Aurelie M.

“Minimalism is just the beginning. It’s a tool. Once you’ve gone ahead and minimized, it’s time to find out what those important things are. Minimalism”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

“If it’s not a “hell, yes!” it’s a “no.”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

“Ask yourself which of your items would truly be necessary if you were to start with zero belongings. What if everything you owned was stolen? What if you had to move next week? Which items would you take with you? There are probably a lot of things we have sitting around in our homes for no particular reason. Think about starting from scratch, and it will become clear which items are essential.”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

“The glory of acquisition starts to dim with use, eventually changing to boredom as the item no longer elicits even a bit of excitement. This is the pattern of everything in our lives. No matter how much we wish for something, over time it becomes a normal part of our lives, and then a tired old item that bores us, even though we did actually get our wish. And we end up being unhappy.”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism