I was actually very surprised how easily I found letting go of things. 

It began with my books, which were the obvious place to start, but soon I began re-evaluating all the things around me. I hate to say it, but the cliche turns out to be really fucking true. Getting rid of the excess makes you appreciate what you keep.

I used to love cool (and expensive) hoodies that had equally cool graphics and were eye-grabbers, but I actually hated it whenever someone would compliment my clothes or actually pay attention to what I was wearing. I got rid of a bunch of my Supreme hoodies and anything that was in the above criteria, and began to focus more on building a capsule wardrobe - simple, minimal in design & colour, but well-made pieces to last. 

Don't get me wrong. I still buy books. I still buy vinyls. However, I am much more focused in what it is I'm buying. I don't partake in 'blind buys' with records anymore, and most importantly, I no longer buy things because 'it'd look good on the shelf', or it's just something that I need in my 'collection'. 

For this first step in minimalism, I followed the wonderful guideline outlined in Goodbye Things, where if there was something I wasn't sure about discarding, I put it in a box for a month, and if I didn't use it, i would let it go.