Hi guys my name's Eileen and this is the Lavendare Lifestyle

the podcast on lifestyle design for millennials I am a YouTube creator, blogger, singer, musician, and artist of life.

And I'm here to guide you to become a master artist of your life. You can create the life that you've always imagined. Life is an art. Make it your masterpiece.

Did you know there are 300,000 items in the average American home?

One out of every 10 Americans rent off-site storage, which is the fastest growing segment in commercial real estate

over the past four decades and research has shown that the average 10-year-old owns

238 toys but plays with just 12.

Clearly we've developed this habit of having a lot of stuff,

a lot of stuff that we don't really use or need or even enjoy having.

Today I want to share a little bit about my journey to embracing a minimalist mindset,

how it's changed my life and the way I see things and also my pain point with my journey and what I've learned from it.

First of all, what is minimalism?

So there's a few different definitions, but to me it just means that you are

conscious of the things that you want to keep in your life. You keep only what

brings you joy and value and then clear out everything that doesn't.

The idea is when you clear out your physical space, you also clear out your mental space so that you're able to live a lighter and happier life.

It's been about a year and a half since I've started to embrace minimalism in my life and since then I've gone through all of my things I've decluttered so much and it's

really shifted the energy in my environment and honestly it just feels so great and I love it so much.

The truth is, before minimalism,

my closet was exploding.

I was like the type of person that had clothes everywhere.

I literally had no more room to fit any more

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