Space

So, I've lived in a lot of apartments, student dorms, houses, etc. Six hundred square feet, 960 square feet, 1800 square feet. Wherever I lived, I always thought I had more than enough space. Mind you, I've been more or less moving to larger places everytime, so that might be part of it! I've been reading various things on how to declutter and live with less. There's the whole idea of living with 100 items or less. There's the idea of renting vs. owning. If you own a house or condo, you generally need more "things" to maintain the place. I came across this other link the other day on tiny places. So there's this guy who lives in Barcelona in 258 square feet. That's 16 ft by 16 ft... or 12 ft by 20 ft. He has a kitchen, a bathroom, a double bed, a dining area and storage in that space. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it... so check out the youtube link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juWaO5TJS00&feature=youtu.be



Now, that is a little extreme, but it makes me wonder, how little space can we actually get away with?? Do we actually need the reams and reams of space that we currently have? Or is there a different way to live that has a smaller footprint? I'm not sure that I could live in a place that small... Definitely have to declutter everything more! But nowadays with ipods and ebooks readers... you don't need a lot of room for things like cds and books and dvds and photo albums even. It's all digital and that takes up so little space! Even cookbooks can be digital... TV's are slimmer than they used to be so take up less space.



It would be an interesting experiment to take a look at a minimalist lifestle... I'd have to let go of nic-nacs... and pictures... and house plants... and various things that just seem to be needed, but not really... would be an intersting experiment!