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Life on the Hamster Wheel
Rethinking Ambition and Busyness
When I start feeling a little on edge, that’s usually a pretty good indicator that I need to write something off my chest. I often joke that my fingers do the writing, because I have no clue what’s going to come out until after I read it on the page. So let’s see what happens, […]
If you’re here, I already consider you a friend! And that’s because I really love people who want to focus on what matters in life, which certainly isn’t the endless pursuit of stuff.
The idea here isn’t perfection or rigid minimalism, rather it’s to avoid being bogged down by things that don’t bring lasting fulfillment.
I pinch myself regularly that my podcast (Paring Down), my newsletter (The L.E.S.S. Express), and my social media platforms allow me to spread this message of how to discover our most uncluttered, joyful, purpose-driven lives.
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