Welcome to the Minimalism Series

Welcome to the blog that is going to talk about a "Minimalism Series" done by Sarah Therese. This series goes through how to be a minimalist and the steps it might take someone to maintain being a minimalist with Sarah Therese as your guide. There is a rule about owning 100 things to be classified as a minimalist, but I'm not sure how accurate that is because that tidbit of information was pulled from memory. Plus Sarah's household is a family of 5 with her being a mother of 3, so she has moments where she needs to declutter her house, so i'm not sure how she would be able to keep the material items down to 100. There are videos you can watch for decluttering in this series. It's really helpful for me, even though I'm not a minimalist, to help clean up my own living space (aka an apartment). For my apartment is not too big or too small, but somehow they seemed to make as little cabinet space as possible in the kitchen and bathroom. So I guess that is one creative way that I've been using her videos to help me. For instance, do I really need 15 mugs...? No, not really, but it's hard to just get rid of something you kind of like collecting.

This series, as of Feb. 2020, has about 24 videos to watch, each ranging in different aspects of Sarah's life. Like her declutter videos that pull me in because I want to know what is she getting rid of and sometimes surprising to me once I find out, which is probably why those video's are part of my favorite. I realized that while I was watching Sarah's videos, she tends to be very expressive with her hands when she talked and let me tell you it was kinda hard trying to get a still screen shot of her because each came out a bit blurred. However, it brought out a more personal, organic feeling for me to relate to her. Although I do believe video quality wise, she should invest in a new mic but Sarah's videos tend to have some mistakes not edited out. I'm sure there are some things that she takes out but the fact that she shows all sides to her, either it be a mistake or going on a little rant that probably didn't need to be in the video, it creates a break in her subject that Sarah talks about in her videos and I believe her audience can feel a sense of realism because of it. There is nothing more boring to me when someone tries to over express their content that it becomes so repetitive to the point that I feel like yelling at the screen "Alright I get it already!" 

Another reason that I like watching Sarah's Minimalism series would be the fact that she pulls other content into her videos. For example, she normally pulls in health reasons or gives examples as to why she like things as a minimalist, giving more meaning behind an action instead of just doing something just because she could and the way she applies it to her life. Sarah will normally explain that what she is doing as a minimalist isn't always exactly for her but that doesn't mean she discourages someone else for trying them out. Sarah's video's feel practical for me, and I think that is why I keep coming back to this series.