Published on 12, July, 2020
I was wondering today if this is an autistic thing.
I've spent several decades collecting objects and the last decade+ trying to rid myself of the majority.
However, I have given up on the idea of ever being minimalist.
I notice that I remember where everything came from, even, when purchased, which shop in which town.
I try not to be sentimental about things, but sometimes I can't help it.
My mother, who I believe was autistic, was a hoarder in quite an extreme sense.
My autistic friend finds it very hard to part with belongings.
Everything has an association.
Are others like this and are there contributors here who are genuinely minimalistic and don't have an attachment to things?
Forced minimalism is another option.
Forced events that can cure the attachment blues.
forced to leave a rented space that is changing owners: 3 times
forced to leave a rented space in another country to escape localized political upheavals: 2 times
forced to leave a rented space for lack of funds: once
forced to leave rented space due to natural disaster: once
I got the memo, ok; I am now a default minimalist except for a vast digital library I keep on private offline servers.
Here are some pictures of my pre-minimalist life in my studio space I had over 10 years ago. This one I lost when they sold the building - the same year commercial space became illegal to live in, which was my default preference for studio/living space.