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Recently my parents decided to buy a smaller house.

And last week, I finally had the time to visit it for the first time.

During my stay with my parents, I was surprised to see how my mother kept telling me "they love their new little house."

I wasn't that surprised, because I'm a minimalist myself after all. But I have to admit I was surprised how often she said it all weekend long.

At the end of the weekend, I sat down with my mom and asked her to list all the reasons she felt happier in her new little home.

This article lists all of these reasons.

People tend to want to buy bigger homes for a number of reasons:

• They no longer have a place in their current house.

• They are promoted at work.

• They get convinced by a real estate agent that they can afford it.

• They hope to impress the people around them.

• They think that a big house will be the house of their dreams.

Another reason people keep buying bigger and bigger houses is that no one is telling them not to.

The mantra of our consumerist culture is always the same: "always buy more and always bigger."

People believe this lie and choose to buy a bigger house just because "that's what you're supposed to do" when you start making money: you buy more things and more things. large.

No one ever told them otherwise. No one gives them permission to want smaller things, rather than bigger things.

No one gives them the right reasons why they would, in fact, be happier in a smaller house.

So in an attempt to break this silence, here are the 12 reasons you'll be happier in a smaller house:

1. Easier to maintain. Anyone who has ever owned a home knows that it takes a lot of time, energy, and effort to maintain a home. All other things being equal, therefore, a smaller home requires less time, energy and effort to maintain.

2. Less time spent cleaning it. This reason alone is enough reason to have a smaller house ...

3. Less expensive. Smaller houses are cheaper to buy and less expensive on a daily basis (insurance, taxes, heating, electricity, etc.).

4. Less debt and less risk. Dozens of online calculators help you determine "how big a house you could afford." These calculations are based on your net income, savings, debts, and monthly repayment capacity. These calculations are also based on the principle that we can spend "33% of our net income to pay off a loan each month." But if we can be more financially stable and happier spending only 15% ... why should we choose to spend 33%?

5. It frees your mind. As is the case with all things that belong to us, the more things we have, the more they end up owning us. And the more things we have that belong to us, the more our mental energy is held hostage by those things. It's exactly the same principle with something as big and important as a house. Buy small and free your mind.

6. Less impact on the environment. A smaller house requires fewer resources to build and fewer resources to maintain. And that is all of us who benefit from it.

7. More time for you. Most of the benefits mentioned above (less cleaning, less maintenance, more mental freedom) result in freeing up time in our schedule to continue with the things in life that really matter. (no matter what these things are for you).

8. It encourages family ties. With a smaller house, there is more interaction between family members. It is true that for some people this is often the reason why they buy a bigger house, but I just think that the reverse is also true.

9. It forces you to decrease the number of things you own. Moving to a smaller house intentionally forces you to cut down on the number of things you own that you store at home.

10. Less temptation to pile things up. If you don't have room in your home to put a treadmill, you will be much less tempted to buy it right off the bat (no offense to those who have a treadmill at home ... and who have it). 'really use).

11. Fewer decorations to choose from. Although some people like the idea of ​​being able to choose the color of the walls, the rugs, the furniture, the decor and the lighting for a whole bunch of rooms, for me that is not the case.

12. A larger real estate market. By definition, a smaller, more affordable home is accessible to a larger percentage of the population than a more expensive, less affordable home.

Your home is a very personal decision and obviously a multitude of factors go into the decision. All of these factors cannot, of course, be summarized in a small article like this.

But this article was not written to answer each of these issues. You are the only person to know all these variables which come into account at the time of your decision.

I just think you will be happier if you buy smaller, rather than the other way around.

By the way, if you are looking for a good book on minimalism, I recommend this one.

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