A few years ago, I read some blog posts on  The Minimalists, so I was familiar with Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus, and the minimalist movement in general.

I haven’t paid much attention to the movement for a couple years, but was curious when I saw Josh and Ryan in a trailer for Minimalism.

The documentary is interesting and I enjoyed it, but I still don’t like the term minimalism.

Instead of focusing on minimalism, which seems like a path to rules and dogmatism, I think learning contentedness is more important.  If you’re content with what you have, it’s easier to focus on the important areas of life and end the cycle of excessive consumption.