Sunday, December 13th, 2009
What we have
I would like to feel thankful more often. I think thankfulness is a quick route to happiness (because if you’re truly thankful, how can you avoid feeling happy?), and thus I really enjoyed seeing this quote on The Happiness Project:
“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what [...]
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Thursday, September 17th, 2009
Extreme Material Simplicity
I have been pursuing a radical course in the past few months, related to my aesthetic preference for minimalism, my upbringing with values of voluntary simplicity, and my philosophical interest in happiness. I have been Getting Rid Of Things. This sortie has been inspired by several assumptions/understandings:
Material objects do not bring happiness. In fact, they [...]