当我们开始创造一种极简生活，比较典型的想法是减少所有物。
When creating a minimalist lifestyle, we typically think about paring down our possessions.
我追求极简生活方式的主要原因是，我喜欢整洁的环境。
My main reason for pursuing a minimalist lifestyle is that I enjoy an uncluttered environment.
一直以来我都保持着节俭的生活习惯，但是却与极简生活不同。
I've been frugal all my life, but not even close to minimalist.
如今，我对于“极简生活”的热爱已经和我对于旅行的热爱不相上下了。
My passion for 32 minimalist living now equals my passion for travel.
每周一我将发布题为”极简生活主义者“的文章，每次记录我的读者们的感悟。
Every Monday I post Real Life Minimalists, a profile of one of my readers in their own words.
着手去追求100件物品的极简生活是个重要的决定，彻底分类你的所有物品也可能会消耗数月时间。
Embarking on a quest to live with 100 items or less is a major decision, and sorting through all your possessions could take you months.
无论哪种生活方式都免不了被人唱反调，让我们来看看当今最为普遍的一些对极简生活方式的争论吧！
Every way of life has its naysayers and minimalism is no exception. Let’s look at a few of the most prevalent arguments against the simple living movement.
解释你将从采取极简生活方式所能获得的好处，而不是采取非极简生活方式所可能带来的坏处。
Explain the benefits you'll experience from adopting a minimalist lifestyle, rather than the negatives associated with a non-minimalist lifestyle.
今天，FrugalBabe对我们讲述了她从节俭作风到极简生活的转变，以及为什么她喜欢一个干净宽敞的家，而不是一个到处都是箱子的房子。
Today, Frugal Babe tells us about her transition from frugality to minimalism, and why she favors a clean, spacious home over one filled with “just in cases.”
然而，运用一些小小的机智、得体的语言和魅力，你可以帮助他人理解你在极简生活方式中发现的快乐——或许甚至可以启发他们加入到你的旅程中来！
However, with a little tact, grace, and charm, you can help others understand the joys you find in a minimalist lifestyle-and perhaps even inspire them to join you on your journey!
但它已经成为我现在生活的重要部分以至于我想了解极简从何而来。
It has become such a big part of my life now that I wondered where minimalism came from.
然而，我是一个极简主义的超级粉丝，我不认为它应该让我的生活体验失去色彩。
However, while I'm a big proponent of minimalism, I don't believe it should detract from my experience of life.
如果他们在生活的其他方面运用这些原则并且做有意识的选择，拥有很多东西的人也可以成为极简主义者。
Someone with a lot of possessions can still be a minimalist, if they apply those principles and make conscious choices in other areas of their life.
无论你是要成为一个极简主义者，还是仅仅想简化你的生活， 你都可以在这个博客上找到绝佳的技巧和建议。
Whether you want to go all the way to minimalistic living or you just want to simplify your life, you can find great tips and advice on this blog.
还有很多简化东西生活的好处.极简主义可能是一个极端,不过对于那些强人来说很容易.对于其他的我们来说,从小事开始,一次做一点,记住你可以做到的重点,当你准备摆脱的时候.
There are a lot of benefits to living with less stuff. Minimalism may be an extreme for most, but for those who can legitimately pull it off my hat goes off to you!
由于我是年复一年地、缓慢和讲究方法地表明我是极简主义者，我的朋友和家人有充裕的时间来接受我的生活方式。
As I decluttered slowly and methodically, year in and year out, my friends and family had plenty of time to assimilate my lifestyle.
极简主义对于大多数人来说一直挺神秘的，因为根据极简主义的信念，我们一直在在努力远离物质消费以及涉及到的任何花销，因此我们的生活是空洞的，我们也不能做任何事情让自己开心。
This brings up a common myth about minimalism - that we have empty lives, and can't do anything fun because we try to eschew consumerism and all the spending that entails.
他们将谈到他们如何依靠极少的物资来生活，或者他们有多么想摆脱房间的杂乱，或者向我询问在有孩子的情况下如何保持极简主义的生活。
They’ll talk about how they live with very little, or how they want to get rid of clutter, or ask me how you can be minimalist with kids. These are good discussions.
但是，如果你在努力寻求一种极简的生活方式，这是绝对值得考虑的。
But if you're striving for a minimalist lifestyle, the prospect is certainly worth considering.
如果不是因为我们极简主义生活方式，我将不会有对一份丰厚薪水的工作说不的自由。
If it wasn't for our minimalist lifestyle I would not have had the freedom to say no to a lucrative paying job.
从你的极简主义词典中去除“你应该”的短语，并不要以任何方式表明你的生活方式优于其他人的生活方式。
Banish the phrase "you should" from your minimalist vocabulary, and don't in any way suggest that your lifestyle is superior to someone else's.
实际上极简主义者的生活水平超过了我们的平均水平。
Minimalists, in fact, have a higher standard of living than the average person.
现今出现了许多了不起的极简艺术家，他们发掘到令人叹为观止的使用极少资源却能生存和生活的力量。
Sure, there are a lot of great minimalist teachers out there. Many who have tapped into the awesome power of living and thriving with less.
在刚开始，请阅读我的博客导师利欧·巴布塔在禅意生活这篇极精美的“极简主义向导”。
To get you started, please check out this excellent "Minimalist Guide" from my blogging mentor and friend Leo Babauta of Zen Habits.
我觉得提姆有许多非常棒的想法，比如迷你退休、极简的日常生活等等。
I think Tim has some great ideas, like mini retirements, following a low information diet, etc.
对于其他人而言，他们通过欣赏一些才华横溢的作家或成功人士所写的关于生活方式的许多伟大博客接触到极简主义。
For others, they discovered it from admiring the lifestyle of the many great blogs written by some very talented writers or successful people.
所以极简主义者将钱用在了真正的生活上。
里奥·巴布塔是个充满勇气，积极向上的人，他也对自己的极简主义生活充满自信。
Leo Babuta who is both inspirational and positive, also believes in his minimalist life too.
诚实地告诉他们为什么你信奉一种极简主义的生活方式。
Be honest about why you're embracing a minimalist lifestyle.
或者更糟的是，我应该为称自己为极简主义者而感到难过，并且为我收集的那些窥探隐私的图片而感到难过。 我的穿着以及生活方式都让很多人抓狂，懊恼或者感到厌恶，但你知道吗？
Or even worse, just calling myself a minimalist and posting voyeuristic pictures of what I pack, what I wear and how I live makes some people mad/annoyed/disgusted (?), but you know what?
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