https://www.reddit.com/r/minimalism/comments/1i75s9i/struggling_with_my_casio_and_knive_collections/
created by wind_bIowing on 22/01/2025 at 07:26 UTC
9 upvotes, 7 top-level comments (showing 7)
I've been practising minimalism for 5 years. but in 2024 I started to collect Casio watches and knives. Now I owned about 8 Casio watches and 10 knives after I decluttered about 10-20 knives. and now the situation is I aways want to declutter my stuff to leave 1 to 2 for using. so my question is that am I still a minimalist ? Is that ok or any justification for a "minimalist" to keep so many watches and knives ?
Comment by fozzythethird at 22/01/2025 at 07:35 UTC
21 upvotes, 1 direct replies
You’re good man. Enjoy your collection. As long as there’s no major mental/financial/space burden, you’re golden.
Comment by nayrwolf at 22/01/2025 at 09:28 UTC
10 upvotes, 1 direct replies
That’s the great thing about minimalism. You can be as minimalist as you like. It’s about your happiness. Are you ok with collecting these things? If so, you’re doing it right
Comment by Dracomies at 22/01/2025 at 14:17 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Enjoy it. I have a pretty massive EDC collection too. Just count happy collections as the exception to the rule to minimalism :D
Comment by blendedchaitea at 22/01/2025 at 15:31 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
If you have more than three knives (chef's, butter knife, and bread knife), the Minimalism Police will come for you and arrest you.
Loljk there are no Minimalism Police, life has no inherent meaning, do what you want
Comment by LevanderFela at 22/01/2025 at 16:09 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
In the end, it's your very personal choice - myself, I no longer have any "collections", especially after reading Fumio Sasaki and his point on "your 'collection' is rather basic when compared to museums". I define minimalism as "having what is needed and used and not having so many things they overhwlem me" - your definition can be different. It's your life, live it for yourself, not others and their labels.
Comment by reclaimednation at 23/01/2025 at 15:31 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I think the danger with "collections" is that people don't curate them properly. Like they will have every single Casio watch in every single color just to complete their collection - even though they don't really like a certain model or a certain color, but they need to collect them all.
But it sounds like you're actively curating your collection (purging out those knives) as your interests change. You may come to a point where you don't want them - or have decided which is your favorite/best one - and can let the rest go.
But in the meanwhile, if they bring you joy, then just make sure they are displayed properly. Or kept in a nice keepsake box - that way, they aren't visually overwhelming/overstimulating and you can see/appreicate them when you want to.
Comment by jrock_697 at 27/01/2025 at 03:15 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Just pack them in a box and keep a cap on the amount. I won’t by more than x amount without getting rid of a few. I had this with books.