We don't even think about how many things we have at home. Sometimes understanding the number is shocking. Everyone is chasing the opportunity to buy a new iPhone or a hairdryer. However, that won't bring long-term happiness, right?

Progress does not stand still. Consumer culture strikes another blow. A new trend comes into play – minimalism. What is its purpose? Thanks to it, you can throw away unnecessary things and focus on something more essential.

The author also took note of minimalism. In 2008, he discovered it for himself on Memorial Day weekend. Sorting through the junk in the old garage, he realized the uselessness of most of these things. The man hoped that he would quickly cope with this task. Yet everything happened differently – cleaning took hours.

During this process, many thoughts entered the author's head. He recalled previous efforts to clean things up. In fact, every such try ended in disappointment. This question stuck deep in his mind. While sitting and thinking about this, he met his neighbor. She noticed the man's sad face and decided to tell the story. Her daughter resorted to minimalism and discarded all the unnecessary things she had in her life. The author's whole world turned upside down. He realized how much time he wasted in the garage. He could have spent all those hours with his family instead of going through old things.

The man shared these thoughts with his wife. The solution was obvious – to reduce the number of his things. He even created his blog, *Becoming Minimalist*, to record this way of life. The blog attracted the attention of many users. Now it counts over a million people a month, pushing them to minimalism.