Not The News With Laura Oakes: Becoming A Minimalist

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Living the life of a minimalist doesn't necessarily mean you'll need to fit all of your belongings in a backpack, cut yourself off from technology, ditch wearing makeup, or live in a hut.

Today's minimalist movement is wide-ranging, and its followers on all points of the spectrum agree on one thing---a simpler life can bring tremendous freedom.

WCCO's Laura Oakes talks with local minimalist Amy Blank, who wouldn't live any other way.