Is there such a thing as a minimalist desi.
We are in the process of our 4th move and even after letting go of a lot of stuff at every move I am still appalled at the amount of ‘stuff’ we have.
So can we desis ever have a minimalist lifestyle.
Do any of you follow such a lifestyle, pls share your tips.
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minimalist life style for desis means they will be perceived as POOR! desis don't like to look like a poor person! :D
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I know what you mean, we have moved 5 times in 5 years, and every time we get rid of so much and promise not to build up on stuff again, i don’t know what it is, i try to be as minimilist as i can, but somehow still manage to collect so much stuff 
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well what i do, i discard things regularly, i dont buy extra stuff keep it limited, i even never keep more than 5 bedsheets at a time, once they have worn out, next comes in. when i got married huby had this so much stuff n the first thing i did was cleaning n throwing all these extra stuff, the things i saw huby not using from a month i simply ask him u need or not, yes or no, not may be. after every 3 months there is full chanta chanti lolz
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Me too. I keep things that I need.. rest I either throw or donate. I don't hang on to things. When it comes to lifestyle, I have tried my best to adopt that minimilast approach. I don't have a whole lot of furniture, things that are needed. Even if I do buy things I don't need, after a while I end up giving it to someone who needs it. With my kiddo I don't have much time to go through things regularly like I used to.
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not possible because we love sales :D
I wish I could adapt to that but it amazes me what my mother things about having less stuff.. oh nad desis can never have enough center tables.. did you notice that? :D
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I have met some but in most cases desi like to buy a lot and hoard onto all the old things too for implied future use.
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The only time us desis are minimalist is when we gift! 
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I have yet to meet a desi who wasn't a packrat
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Desis need to buy less clothes.Half the problem lies there.
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^^have a one in, one out policy! Hubby is a hoarder of clothes so sometimes I pack his old clothes and leave them in the garage- if he doesn't ask for a specific item for a few weeks it gets donated.
Yeah, why do we desis have so many clothes?
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Desis don't do minimalist
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I am a minimalist
begum...not so much :D
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if you live in the west, and work or go to school, chances are you have a desi wardrobe and american wardrobe and both wardrobe need appropriate matching accessories (can’t exactly wear jhumkay and karay with your business suit now can ya?) and each of those wardrobes are broken down into: super fancy/wedding appropriate, davat approrpiate, lawns, and ghar ke kapray/work clothes, casual clothes, ghar ke kapray, workout/activewear etc)
guys can pretty much get away with wearing their work clothes for desi events. :hinna:
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We both are minimalist in our style and living. Our desi circle thinks that we are kanjoos :(
Bebo what are some of the things you guys do , pls share
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We don’t do impulse shopping and we recycle things.
Our style is simple and clean so no overstuffing of furniture or decoration in the house. No mismatch furniture either.
We only buy clothes that we need and don’t get caught up in sales.
Don’t keep anything that is not in current use.
Absolutely can be done. We do it and it creates a nice clean open spaced feel in the home that both of us find really relaxing.
Major bonus - its easy to maintain/clean.