Movie Reviews : The Minimalist – Netflix Documentary
The Minimalist : Less is Now, The story of Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus as pioneers of the minimalist lifestyle. Review Minimalism Netflix Documentary.
Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus are two inspiring figures who have helped millions of people find happiness through a minimalist lifestyle. These two best friends share their stories through blogs, books, podcasts, and even released their first documentary on Netflix, “Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things” in 2016. Making the minimalist lifestyle increasingly popular among modern society in recent years.
“Imagine life with less. Less stuff, less clutter, less stress, debt, discontent, and life with fewer distractions. Now imagine a life with more. more time, more meaningful relationships, more growth, more contribution, and contentment.”
Working again with director Matt D’Avella and Netflix, Millburn and Nicodemus have released a new documentary titled “The Minimalists: Less is Now”. We will again hear the story of these two pioneers in embracing a minimalist lifestyle that brings happiness to their lives. Plus, there are sources who provide information about the consumerist lifestyle of most people, as well as opinions from various people who finally decided to live a liveklik77 minimalist life.
From this film, you will get many bandarlive values and messages that can be used as lessons for those of you who are still having difficulty consistently #LearnToBeMinimalist.
What are the messages that The Minimalists want to convey in their first film?
1. Quality over Quantity
They conveyed a message while on their world tour, that to apply a minimalist lifestyle, you must focus on quality rather than quantity.
It doesn’t matter if you buy high-quality goods that also have relatively expensive prices, because the higher the quality offered, the longer the duration of the goods until they are completely damaged, compared to buying lots of goods but having quite poor quality.
Therefore, it is better to have a few high-quality goods, compared to many goods but with low quality.
2. Consumption isn’t wrong, Compulsive Consumption is
On one of their world tours, they received input from one of their audiences, who said that by applying a minimalist lifestyle, there is an assumption that we should not consume the goods we have.
This assumption is certainly wrong. Consumption is never wrong, compulsive consumption is wrong.
Why is this then a problem and a taboo for minimalists? Because with the stigma that goods bring happiness, you will be very wasteful just because you want to be “happy”.
This is what is a concern for The Minimalists that the real challenge for minimalists is how to find “happiness” without depending on goods. Having a lot of goods does not always bring happiness, who knows it is only temporary and ends in other problems that turn out not to make you happy.
3. Less is More
And the last message that The Minimalists want to convey in this film is less is more. A little is a lot. With a few items owned, of course it can bring many benefits.
Stress levels are much lower because your focus is no longer on the quantity of goods, but more on the value and lasting function of the goods you have. You no longer need to spend a day just to clean up the pile of goods at home. You no longer need to worry about the big sale that always comes every month on your favorite e-commerce.
And also, by having few things, you have more time to focus on what you have, be it things or yourself. Focus on always prioritizing quality over quantity, focus on planning a budget before buying. And most importantly, focus on always doing less to create more.
This is the new spirit for those of you who have struggled as hard as you can #LearnToBeMinimalist in 2020. With a new slogan in their new film, “New Year, New Spirit”.
With their latest film which will be showing soon, of course it will be a spur for your spirit to always #LearnToBeMinimalist better, calmer, and more focused than before.