Wednesday, June 18, 2014

By Way of Introduction


So today I got my gummint social security check (actually direct deposit) of $1170. My experiment in minimalism begins today with this post.

So what is minimalism? It is actually a philosophy of life. It's core can be found in the question, “how much is enough.” It simply asks the question about your stuff, “what is necessary; what adds value to my life?” The answer will vary greatly from person. There is no dogma involved. You proceed by eliminating everything that doesn't fulfill the answers to those quest. The change involved can be marginal to radical. I will discuss it more later and provide information on the best books and blogs that I have found.

Although my target audience is aging baby-boomers, most of the material might be of use to anyone.

The possible topics are endless: food, clothing, housing, health care, transportation and entertainment are but a few. I will be looking at all these and more.

In my next post I will break that $1170 down for you and provide complete financial transparency on-going.

Until then,

Mike

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