Writer Doris Lessing on how to choose what to read:
“There is only one way to read, which is to browse in libraries and bookshops, picking up books that attract you, reading only those, dropping them when they bore you, skipping the parts that drag – and never, never reading anything because you feel you ought, or because it is part of a trend or a movement. Remember that the book which bores you when you are twenty or thirty will open doors for you when you are forty or fifty-and vise versa. Don’t read a book out of its right time for you.”
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I find it interesting how we’ve made “labeling” into a negative. At least it feels that way to me. But labels are one of the most convenient and flexible ways of categorizing things (including people) that there is.
Just a few labels you can feel free to apply to me: developer, realtor, father, athlete, introvert, extrovert, kind, jerk
…and I’m sure there are plenty of others (even negative or conflicting ones like some of the above) you could apply to me. Season for taste… your taste.
Either way, if I “label” you, it’s not a negative. Maybe you could consider the fact that I find you important enough to even take the time to “label”.
Now, if I pigeonhole you then you might care, but by that point it probably doesn’t to you.
Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter to stay up to date!Day 28 of the “Minimalism Game“. That’s 389 items, but since it’s the last day of the month I threw in an extra 11 to bring the total up to a nice round 400. If you’re curious to see how the whole month went view the Tag.
What did I learn in the course of getting rid of 400 physical items? Mostly that I had a lot of tech and misc wires/cables 🙂 but also that it wasn’t so bad. Looking around there’s definitely more to purge especially if we add in more family/kids items, but that’s for the whole family to decide on. For now I prob just need to move on to a shredding or burn party for old docs.
If you did the #LessIsNow #MinsGame challenge in the past, this last month, or are thinking about it for the future, drop a message in the comments. I’d love to hear your story.
Day 27 of the “Minimalism Game“. That’s 361 total items. If you want to follow along and see how far I can make it: Watch the Tag
