Optimal Finance Daily · Thursday, September 3, 2026
Britt explains that a pivotal moment in her journey to minimalism occurred in 2011 when she saw a quote on Facebook that resonated deeply. This realization led her to understand that she didn't need most of the things she owned, a feeling that intensified during her master's degree due to overwhelming possessions affecting her mental health.
“We spend all of our time working jobs we hate, to buy things we don't need, to impress people we don't like.”
“I realized I didn't need nearly any of the things that I owned. But this was especially true for clothes. It wasn't until the last year of my master's degree that I started to act on my minimalist urges.”
“I was so overwhelmed with the amount of stuff I owned that it was starting to affect my mental health. It was like I was drowning underneath everything I owned. I had a perma-suffocating feeling every day.”