There’s more to life than buying stuff.
There are many wonderful people pursuing and promoting simplicity. Fortunately, some of them are gifted in communication and choose to encourage and inspire us with their words. I enjoy reading their unique perspective. I’m sure you will too.
So fix yourself a nice warm cup of coffee or tea on this beautiful weekend. Find a quiet moment. And enjoy some encouraging words about finding more simplicity in your life today.
9 Ways to Protect Kids from Consumerism and Why It’s Important | Buy Me Once by Tara Button. Unfortunately, the 5000 marketing messages our kids are receiving every day are “you are a consumer,” “buy this,” “eat this,” “watch this.” So, what can we do as parents?
Baby Boomers Are Downsizing and There’s A Problem: What To Do With All Their Stuff | Wall Street Journal by Robyn A. Friedman. As baby boomers move to smaller homes, they’re learning how to sell possessions accumulated. It’s a similar conundrum faced by heirs who must dispose of assets like Patek Philippe watches, planes and couture after a loved one dies.
How Minimalism Can Enhance Your Life | Canadian Living by Paula McKee. A little minimalism is better than none at all.
Lynn says
I DO have a subscription to the Wall Street Journal, and I couldn’t
get the article to load either!
Judy says
God first! yes…always! :)
Crunchycon says
Came here also to register my disappointment at not getting to read an interesting article because of the WSJ paywall.
Carol Terry says
This is definitely NOT a big deal, but I am 60 years old and my eye sight isn’t what it used to be. I am noticing more and more that the design of many websites, especially some minamalists, are using font colors that have very little contrast to the background colors (Allie’s post) and trying to read light gray headline on a white background can be difficult. I think it does look wonderful, but it’s very hard on less than perfect eyes! Thanks!
Moira says
I say the same thing that Maxine King says: Wall Street Journal articles are not free to read — one must subscribe. Is there a way to get around this, or are there other articles on this topic without the subscription requirement?
sun says
I was able to read it. Maybe there is a quota?
cep müzik indir says
I am registering happy weeks
Anne Marie says
I agree with the other comment about the Wall Street Journal. It would have been great to read, but I do not want to have to sign up to do so.
Pamela says
Baby boomers are downsizing article is not available to those who don’t subscribe to the Wall Street Journal. It would have been an interesting weekend read as I read all of your posts. Maybe it should not have been included in your “weekend reads” as it is not accessible to all.
Susan says
I agree! That was the first one I wanted to read. I also read all your posts.
Ivaylo Durmonski says
Hey Joshua, I love what you’re doing here. If you need articles for your next week you can check the link at my name.
Maxine King says
I would have loved to read the Baby Boomer Article however it requested me to buy a subscription to the Wall Street Journal!
Claudia Abel says
Me too. Disappointing.
Amanda says
Same here! I’ve seen a number of other articles on the topic a while back, curious if this has any different insight.
Mark Brickley says
Same here☹️
Leslie says
Yes!! That’s exactly what I came to “comments” to comment on and I am grateful to find I am not alone in this concern. I am disappointed to find articles from sources that require subscriptions or ‘cookies’ or other methods that trail and monitor us.
Joshua, I hope you will reconsider including these sources. Alternatively, you could provide notice of what will be required of us to proceed.