Milind Soman and his family have often grabbed headlines for their different and offbeat lifestyles. For instance, he and Ankita had a ‘Made In India’ wedding, followed by a barefooted wedding in Spain, or how his mother celebrated her 81st birthday with 15 pushups and a homemade jaggery cake.
As per reports, Ankita Konwar was recently asked why Milind “Does not have a different t-shirt?” or “Omg, I see you guys in the same pair of sandals everywhere!” She penned a note in the caption explaining the reason behind him repeating outfits and talked about his belief in minimalism as well.
She wrote, “I adore and respect my husband for being the way he is. In today’s world of fast consumption and fast fashion, someone who understands the concept of utility and wastage. Nothing is more responsible than occupying the smallest place you possibly can.”
The 29-year-old wrote about how in this fast-paced world, the current generation believes in instant gratification. From fast food to fast fashion, “we seem to need everything “fast” nowadays,” she opined. She pointed out the importance to stop and introspect the decisions we make and the choices we carry out. She said, “with a world so demanding, so competitive, so fast, people rarely manage the time to realize and evaluate their choices.”
“Fashion from having four seasons in a year to now having 52! We often don’t realize that when we purchase something, we are actually purchasing the idea related to it. The idea of being desirable, successful, happy, or loved. We have no real need or use for the thing itself,” she continued.
She further asserted that minimalism is not about giving up all that you desire and “isolating yourself in a cave”, but being “responsible for your choices”. “Meaning, just because I can have three different dresses and three different pairs of shoes for each day doesn’t mean I should.”
She further added that practicing minimalism would also mean a reduction in wastage of resources. She wrote, “So next time you purchase something, do ask yourself this question – ‘how does this add value to my life’. If you have the answer, by all means, buy that product.”
She also opened up about how “this choice doesn’t come easy” and that one cannot adapt to the minimalist lifestyle overnight, and shed light on her own journey as well. She revealed, “I still have my hiccups here and there when I see something tempting. It’s a conditioning that requires work. But for me, it’s definitely becoming lesser and lesser. And my husband is definitely better at this than I am.”
“Also I am grateful that I have begun to differentiate my needs to my wants, to understand what is important to me, not everyone is that privileged,” she concluded.
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