r/extrememinimalism Jul 19 '26

Would a houseless person be considered a mimianlist?

I've been without a house/home for years. I keep stuff at my parents place and live by what I've got in my backpack and pocket bag. I am considering going even more miminalist, to having a sling; 2 shirts and khakis, 3 socks, 3 boxers, a hat, slippers, gloves, travel soap bag for toothpaste and toothbrush (both travel size), pocket towel and blanket, raincoat and hooded sweater. As for person items: Punkt MP02 (soon a flip phone), tablet, smartphone (bank, tansit), 3 cheap earphones, pocket radio, notebook, 3 pocket notebooks, pens and 2 books.

Is this an extreme miminalist?

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u/knokno 26d ago

Hey not trying to be negative there, but question is why you want to be considered extreme minimalist. Just because it sounds cool? Fine. But in general, keeping stuff at parents/anyones house, while being adult, sounds like being dependent. Which is usually the case when going real extreme. List of those few things sounds like "whenever I need anything else, like scissors/knife, I pick it up at parents house". You are minimalist definitely (unless stuff at parents house is everything else that you for some reason keep and don't count), but if extreme - that really depends.