Taking a conscious break from thesis work to focus on other projects that I had to neglect because of my thesis deadline, January was great for recreational reading as well. I didn’t finish that many books, but some big ones. I also finished my first month of using the audiobook app Storytel, which brought me
The beginning is the most important part of the work. — Plato As an avid reader, I am obviously also an avid book buyer. Rest assured that I will NEVER leave a bookstore without finding at least one little gem in its midst. And while Wonderguy and my bookish friends not only understand but often
It is easy to mourn the live we aren’t living. Easy to wish we’d developed other talents, said yes to different offers. Easy to wish we’d worked harder, loved better, handled our finances more astutely, been more popular […]. But it is not the lives we regret not living that are the real problem. It
As you may know by now, I'm a fan of grand gestures — at least when I have to start something new that might not be that easy for me. Back in early July, I wrote about wanting to start another Low Buy because I hadn’t reached my savings goal yet. Spoiler: Several months later
This year went by so fast… In January, I was worried about how giving up 'retail therapy' would turn out. Now, 10 months in, I'm pleasantly surprised by how well it went. Granted, I had a few slip-ups, and not everything went according to plan, but overall I’m quite satisfied. Not the least compared to
I had a busy week, so here comes my Low Buy June recap in early July. I officially made it through half a year of conscious consumption and thrifty spending — yay and hooray! 🙂 The main thing is that in this low buy challenge I've found my way back from wasting my precious time
Well, that escalated quickly… Who would’ve thought on March 1 that we end the month cooped up in our homes because of a global pandemic? Shops closed on March 16, with only grocery stores, drugstores, pharmacies, gas stations, and suppliers of vital importance remaining open. Until then, I spent more than enough money, but
We drown out the big questions by marching behind the brass band of infinite ambition. It’s a march that apparently need never end: today’s idea of success increasingly involves attaining unprecedented levels of health, power, and celebrity. —John Naish Enough. Breaking Free from the World of Excess This quote is from 2008. It resonates with
(deutsche Version) Minimalism as [sic] a broad term. It covers a whole spectrum of living with less beliefs, form owning only possessions that you can squeeze into one suitcase, to halving your collection of ‘Now That’s What I Call Music’ CDs that were about to topple off your shelf anyway. At the strictest end it
What the blurb tells us: Wealthy Richard Walker has just dies, leaving his country house full of rooms packed with the detritus of a lifetime. His estranged family — bitter ex-wife Caroline, troubled teenage son Trenton, and unforgiving daughter Minna — have arrived for their inheritance. But the Walkers are not alone. Prim Alice and