{"id":1139,"date":"2009-07-24T15:41:15","date_gmt":"2009-07-24T19:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becomingblog.wpengine.com\/?p=1139"},"modified":"2019-10-02T06:36:08","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T13:36:08","slug":"benefit-display-what-you-value-most","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.becomingminimalist.com\/benefit-display-what-you-value-most\/","title":{"rendered":"Display What You Value Most"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6243 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.becomingminimalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/first-steps-to-minimalism-feature.jpg\" alt=\"first-steps-to-minimalism-feature\" width=\"500\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.becomingminimalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/first-steps-to-minimalism-feature.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.becomingminimalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/first-steps-to-minimalism-feature-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I have a friend with a bookcase in her living room. It has four shelves&#8230; and 36 books, 11 figurines, 24 photos, 2 souvenir coffee mugs, various snow globes, flower arrangements, vases, and candles.<\/p>\n<p>People often define minimalism as <em>removing all material possessions from your life<\/em>. They ask me, &#8220;How do you live life as a minimalist? It sounds so boring.&#8221; But their definition is founded on an incorrect assumption.<\/p>\n<p>Minimalism isn&#8217;t just the removal of all physical possessions. It is also\u00a0<em>the intentional promotion of the things I value most<\/em>. It is about deciding what is most important in your life and removing the things that distract you from it.<\/p>\n<p>Which bring me back to my friend&#8217;s bookcase. As I look at her bookcase, I ask myself, &#8220;What is it that she values most?&#8221; I can&#8217;t tell by looking her at bookcase\u2014it&#8217;s too crowded with things that are less important.<\/p>\n<p>One benefit of minimalism is that you are able to visibly declare what is most important to you. Look around your living room. What does it communicate about you? If a total stranger walked in, what would they identify is most important? Is it? Or has the most important things in your life become crowded out by less important things?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a friend with a bookcase in her living room. It has four shelves&#8230; and 36 books, 11 figurines, 24 photos, 2 souvenir coffee mugs, various snow globes, flower arrangements, vases, and candles. People often define minimalism as removing all material possessions from your life. 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