My grandfather died at the age of 96. After he died, we cleaned out a lot of clothes in his room, all of which were brand-new.

We grandchildren bought him thousands of dollars of down jackets, cashmere sweaters and duvets during the Spring Festival, but he didn't open them for use. Grandpa used to say, "I'm old, so don't open them, and it won't take long. What I have used will be rejected by you in the future, and the new one will be reserved for you in the future. "

however, the reality is cruel.

After Grandpa left, none of his children and grandchildren wanted anything from him, even brand-new clothes.

Everyone burned everything in Grandpa's room.

However, the savings and jewelry left by Grandpa are enjoyed by children and grandchildren.

so, I felt at that time, people should not have too many material things, and there is almost nothing you can take away.

When people reach middle age, they should start to live a simple life, learn to clean up year by year or even day by day, so as to save trouble for their children and grandchildren in the future.

as for how to live a simple life?

1. Don't buy unless necessary.

the inventory at home is used up first, and when it is almost used, it is purchased on demand.

I used to hoard goods. During my stay in double 11, there were dozens of express deliveries every day, with paper towels, shower gel and shampoo piled higher than people, which made the whole house congested.

think about a house with a square of tens of thousands of dollars. It is really uneconomical to pile up such cheap goods and feel that people and goods live together.

Now, I don't hoard anything any more. It's so convenient to shop. Why should we use our home as a warehouse?

2. Deep separation.

I don't understand parting, but making the best use of it.

I cleaned up my wardrobe at home and found that I actually have more than 3 pairs of jeans and more than 1 pairs of denim skirts, which can hardly be counted by other coats.

I finally understand why I can't save money for so many years, and I have contributed it to the clothing store owner.

I didn't throw away all these clothes, because most of them are classic models. I bought some fashionable T-shirts to match these jeans and denim skirts this year, and they were fashionable all summer.

Besides, the small household appliances in the kitchen have also been cleared out, so it is impossible to use them again. When they are put on the Internet, they are sold for several hundred dollars, which is not much. Compared with the price they bought at the beginning, it is not worth mentioning, but they have finally found a better place for the babies.

I have a hat of Adi. I bought it for 1 years, never wear it, and occasionally wash it frequently. Because of the dust, I also sold it for 15 yuan this time.

3. Open source and reduce expenditure.

The goal after breaking up is to have a better life.

in economic society, money is needed for food, clothing, housing and transportation. When I go to work to cure sugar, I also began to be a self-media. On the one hand, I can meet many friends, on the other hand, I can improve myself. After all, you need to find materials to write articles. This process is to improve yourself.

Besides, you can earn money by working from the media. One thousand yuan a month, and 12 thousand yuan a year, so you will have the expenses for the Chinese New Year.

Besides, because it takes time to be self-media, I don't have so much leisure time to gossip with my colleagues and classmates, which virtually reduces a lot of troubles in life. Why not?

So, it's not harmful to lead a simple life.

how to live a minimalist life?

Minimalist life is an attitude and a way of life. Minimalism should be in all aspects, such as material minimalism, information minimalism, work minimalism and so on. I'm still just staying on the material minimalism.

Anyone who knows minimalism knows that Jobs is a perfect minimalist. Jobs only had a classic costume for decades: black T and jeans, and there was only a photo of Einstein, a desk lamp, a chair and a bed at home. Jobs believed in "less is more" all his life, and he brought minimalism into full play.

Minimalism means getting into the habit of throwing things regularly. Uncle Jane, a famous minimalist, insisted on throwing one thing every day and not buying clothes for two years. All his clothes add up to only 2. Although we can't do it to the extreme, we can still insist on throwing it every day. Let's start with the shabby and useless ones at home. If you throw too much, you will naturally not be so impulsive when you buy things in the future.

With less things at home, less time is spent on useless things, so you can have more time to do more useful things. For example, the time for choosing clothes is reduced every day. There are only your favorite and exciting clothes left in the closet, and you can wear any clothes in the past.

We can't be minimalist just for simplicity's sake, and there's no need to throw something away blindly. Everyone's living habits and living environment are different, and there is no strict number of items needed for life.

as long as we keep it simple and organize it well, we can create a refreshing and comfortable home. Let our home be the spiritual habitat of every member of the family. In this way, our minimalism has been very successful.

first, shop less and shop more carefully, which is not necessary for life.

Second, clean up the house frequently, and leave things that have not been used for more than two years. Don't be reluctant, throwing things is really addictive.

third, keep a level mind and don't compare with others. In fact, there are many times when comparison is the source of consumption. After a certain age, you will find that it is meaningless to compare with others.

When cleaning the house during the Spring Festival, I found some clean bottles and jars. At that time, I thought they might still be useful. In fact, they have been useless. They were just put there to occupy space. It's time to clean them up.

There are many small household appliances, such as juicer, yogurt machine, saucepan and so on, and a lot of them have been put in. These things that are not used all the year round must be taken away.

A person's mind is also like a room. If it is cleaned frequently, it will always be clean.

along the way, I wake up and understand more and more. It is best to keep my own world quiet, and don't let more people and things participate and disturb me.

Reluctance is a disease, reluctant to leave the complicated interpersonal circle, reluctant to give up things that have not been used for a long time.

Because of these external things, we often make ourselves busy as a spinning top, and we often mistakenly think that we are participating in life, which is serious work.

For example, a person who has trudged in the world for a hundred years bears many things that he thinks are very important, both tangible and intangible, such as reputation, wealth, comparison, jealousy, hatred, gratitude, generosity, pride, modesty and so on.

Day after day, year after year. Then, he gets more and more tired. At this time, he thinks, can he give up some things to make himself relaxed?

Wu Zetian set up a tablet without words, and left her merits and demerits in black and white for later generations to comment on.

If you don't talk about people before everyone, no one will talk about them after everyone. If you understand this truth, just go your own way and let others talk about it.

There is endless money in the world. The ancients said that a gentleman loves money and takes it wisely, which is not the right way to get it. If you don't believe me, you can see how those corrupt officials have become prisoners. When they repent and admit their mistakes and cry, it is already too late to regret it.

The truth of life is just like a piece of food. Then, if you want to make it more delicious, you should pursue all kinds of seasonings. The more seasonings you add, the weaker the taste of the food itself will be.

At this time, we should think carefully, whether our original intention is to eat food or seasoning. There is only one answer. We want food, but we are blinded by all kinds of seasonings unconsciously.

Interpersonal relationships are like big waves scouring the sand, weak water is 3, yuan, and only one ladle is taken to drink. In fact, two or three confidants are also enough.

Everyone knows the happiness of childhood! A caring word from others, a small toy and a delicious meal. A new dress ... can keep us warm in our hearts for a long time, with endless aftertaste!

As we grow up, we still have that childlike innocence in our hearts, but we just hide it in a hidden corner of our hearts or even stop taking it out. The society is developing and people's hearts are changing. Are we really bound to be washed away by the cross-flow of external material desires? Actually, it's not all that! This requires us to look for our original innocence, which is actually the simplest mind!

Food, clothing, housing and transportation are closely related to us. Local tyrants have local tyrants' views, while ordinary people have ordinary people's views. "People are more angry than people" is an old saying, which is now said: no comparison, no harm! Don't compare with others, really want to compare with your past, so you will find that your life is much better than before. Never mind what you lost. But think more about what you've got! Thought to understand, no longer curved around, is bound to put down the burden, light on the road, simple life will be far behind? The sunshine of happiness will come as scheduled!

In fact, people really need very few things, but people's desires are very big and endless, because people are full of absolute curiosity about this strange world. Curiosity drives people to keep exploring, and they want to keep having things they have never seen, including all aspects of life. Therefore, people are within their own capabilities, both material needs within the economic scope and intangible needs within their capabilities.

It's like a child. Facing this world where he has just been wet behind the ears, everything is new to him. When he walks in the street, he sees curious toys, beautiful clothes and unheard-of games, and he always wants to experience them constantly. This novelty has brought him endless stimulation and triggered all his senses.

However, when he has it, he may be able to keep an interest in one thing for a day or a few days, and some may only keep an interest for an hour or two. When this novelty disappears, the calm after exploration will make him feel that everything is "so much" and then turn to the pursuit of other new and strange things.

actually, from this aspect, the pursuit of material desires in the world of adults is not much different from that of children. They are the same in the pursuit of pleasure, not that he really has a demand for this thing itself.

then, with this in mind, it is not difficult to achieve a minimalist standard of living. When people are faced with something new, they all want to take it for themselves. The hegemony caused by selfish desires will give people a very strong sense of pleasure. If I have him or not, it will give people a noble feeling of "being the only one". However, because of different abilities, people can't have everything they like. Therefore, people know how to control their desires within their abilities.

what can we do to live a simple life, and what benefits can it bring to people?

1. If you want to have something you have never had, you need to know whether you really need it, how much it will help your life, and how long will you continue to use it and love it?

2. If you have it, will it have a great impact on your life? If you don't have it, will it affect your long-term depression?

3. When you want to lay hands on something, watch it again and again, watch it for more time, and learn to delay satisfaction. When you find that it is still what you want after a period of consideration, you can lay hands on it now, because some things will completely lose the desire to own after you have seen it many times.

4. Although I don't advocate extreme simplicity like "my home is empty", there is no need to want everything, because there are too many things in people's life that we can't have and don't need to have. If we understand this, we will be open-minded about our desires. Some things exist, not to let you have them, but their existence is a kind of beauty.

5. Make the best use of everything you have, cherish it, make good use of it and make the best use of it. Because when we have a lot of things, we don't give full play to their maximum value, but we can use them or use them when we think of them. We can also find many substitutes like them in our lives, which weakens the use value of an item itself. Learn to maximize the work of an item, rather than having a variety of products of the same type.

when people understand the above five points, you will know more about the right and wrong in life. When you follow the minimalist life for a period of time, you will fall into the convenience and order it gives you. You won't have difficulty in choosing, and you won't feel bored with things. Instead, you will look at the world with such a mentality, full of pity and make everything play its greatest role.

when our life becomes simple and warm, you will have more feelings to discover the beauty in life and deeply experience the greatest use of everything in life, thus forming a "minimalist style" that advocates the simple beauty in life, rather than the crowded and complicated.

Simplicity, plainness and indifference are the main theme of life. When you remove too many desires from life, you will find that life is full and happy.

roll up your sleeves and work hard. Our efforts have achieved results. Life is loose, and with a few dollars in my wallet, I can't help but buy this and that, but I have bought too many things. Is it slowly found that there are too many useless things in my home? Some things bring us convenience and happiness in life, but some things are bought on impulse, but later it is found that these things are of little use, and the accumulation of these things makes our home a lot less space. Which one do you prefer, a home with bright windows and a warehouse? It must be the former. How can we have a comfortable and warm home? Why don't you try minimalism?

to get rid of things that you don't need and make you uncomfortable, you must quit the habit of impulsive shopping, buy what you really need when you buy, and don't buy useless things just because they are cheap or promotional. Don't take gifts, samples and souvenirs sent out for various activities into your home if they are not needed.

But as for minimalist things, you should understand that what you have to use is left behind, and what you don't need is thrown away. Minimalist things have a process, and after this, you will gradually know what you need most. When you start with minimalism, you don't know where to start, and you don't know what to do with minimalism. You can start by throwing away junk items, such as clothes that haven't been worn in the past two or three years, expired food, broken furniture and household appliances, which can be minimized. Where can these items be minimized? Valuable ones that can be resold can be sold online, such as reselling.