Minimalist lifestyle and how it affected my life

I went to college for business with a focus on finance. I had a goal to become a millionaire by 40 and had tons of ambition…. After ups and downs, I finally made it, a successful mortgage business, a fancy office in south beach, had employees, fancy apartment and couple of cars one of them a very fancy one….

During that time my game did not change much, though my logistics were amazing, since my apartment was 10 minutes away from the clubs. I had literally girls coming in the back  of my apartment and going out the front door, with other women waiting on the parking lot, just lol.

I met my ex-main during that time by the way. Due to the economic collapse lost it all, but I noticed that my  happiness did not change much, though I was making 5 times less than what I used to make. However, my default level is happiness all the time (though I come across as really angry, is just a style of delivery that I use which I call fake angry)… I am one of those annoying dudes that is happy no matter what, so I might be a bit bias. By the way, having a based level default of happiness helps a lot when it comes to seduction and charisma.

What did freak me out a little bit is that I was happier after I lost those things…  Maybe this could be causation  = correlation. Remember this is when i found the “seduction community“, which led me to write my book, this blog, youtube channel etc…

Anyways, I was able to do more of what I love writing, spirituality, reading,clubbing, capoeira, gymnastics, spending time with my then girl and my dog etc..

I also created multiple businesses (including this one, though this is more a hobby than a biz), none of them as successful as my previous business, but I was happier and with more control of my life.

Then after 10 years of pimp game, clubbing and doing my thing… I got dump by my ex ( I saw it coming and I kind of wanted out as well subconsciously, I did not want to get married, adopt kids, big house etc…). But something weird happened, after about a month of mourning my break up, another month mourning the lost of my dog (that died after the break up which I truly believe his immune system went down with me leaving),  me turning down a really good job offer that included relocation and then, me moving to a tiny small studio… I was the HAPPIEST I HAVE EVER BEEN, though again I met an amazing girl as well, so it could be causation=correlation.

Okay enough psycho babbling so what is minimalism,  I will have the minimalists explained it to you:

“So what is this minimalism thing? It’s quite simple: to be a minimalist you must live with less than 100 things, you can’t own a car or a home or a television, you can’t have a career, you must live in exotic hard-to-pronounce places all over the world, you must start a blog, you can’t have children, and you must be a young white male from a privileged background.

OK, we’re joking—obviously. But people who dismiss minimalism as some sort of fad usually mention any of the above “restrictions” as to why they could “never be a minimalist.” Minimalism isn’t about any of those things, but it can help you accomplish them. If you desire to live with fewer material possessions, or not own a car or a television, or travel all over the world, then minimalism can lend a hand. But that’s not the point.

Minimalism is a tool that can assist you in finding freedom. Freedom from fear. Freedom from worry. Freedom from overwhelm. Freedom from guilt. Freedom from depression. Freedom from the trappings of the consumer culture we’ve built our lives around. Real freedom.

That doesn’t mean there’s anything inherently wrong with owning material possessions. Today’s problem seems to be the meaning we assign to our stuff: we tend to give too much meaning to our things, often forsaking our health, our relationships, our passions, our personal growth, and our desire to contribute beyond ourselves. Want to own a car or a house? Great, have at it! Want to raise a family and have a career? If these things are important to you, then that’s wonderful. Minimalism simply allows you to make these decisions more consciously, more deliberately.

There are plenty of successful minimalists who lead appreciably different lives. Our friend Leo Babauta has a wife and six children. Joshua Becker has a career he enjoys, a family he loves, and a house and a car in suburbia. Conversely, Colin Wright owns 51 things and travels all over the world, and Tammy Strobel and her husband live in a “tiny house” and are completely car-free. Even though each of these people are different, they all share two things in common: they are minimalists, and minimalism has allowed them to pursue purpose-driven lives.

But how can these people be so different and yet still be minimalists? That brings us back to our original question: What is minimalism? If we had to sum it up in a single sentence, we would say, Minimalism is a tool to rid yourself of life’s excess in favor of focusing on what’s important—so you can find happiness, fulfillment, and freedom.

Minimalism has helped us…

• Eliminate our discontent
• Reclaim our time
• Live in the moment
• Pursue our passions
• Discover our missions
• Experience real freedom
• Create more, consume less
• Focus on our health
• Grow as individuals
• Contribute beyond ourselves
• Rid ourselves of excess stuff
• Discover purpose in our lives

By incorporating minimalism into our lives, we’ve finally been able to find lasting happiness—and that’s what we’re all looking for, isn’t it? We all want to be happy. Minimalists search for happiness not through things, but through life itself; thus, it’s up to you to determine what is necessary and what is superfluous in your life.

Through our essays we intend to present to you ideas of how to achieve a minimalist lifestyle without adhering to a strict code or an arbitrary set of rules. A word of warning, though: it isn’t easy to take the first steps, but your journey towards minimalism gets much easier—and more rewarding—the further you go. The first steps often take radical changes in your mindset, actions, and habits. Fret not, though—we want to help: we’ve documented our experiences so you can learn from our failures and successes, applying what we’ve learned to your own situation, assisting you in leading a more meaningful life.”

So how does being a minimalist affect my seductions and relationships:

Well, in my opinion if you have a strong game and frame it should not affect much your seductions in theory, since we are seducers that exchange sex for sex.  With that being said everything counts including looks, money and status, but again in my opinion if you are an attractive dude you should be ok. For example, my current main is super in love with me, and she hates my minimalist lifestyle. On the other hand, my ex when she got in her 30s looking for more provider qualities took this into account in her break up decision (so did I by the way, I did not want to be a provider).

So how do being a minimalist have affected my career and businesses:

This is not an excuse to be a loser or find excuses not to work. I still work really hard on my job and businesses ( I was December employee of the month, how you like them apples), but I do it on my own term, less stress and more control (is bizarre cause my so call bosses in my corporate job are scared of me lol, which is why I don’t get why I am employee of the month, but they are my bosses in title but i do whatever i want including ORDERING THEM AROUND, this is what good game is). With that being said, I got offer a high paying job were I had to relocate and give up some of my current lifestyle, but something did not feel right with me, so I did not take it. I opted to go back to Real Estate again which is more in line with my passion vs. money and will give me more overall freedom plus I have a track record of success in it previously.

So how does minimalism affected my housing:

I felt like such a loser when I moved in my tiny studio apartment (though I was so happy), then i moved into a bigger more modern studio apartment recently… Then i realized, shit my bed is way more comfortable than my fancy bed and my ex bed, by the way I really recommend my bed, for those of you that may want to get into this movement. I have a huge Back yard,  I have my parking 5 feet away (when I lived in my ex I had to park on the 6th floor and took me 5 minute drive and 10 minutes to find parking). I have my laundry done and folded professionally, I have my meals cooked for me etc…. So i live like a king, plus my savings are growing and growing.  While looking to buy a minimalist apartment aka tiny apartment or container home (video sample at the end). I study how to decorate beautifully, inexpensive and comfortably small spaces, so I decorated my small studio, my style which is contemporary/modern and it looks amazing, is always clean and organized. (believe it or not women are the most messy and unorganized creatures I have ever seen, which is an irony, since they are always cleaning).

So how did it affect my overall lifestyle:

Well I did buy a brand new car which I love I talk about his in my car game post, check it out. I still have tons of time for reading, capoeira, gymnastics and my businesses…As I said my laundry gets done and folded professionally (for about 30 bucks a month), my foods gets cooked and deliver professionally or I eat out (always watching my macros). I am the happiest I have ever been and I highly recommend you try the lifestyle to see if is something for you, specially if you are a player with no kids, no married etc…  Main thing is you have a LOT OF FREEDOM, and again you live like a king , and you SAVE A LOT OF MONEY while living with minimal to no stress.

There is only problem were this lifestyle has affected me to be honest, in my honest opinion it does kill somewhat some level of greed and ambition… Is not that you become a loser per se, but you learn to live comfortable for LESS. My mental masturbation theory behind this is that humans are adaptable creatures, in other words if I need 100k to live, I will learn to hustle and go get 100k. However, if you can live on lets say 50k you will only tend to hustle and go for that 50k you need to live on. For this reason, I believe the lifestyle could fuck with you, I don’t care what anybody says.

There are all type of minimalist lifestyles, I know for example my player friend that goes by travel and museums he travels from country to country living the lifestyle, Will Freeman aka revolution lifestyle design lives in Thailand (to save money living there and he lives the lifestyle),  the same with Mark Manson (he lives in Brazil),  Herbal (from the book the game) travels in his Rv and there are tons of famous players that are minimalist living the lifestyle

Here is a sample of a minimalist apartment:

Check out the new documentary Minimalism. Out!