Becoming a Minimalist in a Large Family

When I brought up becoming a minimalist to Jason he laughed, he was confused because of the amount of people we have. Despite his attitude towards it, I was determined to do this. It started little by little, I got rid of handfuls of things at a time....until last night. Last night I went a little crazy and filled up around three garbage bags full of clothes, because really who needs last much clothing! We found a healthy medium for how much of everything the kids needed, it was a long process(it's actually still going on) but I know the outcome will be beautiful-I hope. So far my kids have asked a lot of questions, the most commonly asked between them all is "are we losing our house?" no, we are not. This is more about showing my kids that "things" don't make us who we are. There were so many times I found myself worrying about what to buy for the next holiday instead of enjoying the moments I had. Ever since we started purging of all of our stuff I realized I wasn't thinking nearly as much about those things as I used to. That alone has been a huge perk for our family. We now have more money to do fun things and make actual memories that we'll have much longer than a toy that they beg for and then forget about ten minutes after getting it. I really honestly can't wait until we are done purging all of the extra junk we have. This is so exciting that it's not even funny.