Guido, I can't say that I am a minimalist either, but I am into Simplicity.  The idea of simplicity is reduction of clutter, in all ways, mental, emotional, material.  Its a choice system.  Your Money or Your Life by Joe Domingo and Vicki Robin was the book that started me on all this, years ago.  There is a calmness with simple things and I like that.  My two cents.