Reject microwaves, dishwashers, and floor sweepers! 40-year-old hosts live in "convenient home appliances" to realize family freedom

With the popularity of family affairs and household appliances, many people believe that buying a machine can make life easier and more convenient. The Japanese 40-year-old simplicityist Mei (Mei) did the opposite and shared on ESSE Online that it does not rely on convenient home appliances such as dishwashers, microwaves, and sweeping robots, but instead implements efficient home management by "reducing items".

The kitchen is a very simple kitchen that does not require, either a dishwasher or a microwave. Although she lives with her husband and high school children, she has created a booked house that she has been deliberately installed, but the kitchen does not have a dishwasher. She said that many kitchens in new homes nowadays are equipped with dishwashers, but she deliberately does not install them because she wants to reduce mechanical equipment such as household appliances.

She explained that household appliances not only need to be relaxed, but also bring trouble to maintenance and replacement. Especially the embedded dishwasher, it costs a lot of energy and maintenance costs when it is replaced if it fails.

In addition, there are few tableware and tuning tools used normally, so there is no need for a dishwasher. She said that her husband will clean dishes while cooking, and washing dishes is almost done halfway through the cooking. The meals are often served in a single plate, so as to reduce the amount of dishes to wash, and wash the meals by hand and end immediately.

Not only that, her family also has no microwave ovens, but instead uses bamboo steamed stew (せいろ) to heat and decompose, and consider health and simple.

Make good use of lightweight vacuum suction devices. Reject grounding robots

In terms of cleaning, we choose a light and upright vacuum suction device rather than a popular grounding robot. The same reason is "reduce household appliances". She pointed out that the sweeping robot needs special charging and parking spaces, and deliberately does not leave a space for the house when planning it because it does not want to add equipment that needs regular maintenance.

In contrast, if you want to use it, it is convenient to replace it if you want to use it. Because there are very few items at home and there are almost no objects on the floor that need to be moved, the cleaning process is fast and easy, and there is no need to rely on the robot to sweep the floor.

"Less is more" does not rely on household freedom

Mei's family philosophy is very simple: "If there is less, family affairs will be relaxed." For her, over-reliance on convenience of home appliances is equivalent to increasing costs such as maintenance, replacement, and energy consumption; on the contrary, reducing unnecessary items and tools, and the homework will naturally be simplified.

She said convenience appliances are of course great, but if there are fewer things, they are not needed. Buying a less household appliance will reduce the trouble of maintenance and replacement, and it will also save you a pen and open sales.