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January 9th, 2012
unconsumption:


In 2002 Dinah Sanders started a personal holiday called Discardia. As she writes in her book, Discardia: More Life, Less Stuff,  her quarterly festival celebrates “unconsumption, the slow movement,  downshifting, and voluntary simplicity.” In other words, it’s about  getting rid of stuff so you can enjoy a richer life.
 Sanders (who maintains a blog called Discardia)  believes that many people mistakenly seek the good life by acquiring  lots of things and experiences and then try to shoehorn these into an  already overcrowded life. But Sanders maintains that the good life is  better achieved by taking the opposite approach: stripping away the  layers of material, habitual and emotional cruft that we accumulate over  time to reveal a more meaningful, engaging, and manageable way to live.

Notice “unconsumption” among the ideas she celebrates. 
Sounds worth checking out!
Via: Discardia: not anti-stuff, just pro-awesome - Boing Boing)


unconsumption:

In 2002 Dinah Sanders started a personal holiday called Discardia. As she writes in her book, Discardia: More Life, Less Stuff, her quarterly festival celebrates “unconsumption, the slow movement, downshifting, and voluntary simplicity.” In other words, it’s about getting rid of stuff so you can enjoy a richer life.


Sanders (who maintains a blog called Discardia) believes that many people mistakenly seek the good life by acquiring lots of things and experiences and then try to shoehorn these into an already overcrowded life. But Sanders maintains that the good life is better achieved by taking the opposite approach: stripping away the layers of material, habitual and emotional cruft that we accumulate over time to reveal a more meaningful, engaging, and manageable way to live.

Notice “unconsumption” among the ideas she celebrates. 

Sounds worth checking out!

Via: Discardia: not anti-stuff, just pro-awesome - Boing Boing)

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