How to Want Very Little

• There are two challenges that people face when choosing to live a more simpler life: owning little and wanting little.

1. Have a vision for your life. Goals are somewhat useful tools to get from point A to B, but they often lack depth, emotion and meaning, and without those three things there's a deficiency of purpose and drive.
2. Find your motivation. What is your why? Why do you want little? Don't be meaninglessly minimalist. Be purposeful and deliberate in your quest to want little.
3. Experience the benefits. Experiencing an uncluttered lifestyle will always be the best way to switch from a "want more" to a "want little" mindset.
4. Understand the psychology of influence. Marketing and sales are apart of this world and it'd be silly to chastise those sectors because in reality we're all marketers and salespeople.
5. Grow into it. Start with small victories. Be mindful of all your purchases and desires and regularly ask yourself "Does this fit into my vision?"
6. Lose yourself. Purchasing is a process we lose ourselves in. First something catches our eye, then there's the inner conflict (should we buy it?). 
7. Crunch the numbers. It's likely that you have a passion that has expenses (like travel or reading) or, at the very least, you would like to put away some money for a rainy day.