BBC Future column: Why we love to hoard. Here’s last week’s column from BBC Future. The original is here. It’s not really about hoarding, its about the endowment effect and a really lovely piece of work that helped found the field of behavioural economics (and win Daniel Kahneman a Nobel prize). Oh, and I give some advice on how to de-clutter, lifehacker-style. Question: How do you make something instantly twice as expensive? Answer: By giving it away. This might sound like a nonsensical riddle, but if you’ve ever felt overly possessive about your regular parking space, your pen, or your Star Wars box sets, then you’re experiencing some elements behind the psychology of ownership.
This riddle actually describes a phenomenon called the Endowment Effect. You can see how the endowment effect escalates – how else can you explain the boxes of cassette tapes, shoes or mobile phones that fill several shelves of your room… or even several rooms? Adbusters’ War Against Too Much of Everything. The Clutter Culture - Feature - UCLA Magazine Online. By Jack Feuer Published Jul 1, 2012 8:00 AM.
Eulogy of stuff. Simplify your life. 60 Ways To Make Life Simple Again. 60 Ways To Make Life Simple Again. The Clutter Diet Blog. How Do I Organize My Piles of Paper Into Something Manageable? How to Organize the Perfect Pantry. Tasty Trash: The $55 million Squawkfox Food Waste Challenge is a series aimed at helping your family save up to $1,500 this year by reducing food waste.
The environment may also thank us. How to Live in the Land of Enough - Space. One word that often comes to mind when talking about minimalism is space.
With space, we can direct our energy and focus on what means the most. Space is not just an empty room, but it is what surrounds us, everywhere we are. Let’s be honest. How To Easily Declutter Your House By 40% You have too much stuffThe feeling of being weighed down by possessions is palpable and affects us every day.
It’s time to pare down your belongings. Most of us have at least one or two areas in our homes that could use a purge. Having a plan will help you get started easily and reap immediate rewards. Try this method. Simplify, LLC - Organizing Services and More! Organizing Services and More!
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Pick One. Abundance is a curse.
You can have anything that you want for lunch. So why eat another bland fast food hamburger and fries? There are literally hundreds of shows on the television. So why stare at another hour of screaming reality TV stars? You don’t eat, drink, or watch bad things because they are cheap. Living With Less. A Lot Less. I have come a long way from the life I had in the late ’90s, when, flush with cash from an Internet start-up sale, I had a giant house crammed with stuff — electronics and cars and appliances and gadgets.
Somehow this stuff ended up running my life, or a lot of it; the things I consumed ended up consuming me. My circumstances are unusual (not everyone gets an Internet windfall before turning 30), but my relationship with material things isn’t. How to Get Rid of Clutter. In response to my raging spring fever, and in anticipation of our impending move in two months, I just finished a whirlwind cleaning of our apartment.
People say I clean when I’m stressed. I say I clean not to go crazy. Eight bags of garbage and a carload of Goodwill donations later, and who cares if I’m crazy, our apartment is clean, right? Clutter Prevention. Clothesline Tiny Homes. We have been living in our tiny house full-time since mid-May 2012 – a year and a half now.
Sometimes the house feels WAY TOO SMALL and my busy brain starts wondering (again), “WHY are we living like this???” Why don’t we just get a loan? One reason we chose to build our own tiny house was to escape the debt of a MORTGAGE, the typical requirement of home “ownership.” Born Again Minimalist. Living lagom. How to Live in the Land of Enough. While I love December and all of the festivities, I welcome the simplicity and quiet of January.
Everyone is in a mini recovery mode. While food is always a big part of our lives, it is even more so during the holidays. We go out more and eat more. Tinyhousefamily. Simplify your home. Minimalist packrat. Geist und Gegenwart: Texte zum Minimalismus. Im Folgenden habe ich eine kleine Auswahl von Links zu Texten zum Minimalismus zusammengestellt. Vor allem, um sie nicht aus den Augen zu verlieren. Diese Auswahl ist nicht umfassend, reflektiert aber viele unterschiedliche Positionen. Alex RubenbauerMinimalismus als Weg zum erfüllten LebenMinimalist in 21 Tagen Der rauhe SteinDie innere Revolution und Minimalsimus FinnslandDownshifting Gilbert DietrichMein unfreiwilliger MinimalismusWie man alles im Kopf behältZufriedenheit im individuellen und gesellschaftlichen LebenDas Leben entrümpeln und frei durchatmen (auf Zeitzuleben.de) GoldgraberinFrau Ding Dong´s Experimente Mr. Oliver PeissMinimalismus ist tot, es lebe MinimalismusMinimalist werden5 Wege für mehr Fokus Peter Hinzmann:Minimalismus und kein EndeMinimalismus als Mittel zum Zweck.
A Guy Named Dave. Declutter Diva. Living with less, but only the best. De-clutter.jpg (JPEG-Grafik, 1100 × 792 Pixel) - Skaliert (80%) Simplify your life. [Update] Deutschsprachige Minimalismus-Blogger. Und wieder neue Blogger in meiner Liste. Wow, es scheint doch schon eine große Minimalisten-Blogger-Gemeinschaft im deutschsprachigen Raum zu geben. Die Liste wird ständig ergänzt. Noch eine kleine persönliche Anmerkung. Bei der Masse und dem Umfang heute verfügbarer Blogs schafft man gar nicht mehr, jedes ausführlich zu lesen. Ich persönlich fände es nett, wenn man auf den ersten Blick sähe, wer in einem Blog, das ich anklicke, schreibt, und worum es im Groben darin geht. Living with less, but only the best. Simple Living.