When you take a step back and look at yourself, what do you see?
Are you a snapshot of your possessions? The car, the house, the furniture, the clothes…
We spend so much time broadcasting every detail of our lives, but who exactly are we?
Treasure your important holdings, but subtract the effects. Step into the Rialto and unload the unnecessary.
Then, make sure your broadcast is you and make sure it is enough.
In our epic quest for stimulation, we become bored with our daily cadence.
The journey becomes a grind.
In our desire for more, we lose sight of what we have.
Embrace your daily rhythm and routine and you will be rewarded with contentment. For me, it’s shaving, grinding (coffee), cooking (breakfast) and writing. It’s peaceful time with my family.
Stop chasing your desires. Find comfort in what you have. Find repose in what you do.
Reap the rewards.
It’s 2012 and the World Wide Web has created a boundless marketplace.
We no
longer have personal possessions, we have inventory.
Nothing (almost nothing) should get discarded. Everything can be sold.
Somewhere, someone wants what you have. I have proven this to be true time and time again.
This Internet is an immense web of wormholes, providing a path by which your unwanted trash becomes someone else’s prized treasure.
Saving is a state of mind.
It is the ability to act rationally.
It is the capacity to prioritize yourself, family and your financial future.
Spending (irresponsible spending) is a state of depredation. Whimsy decisions based on desire and urge.
It is the inability to control impulse. It is a cut to your reason.
This is the first post.
Through my practice, as a bankruptcy lawyer, I have learned too much about how consumerism combined with stasis and clutter create hardship. Personal, as well as financial hardship.
This blog is one more step in my own personal quest to minimize and simplify.
It will focus mostly on finance. It will (attempt to) be poetic at times. It will include peaceful imagery.
It will always be simple.
image: cubanjunky