White buttondown and flowers

When you think about minimalism what is the first few words, imagines, and thoughts that come to your head? For me a white button up and flowers are the first thing that comes to my head. Either because I have both in my room as I write this or this is how I've always perceived minimalism as. Minimalism in my mind clean and beautiful. These things are not wrong but can be things that hold us back as we strive to minimize our lives. We purge and clean and expect it all to look like that picture perfect house that we see on instagram. The one that's sparkling white with three things on the nightstand and one of the three things is a plant. This idea is something that for a while held me back. I purged my closet and I still had a lot of clothes. I got rid of fabric in my crafting stash and I still had a lot ( hence the word stash). I got rid of the stuff in front of my dresser and it came back. It was tiring and after a while discouraging. I'm trying to make this change for myself and no one can see it. No one could tell that I had less clothes, fabric, and etc. Then I remembered something, I was not doing this for other peoples affirmation. I was doing this for me. I was getting rid of stuff to be less stressed, happy with the stuff that I had, and as a challenge to me to see if I could even do it. For a few months I've minimize slowly my closet. I have just what I need when I need it. Yes this is a long and slow journey but it's a journey nonetheless. A lot of people including me like to see the outcome over enjoying the journey. I like things to be fast but would fast even last? Knowing me probably not. This is why I'm taking my time. Why I'm appreciating everything that I do that gets me closer to minimalism. Right now in some areas of my life both physical and not physical I am getting closer to minimalism. I'm not fully there and that's ok. The most precious things take time to come into existence. So let's take out time and enjoy every minute of minimalism.