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If youve ever fantasised about selling everything you own and paring down your possessions to the bare essentials, youre probably familiar with minimalism. 所有的物品全部卖掉，只保留最基本的必需品，越简单越好。如果你曾有过这种幻想，那么简约主义对你来说应该并不陌生。 But its about more than just de-clutteringits about getting rid of all clutter, permanently. Minimalism isnt about empty white rooms with hardly any furniture, said Chris Wray, who writes a UK blog about minimalism, TwoLessThings.co.uk. Its about removing all the things that distract us from whats important in our lives. 但是简约生活的含义不只是把眼前的凌乱收拾整齐，而是要永久性摆脱凌乱的生活方式。英国的极简主义博客TwoLess Things.co.uk的作者克里斯雷(Chris Wray)说：极简派生活并不是提倡房间里空荡得没有什么家具，四周只见白墙。极简主义强调生活空间里要摆脱那些分散注意力的五花八门的东西，只保留生活里最需要的即可。 For extreme minimalists, such as Andrew Hyde, who lives in Colorado in the US, it means owning only about 15 items. For others, it means getting rid of the excess until you are left with essentialsand your definition of essential might evolve. 对于像美国科罗拉多的安德鲁海德这样比较极端的极简主义者们来说，简约可以意味着只拥有15件东西。而对于其他人来说，简约是不断摆脱多余的物品，简约到只剩下基本必需品的程度就可以了，另外，必需品的标准对你而言可能也不是一成不变的。 | 
