Minimalism doesn’t mean giving up everything you own. It means measuring the utility and acknowledging the opportunity cost of owning those things. I recently went on a trip where all I had with me was a few days’ change of clothing, my phone, a few books, a notebook, and a laptop. It was glorious. No stuff in the way. No stuff not in the way to think about. Everything I needed and nothing more....
It’s good to celebrate the accomplishment of finishing a book. Usually (unless you are HIGHLY disciplined) that means the book had something to offer that you could use at the current point of your life. I think equally as important as celebrating the books we finish is celebrating the books we gave up on. It’s not laziness or lack of perseverance, but rather, the recognition that that book just didn’t help with the problem at hand....
What’s a better source of knowledge? A book or an article? We’re talking physical book vs digital article here. An article gives readers an injection of thought-provoking, potentially worldview-altering/confirming serum (if they’re reading the right articles) and maybe a lesson they can absorb and apply to their lives then and there. But how do they keep track of it? What binds in memory the many disparate topics on articles one might read throughout the day?...