My Starting Point: Being a Minimalist

I decided that my starting point is to become a minimalist. This is where one consciously decides to live on as little as possible to break free from the albatross of consumerism. Even though I always have played things pretty tight in terms of stuff, I am only now realizing those much crap I accumulated. Now is the time to begin a radical transformation. Clearing things out is where I choose the process.

Many have the goal of getting down to under 100 items that they feel are necessities to live. Here is an article by one who got down to 57 (and he listed what they are). As I walked around my house tonight, I realize that I must have at least 5,000 items. Alas, it appears I have my work cut out for me.

My entire focus about living a life of freedom. I am one of those who now realizes that working in corporate America is not all it is cut out to be. At present, I am waffling in a job that I detest. The sad part is that when I apply myself I am fairly successful. Well, today I made the decision that my drop dead date there is 8/22/2012. I know that sounds like a long time but it will allow me to establish the things I want while eliminating a major monthly expense (child support). Hopefully, I can speed up the process.

My journey started a while back with me trying to figure out what is most important to me. After a great deal of soul searching, I realized that FREEDOM is the number one priority in my life. Over the last few years, I wrote a numbers of books about the BDSM lifestyle. This is a choice I made some years ago which was a break from society. Like all things in life, it might not be for everybody but it is for me. Now, I am taking a step to the next level.

The last few weeks started my research into the minimalist lifestyle. It is one that was a real eye-opener for me. When I started to understand the concept, I felt something within me that rang true. How can I ever be free while I am under obligation with my time to pay for all the 'stuff' in my life? The answer is that I cannot. So, while I still holds out the pursuit of financial abundance, I interpret my starting point as subtracting rather than addition. Thus, I am going whole-heartedly into the land of the minimalist. The next few weeks will chronicle this aspect of my journey.

My blog posts are going to be a mixture of the actions I am taking along with suggestions or conclusions that I draw. Being a writer and blogger in another genre, my background in personal development and alternative lifestyles will aid in expressing the important ideas of my quest. My goal is to become the 'test patient' for what I hope is a much larger movement. Freedom is something that everyone should be after and I am stepping up as a Freedom Fighter for the sake of all. The opportunity is out there. I hope to develop a blueprint so that everyone can follow. It only takes a few brave people to radically alter the conceptualization of the masses. Perhaps this is the beginning of something that dramatic.

I look forward to interacting with you all in the future.