No, we don’t all have to be monks

Nadir Ait-Laoussine
3 min readNov 29, 2020
Photo by Andrew Neel on Unsplash

Minimalism is attractive. Stemming from art, music, and design, it’s hard not to be pulled in by the simplicity that we see in it. In effect, through minimalism, we can learn to appreciate what is kept and learn that has been lost was not necessary (make sure to thank those possessions as you let go of them). The allure, as it’s portrayed, is that through minimalism, which is mostly focused on material things, we give room for…

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Nadir Ait-Laoussine

Student of cities and systems, life-long learner, CitiesXTech, Data & Analytics. Occasional dabbler in chocolate making. All opinions are my own.