“And remember: If you want maximum artistic freedom, keep your overhead low. A free creative life is not about living within your means, it’s about living below your means.”
—Austin Kleon, Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad
Category: AVARICE & ALMSGIVING & MINIMALISM
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“The best way to give yourself a pay raise is to spend less money.”
The Minimalists
Podcast 188 | Budgeting Mistakes -
“The thing that is least perceived about wealth is that all pleasure in money ends at the point where economy becomes unnecessary. The man who can buy anything he covets values nothing that he buys. There is a subtle pleasure in the extravagance that contests with prudence; in the anxious debates which we hold with ourselves whether we can or cannot afford a certain thing; in our attempts to justify our wisdom; in the risk and recklessness of our operations; in the long deferred and final joy of our possession; but this is a kind of pleasure which the man of boundless means never knows.”
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If you have experienced peer rejection, conflict or belong to an unsupportive family, you might rely on objects more than yourself or other people. You might view objects as more remarkable than your own personal qualities, and they may seem more readily available than supportive friends or relatives.
How to have less stuff -
“You don’t need yoga pants to do yoga.”
Are You Taking The False First Step?
Anthony Ongaro -
“Beautiful things should be used and seen. If something is far too precious to be used for its intended purpose, what is the point of owning it? What is the point of storing it and caring for it if it’s not useful? Embrace everyday luxury, and if an item breaks or is ruined, celebrate that you got more out of it than you would have if you kept it in a closet for years.”
Do Less: A Minimalist Guide to a Simplified, Organized, and Happy Life
Rachel Jonat
SO GOOD QUOTES 