Minimalism

Minimalism is just a word describing frugality as a lifestyle. It is how I survive and continue to survive.

It is also the only anarchist way to live well in the capitalist money economy while participating in it as little as possible. I love that.

What is it? Well, if you are living in the usurious money economy you have two choices. The normal way is to try desperately to make and borrow more money to feed your debt and buy more stuff..  The other is to make as little as possible, have no debt and acquire no extraneous stuff.

By adapting the latter, I have lived a good life for the past ten years with a minimal amount of pain, a maximal amount of satisfaction while never earning more than 30K per year and usually no more than 25K.

Is it just another word for poor? Absolutely not. Poor means having no choices; minimalism means consciously making them. I will discuss this at length in later posts and provide resources for those interested.