Mothers make 8x minimalist living habits to help reduce sadness and increase happiness after giving birth
Nguyen Khanh Ly (34 years old) is currently Sales Manager of FPT Online Services Joint Venture Company, former CEO of Cong Cafe system. Mrs. Ly started implementing the minimalist material method in 2018, after giving birth to her first child for a while with the experience of being married to a small child full of things in her 100 square meter apartment.
“So far, I have only lived in an apartment with an area of 68 square meters, including furniture for 4 people and 1 maid, which is still quite spacious and spacious. I just gave birth to my second friend 10 months ago, thanks to this method, I have completely simplified without buying bulky, bulky furniture like the original. I don’t dare to admit to being minimalist, I just scaled back and tweaked it to better suit my personal preferences, not just trying to throw out as much as possible.“, for Ly.
Khanh Ly happy family.
1. Material minimalism in home buying and design
Previously, Ms. Ly lives in an apartment of over 100 square meters and is always full of things. After adopting a materialistic minimalist lifestyle, he moved to a smaller apartment, although the family with more members still felt comfortable.
First, when buying a house, Khanh Ly always chooses a semi-finished or rough apartment to design everything himself. He believes that no investor or architect can understand the lifestyle of you and your family like you do.
“The apartment I currently live in has an area of 68 square meters, I’m sure I can do it because I’ve also bought and sold more than 5 houses. The house that I chose has 2 bedrooms, to the southeast, 2 balconies forming an L angle which is very cool when opening the 2 balcony doors. The loggia is the second balcony near the kitchen and runs the length of the kitchen, not narrow and deep, so it gets points. As a corner room, each room has a window.
To overcome the lack of a small bedroom that will occupy a lot of furniture and is cramped, I made the entire bed system a mirror and underneath are drawers for storage, so the house can reduce the large wardrobe and still have enough storage space. , and at the same time getting rid of the dressing table“.
Ly is combined with a minimalist style, focusing on a lot of trees, making life very comfortable. In her nursery, she always made bunk beds so her children had plenty of rich and useful playgrounds during the plague. The shelves in this room are very limited so you have plenty of space. Under the bunk bed there is also a large drawer to store toys.
The bathroom has a mini corner tub, a composite material that saves a lot of space and is affordable (it can be carried around easily later). Children can bathe comfortably from small to large, adults can also use the scissors to sit and soak their feet and relax. After bathing, the water is used to clean the toilet, flush 2 balconies so that dust does not enter the house, quite economical.
The wardrobe will hang the items you use frequently, fold the items you don’t use often and place them in a rectangular plastic basket in the closet for easy sorting.
The washing machine that Mrs. Ly bought has a combination of washing and drying modes. He bought a Samsung Bubble machine for only 16 million cheaper than the Elextrolux but multifunctional. He bought it as a credit card installment payment without interest for 6 months.
The AC units are arranged in a horizontal row above, so it feels spacious under the balcony. Set up a small shelf on the balcony next to the kitchen to store things in a small plastic basket. “My house shares 1 husband’s balcony, next to the living room, with a table and chairs to drink water, relax and admire the cool greenery. As for the wife’s balcony, there are washing machines, drying racks, clothes racks, and spices which are mainly for cooking and smelling good. Unused drugs, cosmetics, … I keep them in the closet in the bedroom outside, where they are easy to see, not crammed into any cupboard..
2. Simplify material things in shopping
Khanh Ly often went to the market once a week, buying enough food for the whole week. Initially inexperienced, fresh vegetables often spoil. After that, he bought a Chinese domestic vegetable grill, which was inexpensive, drained, and both the vegetables and meat were fresh, so they were fresh for up to 2 weeks.
“It is a fact that we are always full of hungry eyes. For example, a supermarket sells 1 pack of ground beef with almost 3 ounces, a family of 4 can eat the whole thing, but often eats not only 1 dish of ground beef but also other dishes. This will lead to situations of having to eat or leave excess. I usually split it in half, and at mealtimes, if it gets crowded, I’ll split it into several dishes.
My family eats quite a bit but has a variety of dishes. I used a set of 18 small food containers of about 250ml for ground beef, prawns, raw vegetables, scallions, steamed vegetables, chopped fruit for kids, food brought to work, leftovers the day before, … 12 boxes of about 400ml for all kinds of beef, pork, chicken,… Vegetables are pre-processed, then roasted and dried, then use food bags sold in rolls to divide the food and store, 3-4 days no It spoils, so I cook it alternately every day to avoid boredom“, for Ly.
Note: Do not use different types of boxes and sizes to store, this will take up space. A box of cumin Ms. Ly use China’s domestic plastic boxbox size must be the same. Buy more than 100k/set/10 piecesContains vegetables and fruits that stay fresh throughout the week.
3. Minimalist furniture materials, how to shop online
While packing to move into his current apartment, Khanh Ly works hard to give away many items that are rarely used/no longer fit, including lots of clothes. He also spent time looking through every area of the house to sift through things. Strain and give as a gift.
Turn off all ads on facebook, never click to see when they appear.
Filter friends list, unfollow or unfriend other online sellers (save only the important ones).
Review groups, keep only about 10 groups that are serious and related to current life.
Delete all shopping apps, spend time or surf online shopping, instead of reading online books, cooking, planting trees, doing pilates/yoga with youtube, playing with kids (reading books, drawing,..) or Simply changing the position of houseplants.
If you want to buy something, Ly will put it on your wish list, review and research in 2-3 weeks. Usually after 3 weeks, he either removes it completely and doesn’t buy it anymore or feels it’s not really needed, so he’ll have to let it go later.
4. Economic optimization
Ms Khanh Ly is a spender in the family, so she set up a fund to save money and only leave an amount close enough to spending needs to limit spending.
“After 3 years of marriage, I am used to recording monthly expenses in detail, but I still can’t control or reduce it properly, because it’s an accrual calculation. Now I do the opposite by subtracting“, Khanh Ly shared.
In particular, he organizes his funds as follows:
Note: Accounts 006 and 005 are always prioritized to be deposited before being allocated to the remaining accounts and it is not allowed to withdraw 006 funds arbitrarily. If income decreases, it must be offset by a reduction in expenses, not a reduction in savings of 006.
The accounts are divided that way and only use them to spend the month, so even if you don’t have time to record, you can still see the whole picture. “For example, today there are 13 days to pay but the food fund is only 2 million, so I will have to review the purchase reduction next week or get it from another fund.
The article is written according to the character’s narrative – Photo: NVCC
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