[microtonal]

Not this again.

I have just moved to another country. While my wife wraps up her job in my home country, before she moves here, I am moving from apartment to apartment with only a suitcase full of clothes, my laptop, and a phone.

Frankly, I hate it. It's great to have a safe and familiar place that you can call home. It's great to have a sofa, a bed, a stack of books, some nice photos on the wall, a kitchen with cooking tools, etc. Also, it's utterly impractical to be a minimalist when/if you get children. Or a life partner who doesn't hold the same philosophy.

I believe in the middle way: don't be overly consumerist, don't be ascetic. There is nothing wrong with having a home and owning stuff (like two jeans).

(Of course, each to his/her own, but I think for 95% of the population extreme minimalism doesn't make them happier.)