SIX at 6: Forms of Freedom, Making Less, Giving Permission, Seeing What Happens, Being Consistent, and Deep Affection - Billy Oppenheimer
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SIX at 6: Forms of Freedom, Making Less, Giving Permission, Seeing What Happens, Being Consistent, and Deep Affection - Billy Oppenheimer
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
There will always be too much to do – and this realisation is liberating. Today more than ever, there’s just no reason to assume any fit between the demands on your time – all the things you would like to do, or feel you ought to do – and the amount of time available. Thanks to capitalism, technology and human ambition, these demands keep increasin
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An essay in which my friend feels stuck and I suggest relaxing some constraints
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When you accept how true that statement is, you realize that aligning money towards a life that lets you do what you want, when you want, with who you want, where you want, for as long as you want, has incredible return. Derek Sivers, a successful entrepreneur, once wrote about a friend who asked him to tell the story about how he got rich: I had a
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