Recently, I have introduced a logical way to keep our motivation. I made a new concept to make it easier to focus on it: minimalism in production. Today, I will introduce it.
How to fill our hunger in life
Sometimes, we want to fill our hunger in life.
We might feel we are lacking many things. Examples are love, patience, confidence, skills, money, social status, or even a healthy mind.
We cannot fulfill our wishes, no matter how hard we have struggled. We might think we are disqualified as human beings.
A typical pattern of failure
There is a typical pattern of our failure. It is as follows:
First, we have hunger in life. We hope to fulfill it. Then, we encounter a hope. Something inspires us, and we want to become similar to that. We inflate our dreams big. It gives us high energy. We start it with determination.
However, our motivation starts to decline. It doesn’t come back, no matter how hard we try. Struggle and stagnation begin. Finally, we give up, get discouraged, and lose confidence.
The next time we meet a new hope, we decide to make it happen this time for sure. We wish for greater success due to our stronger hunger for success. We amplify our dreams again. We try to grow more energy to overcome stagnation.
However, the result is the same.
After repeating such a cycle many times, at some point, we realize we cannot do anything and stop doing anything.
Applying the whole process of motivation
We know that something is wrong. We have to change something fundamentally.
To solve this problem, I introduced the whole motivational process as a clue in an earlier article (this article). It is an approach for logical people. Although it makes it hard to predict the future, it allows us to proceed with enjoyment without stagnation.
However, it was difficult to pinpoint where and what we should change.
To make it easier to understand, I introduce a new concept: minimalism in production. Conceptualization makes application easier. Today, I will introduce it.
What is minimalism in production?
Minimalism in production is a concept to satisfy the hunger of life for empathic, logical people. Although it makes it difficult to foresee the future, we can progress our lives and skills with enjoyment and steady improvement.
In addition, it gives us our own way of life and the prototype of our business.
It is the same as minimalism. Minimalism is a lifestyle of living with only essentials. It allows us to adapt to a new environment or situation more easily. In other words, it is a lifestyle for change.
In minimalism in production, we create things with as few resources as possible. It includes not only materials but also time.
Why it works for satisfying our hunger
Let’s look at why it works.
The origin of the problem is our too-strong imagination. Despite our hunger, we try to fulfill it with our best ideals. It hinders its realization and our satisfaction.
Suppose we are hungry. We have not eaten anything for days. All restaurants are closed. In such a time, we learned we can cook for ourselves.
In this situation, if we have the following options, which one will we choose?
- We determine to become the best chefs to cook our ideal dinner.
- We make a reasonable dinner today to fill our stomachs with things at hand.
Of course, we will choose the latter. We are already extremely hungry. We don’t need to be top chefs to have a dinner.
However, we sometimes choose the former. An example is the cycle explained at the top of this article. This is because we focus on bigger success while ignoring our current hunger.
From another perspective, our too-strong imagination is the point that makes us unable to satisfy our hunger.
That is why our overly strong imagination is the source of the problem.
Steps to fulfill our desires
In minimalism in production, we fulfill our desires through the following steps:
- There is no problem until you get inspired. Don’t hesitate to experience new things. Let’s dive into new information actively.
- When something motivates you and you want to challenge it, try to create it with minimal time and resources.
- To minimize time and resources, narrow down essential elements. What is necessary if you can realize it within 30 minutes or 1 hour? For more details, please refer to the previous article (this article).
- Don’t hesitate to make new investments for that purpose. However, try to keep the investment amount as low as possible. This is a try that requires waste and an error. Although they are contradictory, you have to balance them.
- If you narrow down elements enough, you can make it happen easily. Although it is not a great product, it would be a reasonable one that fulfills you. Let’s enjoy it!
- If you were not satisfied, try the following:
- One cause is poor elements that you narrowed down. In this case, try it again.
- The other cause is that the direction of activity doesn’t suit your way of life. In this case, you adjust your philosophy, which determines your direction in life.
How to apply it
This style doesn’t require high energy but demands our logical sense.
At first, try achieving it in 30 minutes to an hour. It is important to discern the essence when we try to achieve something within that time. It means we use what we have at hand as much as possible.
We don’t have to spend so much time and effort trying to cook a simple dinner for the first time. Even if we don’t have a cooking knife, we can tear vegetables and sausages by hand. There is no problem if it doesn’t look good. The dinner is for us to consume ourselves.
Even if we want to try growing vegetables, we might make a simple planter with an empty can or a PET bottle. It is falling around there. We might take soil from the nearby mountains or riverbeds.
Expressing our emotions in a story or a picture is the same. Even though we describe it emotionally, we logically narrow down where and how to express it.
Think logically
However, there are usually things that are lacking. We have to buy or get them. For example, we might have to buy vegetables and meats at a grocery store. We might have to buy plant seeds.
Don’t hesitate to spend money or effort on it. It is an investment. At the same time, don’t pay so much easily. They are contradictory, but we have to balance. Although this conflict is unavoidable, this process is fun. It is enjoyable to consider what we eat today.
Remember, it is the same activity as just making dinner for today. Relax. Try it lightly.
If we have a logical sense and narrow down essentials, we will have a reasonable dinner. Even if it may not be so delicious, it will be enough to fill our stomachs.
A style to create a new future
That leads us to the next stage in life.
We will increase the amount of investing for the activity little by little. It may feel like it has increased without notice. This is because it is fun.
That creates the future.
After enjoying this process for several years, it often brings us a new business idea. That would be one benefit of this style.
Conclusion
That is the concept of minimalism in production. It is a concept for empathic, logical people.
Although it makes it difficult to foresee the future, we can progress our lives and skills with enjoyment and steady improvement.
This concept might help you satisfy the hunger of life and build your life upon it.
Thank you for reading this article. I hope to see you in the next one.
