "the scissors". One pair, sharpened by the door to door guy. One carving knife. Potato masher, egg flipper and rotary beater. No long handled spoons of fancy utensils. One enamel colander.......very few things. Just the essentials were enough. By mum used a teacup for a ladle. For measuring it was an old tin cup and regular silverware teaspoons etc. How I learned to cook. Enough clothing and linens to last til wash day because you changed when you got home and wore things multiple times. Oh I could go on.

Clearing my mum's house revealed very few specialised items. She had a frying pan, two saucepans (all of which were in use during my childhood), a cookie sheet, a mixing bowl. A wooden spoon, a flipper and a few plates, cups etc. The cutlery was a mixed bag, some of which was in use in my childhood.

 

[BetteTheRed]

One thing remaining from my childhood is "the gravy fork". It was a mismatched fork, and it must be a softer material than stainless because the tines on the left side wore down to a gentle curve. It was for mixing the flour with the gravy browning and water, for my whole childhood made in a small green cup missing a handle that existed for this sole purpose (that cup got broken, but in fairly recent memory). My children were always taking cutlery to school, to their rooms, but it was on pain of death that you ever removed the gravy fork.

 

[Luce NDs]

Why is it that so many that say they are sharp have trouble putting an edge on a knife?

Don't they know how to file things away? It is like prodigal ... out of sight ... relating in the street????