The Wisdom of Life 14: Minimalis
（文末附有机器翻译）
Why-Im-Embracing-Minimalism-MidlifeTribe.jpg
Instinctively, people always desire to have more. As told in the famous fable, "The Fisherman and the Fish." The fisherman's wife starts with a simple desire and ends up wanting more and more. Nothing seems to be able to satisfy her insatiable greed.
Because minimalism is counterintuitive, only sagacious people realize that less is more.
Intuitively, people tend to accumulate as many possessions as possible, including phones, laptops, cars, houses, children, and yachts. If possible, they want to keep their phones, cars, and home appliances up to date. Partners should be as young and good-looking as possible. If their financial situation allows, small apartments should be replaced by large mansions. Children, of course, the more the happier, just like Elon Musk, who already has 8 children and plans to have even more.
This kind of rich and lavish life is the dream of most people who surround themselves with possessions, people and large real estate. But on the contrary, it makes life even worse. Because the more you have, the more you have to worry about. Things can break and need to be maintained from time to time. Conflicts can arise between people, and children must be cared for and educated. The costs involved are endless. The more you have, the more exhausted you become because you are constantly busy taking care of everything and everyone.
By reducing your life to the bare necessities, you will have more time for the things that matter, such as meditation, spiritual pursuit, living out your passions, travelling, and extraordinary experiences. Rather than wasting your time doing endless chores and dealing with complicated interpersonal relationships and conflicts on a daily basis, you will have more time for meditating, spiritual pursuit, living out your passions, and travelling.
Minimalism is easy to say but hard to practice because it is against human nature and counterintuitive. It requires much more courage to minimize one's life.
It's the same with product design. Minimalist design is much more difficult than non-minimalist design because it's very challenging to cut away all the fluff and whistles and trim your product or creation to a perfect, polished, minimalist look or function.
As difficult as it is, let us try to pare down the wants and keep survival to a minimum in hopes of experiencing true joy and satisfaction through simplicity. Are you willing to give it a try?
生命的智慧14：极简主义是反直觉的
出于本能，人总是希望拥有更多更多。正如著名的寓言故事《渔夫和鱼》所叙述的那样：渔夫的妻子从一个简单的愿望开始，最后想要的东西越来越多。似乎没有什么能够满足她贪得无厌的欲望。
如果有可能，他们希望不断将手机、汽车和家用电器更新为最时尚的。伴侣也应该尽可能地年轻又好看。如果经济状况允许，小公寓最好换成大豪宅。孩子，当然，越多越幸福，就像埃隆-马斯克，他已经有了8个孩子，还计划生更多。
这种富足的生活状态是大多数人的梦想，用财产、人气和大房产包围自己。然而，反直觉的是，这实际上会使人的生活变得更糟。因为拥有的越多，需要操心的就越多。东西会坏，需要不时地维护。人与人之间总会有冲突，孩子必须得到照顾和接受教育。因为人们拥有的越多，他们要担心的就越多。东西会坏，需要不时地维护。人们会有冲突，孩子必须得到照顾和接受教育。涉及到无穷尽的开销和费用。你拥有的东西越多，你就会越疲惫，因为你必须一直忙碌，思考如何妥善处理每一件事、每一个人。
相反，如果你把你的生活简化到只有几个简单的东西，只有最基本的需要，你实际上最终会有更多的时间去做真正重要的事情，比如冥想、精神追求、追随你的激情、去旅行和获得很酷的体验，而不是在你多年来积累的大量杂物中做无休止的家务，每天处理复杂的人际关系和冲突。
极简主义说起来容易，实践起来却很难，因为它是反人性的，是反直觉的。极简化自己的生活最小化需要更大的勇气。
产品设计也是如此。极简主义的设计比非极简主义的设计要难得多，因为要把你的产品或创作中所有的赘肉编辑掉，修剪掉所有的脂肪，使其达到完美的、抛光的、极简的外观或功能，实际上是非常具有挑战的。
尽管困难重重，让我们尝试减少欲望，将生存保持在尽可能低的水平，希望能从简单中体验到真正的快乐和满足。你愿意试一试吗？
