I don’t think what we’re talking about here is really minimalism. It’s more the pursuit of control - we live in an overcrowded, noisy, busy world and want to be able to conquer it. Minimalism would be saying - yes, a silver paint pen might be best for what I’m trying to do, but do I really need it?
No. And then you…

You must approach and practice minimalism with a minimalist mindset. A company I worked for had a cost savings plan, someone submitted an idea to save money by replacing all 40W fluorescent bulbs with 34w saving $(x) on electricity, another submitted an idea to not change the bulbs until the individual ones failed as…