Friday Faves: Money, Weird, Silver Lining, More is Less?
by Frank Martin
Friday Faves is a weekly series where I share various articles, videos and other goodies found around the internet over the course of the week. This week features a healthy variety, ranging from a minimalist’s thoughts on money, to an awesome TED Talk about Nikola Tesla, to the art of being weird. Check it out and I’ll see all of you lovely people down in comments.
- a Minimalist’s Thoughts on Money
-They Will Think You Are Weird
-Where in the World Do I Start?
-21 Pictures That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity
-Marco Tempest: the Electric Rise and Fall of Nikola Tesla
These are really good things for me to read right now. I’m trying to actually *do* something about all the clutter and lack of schedule I have, with an eye to moving to a more bike-friendly area of town in several months when my lease is up. I just started exercising, picking that as my one thing to focus on for the moment, and if I can also get some other stuff cleared away, that’s great. I’m figuring out that this whole minimalism thing is what I have wanted pretty much since college, and just didn’t know how to do it.
I respect it… but it’s not for me. I’m too much of a packrat and scavenger to be a minimalist… but I love the pictures of the apartment/houses that are set up minimalist. Sharp looking, indeed… just something stark about them that prevents that ‘homey’ feel I need. I want toys and dog chews on the floor and whatnots with dust on them. Yup, I do.