Stop Stressing About Spending Less – Simplify Your Life

Stop Stressing About Spending Less – Simplify Your Life

For a few years now, I’ve been very concerned with “simplifying.” At the same time, as a recent grad, I’ve been a little obsessive about not spending money. Sometimes the two ideologies go great together. Other times it’s a riot in my brain.

In my most recent post I talked about how you shouldn’t start on a minimalist or simple living journey by throwing away a ton of shit, and this goes doubly if part of your minimalistic goals is to limit spending. Throwing stuff out is just about the worst thing you can do in that case.

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The Process of Becoming Un-tethered: How to Get Out of that Tech Rut

The Process of Becoming Un-tethered: How to Get Out of that Tech Rut

I write a lot about how technology is so often used as a crutch, especially in my own life. TV is such an easy way to pass time, and Twitter and Instagram or whatever your social media of choice is, is another mostly mindless way of spending time that could otherwise be put to good use. There are plenty of good things to be said about social media, but if we’re using them only as a way to make our lives go by faster, what purpose are they really serving? Continue reading “The Process of Becoming Un-tethered: How to Get Out of that Tech Rut”