Not that I’d call myself a spendthrift, but I do have my Pinterest-fueled trying-to-fill-up-the-occasional-void-driven moments of weakness. I endorse and try to, for the most part, live a minimalist zen kind of life, more so after reading this book. Like us all, I too need reminders. But this one shook me some! Do read:
Pathological consumption has become so normalised that we scarcely notice it. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 11th December 2012 There’s nothing they need, nothing they don’t own already, …
Source: The Gift of Death
“Bake them a cake, write them a poem, give them a kiss, tell them a joke …” – excellent advice in that article.
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Yeah! That sentence says it all.
Thanks for reading and commenting 😊
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Nice book, thanks for sharing
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Many thanks for sharing the article…Some interesting facts. Are really only 1% average of presents left to the side six months after Xmas – not in this house! There is definitely irony in the advert for the nexus of a father and son on a camping trip…sad.
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Thank you.
And I think we need more of us who question the “trends” and follow the herd!
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