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I recognize that not everyone can make the major change I did
toward minimalism, but I believe that everyone can benefit from the movement.

Everybody has his or her own interpretation of minimalism and there’s a huge spectrum of how it is expressed.

At its core, minimalism involves decluttering your life to create more space for
what truly brings you happiness and living with better intentions.

I recognize that not everyone can make the major change I did toward minimalism, but I believe that everyone can benefit from the movement.

<not+every(one)>는 ‘누구나 ~한 것은 아니다’라는 뜻으로 every, both, all 등 전체를 나타내는 말이 부정어와 함께 쓰이면 일부분을 부정하는 부분부정을 나타낸다.

At its core, minimalism involves decluttering your life to create more space for what truly brings you happiness and living with better intentions.

선행사를 포함하는 관계대명사 what이 사용되었으며, involves에 동명사 decluttering과 living이 병렬 구조로 연결되어 있다.

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I recognize that not everyone can make the major change I did toward minimalism, but I believe that everyone can benefit from the movement.

저는 제가 미니멀리즘을 향해 했던 주요한 변화를 모든 사람이 만들어 낼 수 있는 것은 아니라는 것을 인정하지만,
저는 모든 사람이 그 운동으로부터 이익을 얻을 수 있다고 믿습니다.

Everybody has his or her own interpretation of minimalism and there’s a huge spectrum of how it is expressed.

모두가 미니멀리즘에 대한 자신만의 해석을 가지고 있고 그것이 어떻게 표현되는지는 매우 범위가 넓습니다.

At its core, minimalism involves decluttering your life to create more space for what truly brings you happiness and living with better intentions.

본질적으로, 미니멀리즘은 여러분에게 진정으로 행복을 가져다주는 것을 위한 더 많은 공간을 만들어 내기 위해
여러분의 삶에서 불필요한 것들을 없애는 것과 더 좋은 의도를 가지고 살아가는 것을 수반합니다.

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Underline the sentences that explain what Anna did to start making deliberate and mindful choices for her birthday.

Now, I didn’t stop buying products or clothes, but I started making deliberate and mindful choices. I would ask myself whether I had space for the items and if I would use them often. When I shopped for clothes, for instance, I would look for pieces that were more timeless and would remain stylish even after a particular trend passed.

Also, for my birthday, I started asking

for experience gifts rather than physical items.

I would ask for

concert tickets or have lunch with a friend.

That way, I wouldn’t be stuck with a bunch of physical gifts that I didn’t want. And let me tell you, it has brought me so much joy and happiness. I recognize that not everyone can make the major change I did toward minimalism, but I believe that everyone can benefit from the movement. Everybody has his or her own interpretation of minimalism and there’s a huge spectrum of how it is expressed. At its core, minimalism involves decluttering your life to create more space for what truly brings you happiness and living with better intentions.