There is always reason why i decided to become a minimalist, it is because i strongly agreed with this quote :
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” Leonardo da Vinci, 1452.
I really feel uncomfortable when there is lot of stuff in my room because it means more stuff to clean and organize, and it is hassle to move out especially if you are living in temporary place such as dorm. This post will explains my road to minimalist where there is lot of declutter where I used to have lot of stuff in my room to only 1/3 stuff left in my room right now.
Unfortunately i don’t able to recover any photo of my room back then on 2012 where it is first time i was moving out to main city of my country for study purposes because at that time and i still using my blackberry phone and all photo stored locally on the phone but i remember all my stuff back on 2012 was worth 25 Kilogram at total.
but i still managed to keep the photo back on 2014 thanks to google photo already popular that time and the stuff that which already decluttered around 30% from at the beginning on 2012 either it is sold to other people or thrown into the garbage can, and this is the photo of it :
April 2014
Yes it looks so messy, and actually there is more stuff packed inside the cupboard on third picture which is hidden from the picture so that time, my stuff should around 18 kilogram total.
List of stuff on my room on 2014 are :
- A Water Dispenser and bucket
- A 12 Inch Desk Fan
- A foldable chair
- 12 set of Clothes including formal and non-formal (usually stored inside cupboard but based on photo, it was stored beside of dispenser which is intended for laundry)
- Bed stuff : two pillows, two large blanket, a foldable bed, a cooling cushion, and three bedcover.
- Laptop, mouse with its mousepad, 3.1 speakers, wifi router and standing plug socket
- Food stuff and documents are mostly hidden in the cupboard and enough to fill most of the cupboard.
- Various stuff including suitcase, badminton rackets, and multiple cardboards which placed above the cupboard which is shown on 3rd picture.
Then two years later, on 2016 i managed to declutter 30% more of my stuff because e-commerce is trending and i managed to sell lot of unimportant stuff in my room.
July 2016
I managed to sell my foldable chair and bed, some cardboards, food stuff, and lot of other stuff that was unimportant or rarely used anyway and the stuff left is shown on the photo but of course it is still looks messy, and it should be worth around 13 kilogram in total.
Then another next 2 years, which is on 2018. i managed to declutter another 30% of my stuff and similar to previous declutter, i sell them online because i was already graduated from college and become full time worker which means more stuff become unimportant anymore.
July 2018
I was able to sell more stuff, switched same type of stuff to more lighter stuff as example from iron deskfan and chair to plastic deskfan and chair
At that time, i also learned to gather all the small stuff into the single bag to save more space, and the total of stuff i have on 2018 is around 9 Kilogram in total.
Then still on same room but a year later, most noticeable changes are desk fan changes which is reduced from 12 inch to 9 inch, and some of various “spareparts” that has been sold online. lot of small stuff can be organized thanks to the great foldable portable bag that can be attached into suitcase.
2019
This photo was taken before i was moving out to my next dorm next year, then on 2020, this time managed to declutter again 30% more of my stuff.
Jan 2020
At this time, it is only worth around 6 Kilogram in total. i decided to sell my suitcase, bucket, plastic chair because foldable bag is much more efficient, and lot of small stuff that usually stored inside the bag has been sold because it is no longer important or rarely used anyway.
then still on 2020 which is 3 months later, i managed to declutter only 20% of my stuff this time, it is much harder to declutter once your stuff is almost only 5 Kilogram in total.
April 2020
This is photo when covid era strikes, i still planning to declutter more of my stuff and if possible, i have goal to declutter at least 50% from my current stuff which is will become only 3 Kilogram stuff in total.
This is my road to minimalist, in the beginning i used to have stuff worth 25 Kilogram total back then in 2012. 8 years later, i am already declutter up to 10 Kilogram (60% than before)
At this point, being minimalist will have greater effect, organizing stuff has become more efficient now, from 3 hours worth time to only 20 minutes and most importantly, i feel more enlighten, like lot of burden has been released from me and my room looks more neat and clean now.
2021
2022
I Started decluttering stuff in my room, sell them online, and organize them. there is plenty of stuff in this room which is not actually mine so it is kinda looks like storage room. there is electronics, accessories, suitcase, lot of cardboards and plastics for packing purposes.
2023
more cardboards and plastics for packing, got myself new custom build table, and still declutter stuff by sell them online
2024
2025
on 2025, i added some hanging drawer that servers as cabinet for my table and i put some accesories, electrical plugs, etc in this drawer to keep everything more organized.
2026
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