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the loss of these small groups, in favor of nation-level organization of atomized individuals, has had serious consequences for human welfare and human agency. We are missing a layer of organization essential for our happiness.
Sarah Perry • Gardens Need Walls: On Boundaries, Ritual, and Beauty
Devon Zuegel • Part 3: The first walkable city in America in a century
- Downsize your digs. A smaller home means
Francine Jay • Miss Minimalist: Inspiration to Downsize, Declutter, and Simplify
Cross out those two hours of television each night, and you’ll gain over half a day each week. That’s quite a windfall!
Francine Jay • The Joy of Less, A Minimalist Living Guide: How to Declutter, Organize, and Simplify Your Life
In a world geared for hurry, the capacity to resist the urge to hurry—to allow things to take the time they take—is a way to gain purchase on the world, to do the work that counts, and to derive satisfaction from the doing itself, instead of deferring all your fulfillment to the future.
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Rather than increasing the amount of work to acquire more stuff, reducing this superficial need reduces the amount of necessary work.