Category: Personal Development
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The Contradiction of Consumerism
“Live simply so that others may simply live.” Mahatma Gandhi In other words, consuming more than your fair share impoverishes others. But J.B. MacKinnon finds that “in capitalist countries, it rarely if ever works out that way. Live simply, and it’s much more likely that the wealth you’ve forsaken will…
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The Contradiction of Minimalism
The bedroom looked ransacked. Bags, stuffed with clothes, littered the floor. Kris’s dresser was missing a drawer. It sat between us, bare from being turned upside down. She separated the shirts into keep and discard piles while I folded and filed the keeps. Ten minutes later, I slid the half…
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Personal Finance Made Simple
When it comes to personal finance, public education low key sucks. In my high school, every senior took an economics class every other day for half a year. I remember putting together a fake budget and following the stock market for a week, but that was about it. It isn’t…
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The Google Calendar Strategy That Changed My Life.
After graduating college, I wrote and produced my short film “Bartleby.” I scored a managing job at my local movie theatre. I wrote and rewrote a spec script, moved in with my girlfriend, and picked up production assistant gigs where I could. Listing it out like that makes me sound…
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