Minimalism - and why it is not about things

As everything in this blog, this post doesn't mean to be 100% term correct, super duper informative or extreme, just my view about this theme.
Yesterday I went on a "Video Session" called "The Minimalists". This even was hosted by my inspirational friend Bernardo Conde at his "workplace" Trilhos da Terra.
In fact this session was about this documentary and allowed us to discuss about it after watching it.
This was not my first attempt to know more about minimalist, I was reading about it on reddit here and here.
I was already "in love" with the idea of less possesions, why? Because I am lazy, and more possesions means more tidy up, more cleaning, more caring about them.
Most people will say, so what? That is normal!
Well, that may be the norm, doesn't mean we all have to follow. Less time spent with things could mean more time with yourself or with others.
And in the end of this session, that was my opinion about minimalism: it isn't about reducing frantically your possesions, but how to maximise your quality time. Reducing your purchases, buying what actually is necesary/brings joy to your life, is just a tool to achieve it. It will  bring you more interest to people, yourself, the world, etc.
But also, if you maximise your quality time, with yourself, with people you truly find inspiring and somehow you will see your interest in material stuff decreasing.

So, take one hour of your day, cook some pasta with mushrooms in fifteen minutes and invite one of your best to dinner in the balcony. Spend the other fourty five minutes enjoying each other, talking and eating =)