The Benefits of a Small Apartment

When we moved to Southern Florida about 5 months ago, we moved into a small one bedroom apartment.  We had moved from a larger apartment and we did not get a garage with the new apartment.  We did get rid of a lot of things before we moved.  Which I do suggest because the more you have to move the more it sucks.  With a baby on the way I assumed the apartment would start to seem way too small way too soon.

As I am imagining having a newborn I am thinking the small apartment will be excellent.  I mean I can clean the entire apartment in less than 2 hours.  As I will soon be spending a lot of time breast feeding and changing diapers, the less time I have to spend cleaning the better.

If I could only find a way to get the laundry to do itself.  It always seems so tedious to put it in the washer, then the dryer and then hang it up in the closet only to wear it and dirty it again.  I was thinking how much easier it would be if I only had a few outfits.  Would people even notice if I wore the same cloths all of the time?  I think what stops me from getting rid of a lot of cloths is that I think I may need it later and I hate re buying  what I already owned.  I know I will use that heavy fleece jacket when I travel to cooler climates.  Just because I never use it in Southern Florida where I live isn’t always a good reason to donate it.

Another good benefit of living in a small space is you don’t feel the need to buy things to fill in the empty space.  If we had opted for a 2 bedroom apartment we would have just bought more stuff.  As we are planning to buy a house in the next few years, I know that once we got the house the stuff that we had in the apartment would probably not fit in the space well or we may want to buy nicer more quality furniture for the house.

Living a minimalist lifestyle makes things a lot easier.  It takes less time to clean everything and keep track of it all.  It gives you the opportunity to save money as you are not always buying things.  A smaller space usually costs less so you can save money in that respect.  Saving money and time probably also allows for a lower stress level.  Now I am wondering how do people live in mansions?