LIVING SMALL
Last night I was watching videos of little tiny houses on YouTube. Before that, I was watching the same show and continued watching until I fall asleep. As much as I love living in a big house with huge living room and a few bedrooms, this show reminds me how to be contented with what you have and that living doesn’t mean to live expensively. Those people living in a tiny house made me realize that I don’t need anything more than what I have now. Me, my daughter, the love of my life, = my family. As long as we are together, life is good.
I love a big clean house. I sometimes dream of having a high ceiling living room, a big kitchen, a big walk-in closet, a big bathroom with sauna and bath tub, a big kids room and so on and so forth. I know deep in my heart that I don’t really need all those big things I wanted. They are wants and not needs. I know deep in my heart that simple living could make me happy even more. That I can be contented with the little things and that I don’t need big things to be happy.
Right now my daughter and i are living in a one bedroom apartment. I sometimes wish of Yanna having her own room where I could put all her toys and she can make the place messy without me stressing over the mess. Yes! Messy, scattered room makes my head explode like literally. It stresses me to see toys everywhere or a little mess that scattered on my living room floor. And when I am stress, I am in a bad mood. And it’s not nice. Anyway, Yanna used to sleep with me in my bed. Although she has her own bed. I like it that way actually. To hug her and to be able to see her when I wake up the middle of the night. I know she has to sleep in her own bed and she will be somehow. But right now I enjoyed co sleeping with her and it makes me happy.
We are happy in our small apartment. After all, we don’t need a big space for the two of us. Our living room is quite big, and there’s one side that is empty. I feel like I need to fill it in. I have been planning to buy a new furniture and confused whether I have to or not. After all, I don’t need it. It’s just for the space to look nicer. Or I can let it empty and let my child play in a bigger space as it is now. My kitchen is also missing something there, but I didn’t buy furniture because for me I don’t need it although sometimes I really feel that the kitchen should look nice too!
I know we are living small now, but not as small as it is on the show. I have many things in my apartment that I actually don’t need. My closet is full of clothes. Some of them I haven’t even worn yet. I just collected them because it makes me happy. I also owned a lot of shoes. Same as Yanna. She has a lot of clothes and shoes. Some already are small and haven’t worn yet even once. This kind of things I need to change. To learn to let go of things that I don’t need. To live a simple, uncluttered life. To own only belongings that are important and part of me. Being happy doesn’t mean living big. Living small even makes you happier if you believe in living simplicity. Living a simple life isn’t as difficult as we think. I would like to learn to live small. Be happy for what I have. To not aim big things I know I don’t need. To be contented and be happy on the little things what I have. Living in a small space means more family time, more hugging and cuddling, make everyone a lot closer to each other. I want to learn how to live a simple life.
Who’s with me in living a simple life?
