Minimalist Principles

I am breaking down Leo Babauta's book The Simple Guide to a Minimalist Life into a post per chapter. The second chapter is called Overall Minimalist Principles and here are the principles I am choosing to live by from now on:

• Say Goodbye to Needless Stuff
• Keep Only the Essentials
• Make it Worthy of Keeping
• Keep it Going

These principles will be put into more use and explanation as I continue through this book and journey. I also found a great statement in The Simple Living Guide

"The bottom line is if you can become self sufficient in the basics of life, which are shelter, nutritious food and clothing... If you have these things covered then all you have to do with the rest of your time is make yourself a peaceful person rather than spending that same time buying things you don't need"!

I feel like these are very good foundational principles and have seen them repeated in multiple blogs about simple living so why mess with a good thing!