By Josh Rueff on July 16, 2013 Let me tell you a sad story with a happy ending. For the sake of privacy, let’s call her Kate. Kate was an industrious creature. Work brought stress and appetite, but she was okay with that. She knew that all work and no play would make her… well… […]
By Josh Rueff on April 22, 2013 “Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster.” -Sun Tzu No one likes having enemies. But having enemies is an inevitable part of life. Often, our enemies are not other people, but our own habits, mindset, and other amorphous concepts. In […]
As I’ve taken on the goals and idealism of Minimalist Lifestyle, the subject of consumerism has come up many times in my conversations with other minimalists. The general mindset within the subculture of minimalism is that consumerism is the vile, manipulative, and enslaving result of mass marketing and corrupt corporations, but I want to approach […]