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My battle to consume less continues on every front: from clothes to household items to everything else. I have been ruthlessly paring down the list of things I want in my life to the absolute favorites.
Om Malik • The Consumerism Curse
weekly Go Flip Yourself and Parenting and family stuff
What kids are dying from today are mainly car crashes and suicides, not playing outside unsupervised with friends. Parents are worrying about the wrong causes of injuries and harm. In fact, the very strategies that parents use to try to keep their children safe – driving them around, maximizing supervision, and minimizing freedom – are unintentionally increasing the likelihood of injuries and even death.
The solutions are both simple and hard. We know what children need to thrive. The three key ingredients necessary for thriving play environments are Time, Space, and Freedom.
in the power of ‘enough’
weekly OpenSB Times and weekly Go Flip Yourself
Archiving is powerful.
Familiarity is a misunderstood virtue. Cultivating a sense of belonging is under-practiced. No matter where you live it is worth trying to improve the small things of your world.
The question he [a friend] posed was “How much is enough?” – meaning how much money does he need to become an artist. We spent the rest of the lunch talking about different options for approaching this.