Simplicity
Simplifying my life, one section at a time.
Simplicity
One of the most intelligent case studies in design is the Chinese tea cup. They’re made without handles simply because if it’s too hot to touch, it’s too hot to drink.
Humans naturally want to add more. Add a cardboard sleeve, add a warning on the outside of the cup, add a handle. The result of all these things never cools down the actual contents.
... See moreA big one for me that sand out here that I need to revisit again is overconsumption. Its so easy to get sucked into the hundreds of advertisements we see everyday on our phones, at bus stops, on TV.. literally everywhere. But did you ever look around at the room you are in and get this sick sick feeling in your stomach. Or finish an impulsive
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The goal in life is to not to ADD more to your life...
do more
be more
get more
The goal in life is to SUBSTRACT from your life, so that you can...
do more ... that is most important to you
be more ... of who you actually are
get more... of what makes you come alive
This answers a question I previously wrote about 5 minutes ago. Books, art supplies and coffee walks with my loved ones are high up on my priority list so investing time and money in these areas doesn’t feel like a waste or overcomplicated. it feels as easy as breathing.
Its the stripping down of everything else that I don’t need or value is what’s important.
Perfectionism often wears the mask of high standards , ambition , discipline. It parades itself as virtue, a propriety. In reality, it is rarely about the pursuit of excellence but the terror of being perceived as inadequate.
perfectionism is a form of shame
The following constraints have given me more freedom with my time, money, and energy:
Budgeting every dollar. All impulse purchasing has screeched to a halt. I can’t recommend it enough.
Eating like a dog. Eat pretty much the same things everyday, cheap, quick, real, whole, and healthy but still delicious (think eggs on toast, soup...)
Dressing for my
Reviving old simplicity, sweeping away clutter, and ushering knowledge into the light
Humanly possible
I think we need to, in this time, we need to reckon with the fact that in each and every single one of our bodies holds living memory of our ancestors coming into agreements with plants and animals, and those agreements are those, um, covenants that our ancestors, you know, wove themselves into with plants is that they said, "we'll give up a little... See more