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I tend to be minimalist when it comes to my living space. I love large apartments with as little clutter and furniture as possible. 
Living With Less. A Lot Less. vol. i know this is NIKEtalk, but insightful read
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^word up
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meh I still want it all.
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I think thats bad advice unless the friends are being negative (not constructive criticism) about whats important in your life. Maybe you one of those cats have to have all your friends be clones or something.
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Cleaning out my closet of clothes I don't wear/need to donate, right now and it feels good.
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I started giving alot of my clothes and shoes away this week.. Bittersweet but I am starting to feel some weight off my shoulders
The friend thing sucks but I have started re-evaluating the people I hang with.... It's true u are who you hang with and I am tired of the bar scene/smoke thing... Get tons of **** for wanting to do different things... Wanting to try different cultural things... Plus I have my own spot and I work hard to keep a roof over my head while two of my " friend" graduated school and just mooch off their parents and buy junk and I am just tired of my circle.... Just on a different level in my life right now so I personally like this advice... Living with little... Traveling and meeting new people who have different outlooks
Sorry for tangent
Edit: don't need friends that are clones... Need friends that are about more then just party life, my life sucks but don't want to change... Maybe u don't know that feel but at some point that life is for suckas
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im the type of person where the simpler living arrangement, the more comfortable i am.
id rather have a studio apartment or even rent a room in a spot before id live in a single or more bedroom place by myself. i spent too much time in houses they were filled with too much **** (boarder line hoader status) or the opposite, rooms that had nothing in them and both ways are a waste.
id rather have a studio apartment or even rent a room in a spot before id live in a single or more bedroom place by myself. i spent too much time in houses they were filled with too much **** (boarder line hoader status) or the opposite, rooms that had nothing in them and both ways are a waste.
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Nah I definitely know that life I'm going through the same thing actually but I don't have to get rid of my friends to change what I do. When they doing things I'm not into I just don't go when we on the same vibe we connect. Its that simple for me but at first its not. I also don't want to try to blame them for my situation and thats how people come off when they start that I want new friends who whether you agree or not (not trying to force you to) or more like clones of what you think you are now. Like I said earlier if they are just being downright negative I can understand but outside of that you just have to be grown and do things on your own if they not feeling what you into. Thats what I learned and do now but it took time to do that. I also don't care that my friends mooch or anything like that cause I'm not paying their bills so I don't see how that has anything to do with me being their friend or much of my concern. If you don't want to be their friends cool but no need to crap on them to make your decision seem better. I was like that and realized like I'm telling you what happens to us is our choices most times not because our "friends" are moochers and junk like that. I don't mind the tangent hell we here to connect agree/disagree with others thats the point of the NT fam.
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I don't blame them for anything... I have gone out of my way for them (sometimes more then I should) and not on some victim **** because I have had good times with them but just like dating a chick....the routines, the walking on egg shells to tell them the truth...seeing them do destructive behavior and having to constantly bail them out gets tiring and stifling and sorry it's just getting old for me.... I feel like I am not growing as a person anymore...I get what you are saying but sometimes you have let people go so they can grow and you can do the same...if you want to change,downsize,stop being so negative but go back to doing the same thing...it's like a hamster on a wheel...got love for them but not in love with them
Edit: being a moocher( was one myself) does effect me because I work hard and they always complain about not having money but buy vinyl toys or alcohol or dro but when we go out they always look at me for the tab.... Sorry not dumping on them, I can't take care of a grown man anymore just because I am doing good and I can't listen to whoa is me stories but you not trying to change... Everybody is different...for me I find myself passing judgement and that is why I am backing off, so yeah this might be my karma but for me to grow I have to do me now....eventually they will be better people in their own time but for now I can't do it anymore... You can't judge other people but yourself and that is something I am starting to realize I do and I want to change and move on....no more tangents just my opinion, won't clog thread anymore
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I've already subscribed to minimalism for years. Living with less is more.
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Aye, what do yall do with your shoes when they are dogged? I know Nike Stores have bins but I don't know what they do with them.
I want to just place them in/near a spot with homeless folks but I don't want to be disrespectful.
I want to just place them in/near a spot with homeless folks but I don't want to be disrespectful.
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Great read. Thanks.
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this
the reason i know what minimalism is, is because of NT................i know finnns was one of the NTrs who explained it to me i dont recall other names but we had a thread/discussion on this subject a whilllllllllllle back
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I think I started a thread about it. But I know others on here subscribe to the principles. Over consumption is a disease, with the worst offenders being hoarders.
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Seeing some of the added things you put I understand how you feel like you feel. I'm fortunate I don't have my friends that I feel that I'm different from dragging me down in those ways. I definitely understand more now and I would distance myself from cats like that also just hope everything works out for the best for you.
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good read
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After watching that video, I personally feel like Hill (and some of y'all) are confused.
A minimalistic lifestyle does not necessarily mean = "simple living."
Hill has merely co-opted minimalism for decorative and aesthetic purposes. Obviously, I wont ever know just how much "stuff" he was in possession of in his past life, but after watching that video, he appears to still be in possession of quite a great deal of material goods. To me, the only difference between his former self and his present self is that, now, he's found a way to make his possessions seem less conspicuous.
I mean really, have you checked the going market rates for Lofts in SoHo? That is NOT simple living.
All those gadgets and trinkets in his living space (and I'm sure we didn't even see it all)? That is NOT simple living.
Frankly, to me, this wreaks of the same stench that pervades those privileged folks who assume "humble", always temporary, circumstances in attempt to score some kind of credibility-- see, for example, the "starving artist from Brooklyn," who just so happens to have a multi-million dollar trust fund that pays for the studio and apartment rent, food, parties, etc. Eerily similar to Hill's situation, dont'cha think?
I aint here to hate, just calling it how I see it.
Documented history is full of men who have ventured and navigated the path of "simple living." If you are legitimately interested in such course, you owe it to yourself to look up a few of 'em. I just have a hard time accepting Hill's message as sincere when he's living a life that's contrary to what I know/think to be "simple living."
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A minimalistic lifestyle does not necessarily mean = "simple living."
Hill has merely co-opted minimalism for decorative and aesthetic purposes. Obviously, I wont ever know just how much "stuff" he was in possession of in his past life, but after watching that video, he appears to still be in possession of quite a great deal of material goods. To me, the only difference between his former self and his present self is that, now, he's found a way to make his possessions seem less conspicuous.
I mean really, have you checked the going market rates for Lofts in SoHo? That is NOT simple living.
All those gadgets and trinkets in his living space (and I'm sure we didn't even see it all)? That is NOT simple living.
Frankly, to me, this wreaks of the same stench that pervades those privileged folks who assume "humble", always temporary, circumstances in attempt to score some kind of credibility-- see, for example, the "starving artist from Brooklyn," who just so happens to have a multi-million dollar trust fund that pays for the studio and apartment rent, food, parties, etc. Eerily similar to Hill's situation, dont'cha think?
I aint here to hate, just calling it how I see it.
Documented history is full of men who have ventured and navigated the path of "simple living." If you are legitimately interested in such course, you owe it to yourself to look up a few of 'em. I just have a hard time accepting Hill's message as sincere when he's living a life that's contrary to what I know/think to be "simple living."
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Naw b, his spot is way too small 
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To my knowledge NIKE recycles them and uses them for flooring in parks.
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Good post
