Obscure Journey

Little Update - May 18th, 2020

Publié le 18 Mai 2020 par Charly C.

Hello, readers!

I just wanted to let everyone know that I signed up for the Amazon affiliate program.

Through this program, i can put links to various items/products i'm talking about in my blog entries, and IF you decide to make a purchase through the link i post, I'll earn a little reward, but you will not be charged extra.

All entries in which i will use these affiliate links will have the following disclaimer, somewhere at the top of the entry:

DISCLAIMER: Bear in mind that some of the links in this post are affiliate links and if you go through them to make a purchase I will earn a commission. I used these affiliate links to give you the option to check the book out, for yourself, if you so wish, through a well-trusted seller. While I will be very glad if you buy any of the linked items, the decision to do so or not, belongs to you. Thank you for reading!

Nobody is forced to buy anything if they don't want to, if they feel it's too expensive, or whatever other reason.

While i did sign up today, I have to wait for approval - 180 days.

For now, this site only makes money through the copyrights, and so far i have yet to see a single physical euro/dollar, as i didn't reach the minimum allowed for withdrawal. in fact, i'm very far from that.

On my site with reviews, BeingObscure.com, i'm even farther from that goal, as it barely starts to pick up views.

I want to be as transparent with everyone, as i am able to. i won't disclose figures, as i believe that's against some rules somewhere. i also don't want to make people feel bad - i make so little money, they HAVE to help out, or they make so little compared to me, that i'm greedy.

Again, if you like the items i link to, feel free to buy, not buy, seek alternatives.

I want to point out that i will only link to items, if they somehow relate to the entry. I also added links to some of my past entries, with the disclaimer in place.

If you stayed with me so far, thank you!

If you decide to buy through my links, thank you again!

Soon i hope to post a new recipe, more sewing stuff, and the second part of us visiting the Carol Park in Bucharest. In no particular order.

Stay safe and see you soon!

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Being a minimalist can be a bad idea in a crisis

Publié le 7 Mai 2020 par Charly C.

Catégories : #advice, #bucharest, #impressions, #life experience, #life lesson, #people

Hello! Don't take this post that seriously. Really don't.

I am well aware I posted a few entries talking against consumerism: here - here - here

I basically was wrong in that post, at least to some extent, because we need to consume things in order to survive.

I am against buying more than we need, I am against always buying the latest releases of anything, and against buying things simply because so-and-so promotes the item.

Minimalism is the other extreme. There is a whole niche on youtube related to minimalism.

I started writing this entry on the 18th day of the martial law instated in Romania. At this point, it is unclear when this "protectorate" will end. The other day they said after mid-May. we'll see.

I'm posting this a week before the martial law is supposed to ease.

The thing is, we're not allowed to go out without a pass - we can write it ourselves. who we are, where we go, why, carry the ID, and heaven forbid the paper is wrong. All the stores and malls are closed. Supermarkets, drugstores, emergency dentists, hospitals are the only operating "businesses." And also places like home renovation and pet stores. Other businesses that still operate, the post office, taxis, public transportation, delivery companies. If you need anything else, like clothes, craft supplies, you have to order online. if you have $$.

Can you see how being a hoarder is now useful? Can you see how being a minimalist is not/was not a good idea?

Living in a city is also not a good idea. But living in the countryside, in Romania, usually means no running water. See the image below, for a better understanding - seen first in this entry.

In any case, in the countryside, we'd be able to go out of the house, in the yard to attend to the animals, to the food we grow, to the toilet (as in most cases it's separated from the main house where we'd be living).

As I was saying, as a minimalist, you're probably missing many things you wish you had. As a hoarder, you're probably feeling pretty secure you're not missing anything you might need.

As a hoarder, you might have:

Enough food to last you at least a month
Enough cleaning supplies to last you through the lockdown
An excuse to use them all up, clean the space and become more of a minimalist
Various games to keep you busy and entertained
A variety of tools that you can use to learn a new skill or make the things you wanted but didn't have the time.

As a minimalist, you might have:

A lot of empty space in the house
Not enough food
Not enough supplies
Just computer or smartphone games
No tools for a new hobby
A hard time finding in the supermarket what you need
An excuse to go buy some things that occupy space, but are needed during an emergency situation

Taken on August 31st, 2019 by me.

This "pandemic" taught me that:

Minimalism is not for me
Hoarding is not that bad - just make sure not to go out of control
You can be more sustainable as a hoarder as you have more items in the house to reuse and repurpose, and you dispose of fewer things, overall.

Now, these are just some observations. I'm not attacking or praising any lifestyle or choices.

You might hoard lots of plates and cups, but may have just 4 pairs of shoes and 5 pairs of jeans.

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