The definition of a minimalist so far as I am concerned, is one who lives or prefers to live with the essentials, forcing bloat and unnecessary frills into redundancy. This isn’t to say that the minimalist is one who’d prefer life in a small shack made of tin cans, consisting on a diet of squirrel and sparrow, quite the opposite. The minimalist wants a full and technologically rich life, occupying as small a volume as possible.

I am a minimalist. Not because I’ve always liked small things that did the job of much bigger things, but because I am a lazy neat freak. Too lazy to keep neat and tidy, but infuriated by mess all the same.

I hate the fact that I have 2 mini tower PCs grinding away at a great many decibels when a silent Mac Mini would do the same job in a fraction of the space.
I dislike my storage cupboard, filled with old toys, school books from last century and computer hardware I may never use again.

Having an excess of “stuff” results in mess. There’s no two ways about it. If you have only what you need, you’d live a clean and streamlined life with plenty of time and space to stretch out and relax.

Having an excess of “stuff” limits your movement with said “stuff”. Moving house is much more difficult when you’re carting around a ton of equipment and furniture, when you could easily get by with a fraction thereof.

My desire to travel, take up less space, and streamline everything around me has lead to the writing of this document, and more specifically, an account of the various actions I’m going to put into place to do away with the obese, XXXL trousers of my property.

I have categorised the main areas of bloat into the following sections, each of which will be tackled separately in individual articles (links will be added upon publication);

• Computers and Technology
• Clothing and Mechanical Equipment
• Paper Documents
• Toys, Memorabilia and Collections

I intend to reduce most of my clutter by selling it and generating a temporary cash flow, which I will control like a evil super genius, hell bent on global domination and the construction of a terrifying death canon.

Let the construction begin!
I am half way through writing my plan for my technology and electronic equipment and I intend to publish that article within the next week.