Minimalists search for happiness not through things, but through life itself thus, it’s up to you to determine what is necessary and what is superfluous in your life.” To define minimalism, I went to The Minimalists: “Minimalism is a tool that can assist you in finding freedom. Minimalism! What is it? And what does the zombie apocalypse have to do with it? WARNING: this post contains spoilers for The Walking Dead. I’ve learned a helluva lot about minimalism from the zombie apocalypse.
ZOMBIE SPEND MONEY AND TRASH IT HOW TO
Having lived for years with this unhealthy obsession with zombies, you would naturally think that I would’ve learned something by now (besides the double-tap rule and how to steel yourself for mercy-killing a loved one, of course). I read Warm Bodies before it was published. And yes, even the YA romance trilogy (no, the other one). Also the one where zombies played a pivotal role in the formation of ancient Israel. Even the one where a high school football team is reanimated as zombies just in time to win the state championship. And the one where a zombie gets elected president. Including the one about zombies on the Titanic. I pride myself on having read the entire canon of zombie literature. I attend my city’s annual Zombie Crawl religiously. Zombieland is my favorite family-friendly, feel-good buddy comedy. I finished The Last of Us in forty-eight hours.
I’ve met Max Brooks twice and both times he declined my marriage proposal. Every year around Halloween I go watch a live theatrical performance of George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. Dear readers, it’s time I made a confession.