Many of them have caught on to the shift to minimalism and low-waste life and the aesthetics of it. Obviously, brands want to sell as much as possible. đ But if you usually donât drink out of a straw, will you actually start once you have a new set of glass straws? If you buy items in the store and they come in a jar (plastic or jam) you can keep it and repurpose it as a storage container instead of buying some fancy new box. It can be useful but do you actually need it? Wonât a regular fork and knife not fit into your bag? If you usually donât drink out of a straw at home, why do you suddenly need a set of foldable straws or glass straws? I personally love my glass straws, but I also use them all the time. You should also be careful not to fall into the trap of buying zero-waste items you donât even need. At least they were of use and fulfilled a purpose before you had to get rid of them. I bet most of the plastic containers you threw out where still in great condition and you could have used them until they actually broke. What happens next? You go ahead and throw out the plastic items and buy a bunch of items that look good together or are more âzero-waste.â Now look at the waste you have created. Suddenly, you want to get rid of every plastic container and item you have in your house and replace it with reusable boxes and glass containers. You just end up spending more money instead of enjoying what you still have until you actually need something new.ÄȘ big trap when you move to a zero-waste lifestyle is everything surrounding plastic. But if you liked your old stuff before, why suddenly replace it with more stuff that is exactly the same. Of course, if you want your place to look a certain way, go ahead and do it as you have to feel comfortable there. You donât need to buy expensive new stuff to make everything look pretty if you have the same items at home and they are still in great working condition. This can lead to buying new matching furniture and other items and throwing out fully functional old items. When some people discover minimalism, they want their place to look picture-perfect. You might end up decluttering too much and then having to buy things again. Itâs not a contest about who has the least amount of stuff.
#Minimalist aesthetic full
If you love books and read them all, you can have a bookshelf full of them, for example. Yet, you donât need to get rid of everything to become a minimalist. I might be exaggerating a bit, but you know exactly what I am talking about.ÄŻirst of all, itâs great to declutter. If you google minimalism, you will stumble across a bunch of white, almost empty apartments or rooms with a slick looking table, matching chair, maybe a plant on top of the table, little to no decoration and a bed with white sheets in the corner and three black T-shirts in the wardrobe. The concept of minimalism is to reduce your material possessions and only keep the items that bring you joy, are meaningful or useful to you. The need for nice aesthetics might end up costing you more than what you bargained for. The trap many people who try out minimalism or zero-waste living encounter (me included) is that they want it all to look amazing and to go well together. While that is not a bad thing, itâs also not necessarily the purpose of the whole movement. It all looks so clean, put together, and instagram-perfect.
During that time, I have been following a bunch of Instagram accounts and realizing that there is dangerous aesthetics when it comes to both zero-waste living and a minimalist lifestyle. I have been trying to live more minimalist/ zero-waste for almost two years now and I love it.
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