The Precision of Living

I’m fortunate to earn far more than what is necessary to sustain my life (compared to billions of other people in the world).  But this excess of resources tends to create an imprecision in the way I use it.  I believe this imprecision is the root of becoming a full-time consumer and deprives me of [...]

Posted in: Uncategorized by jtpowell 1 Comment

Rick Jelliffe’s Year of Living Smaller

Rick Jelliffe is a C.T.O. who spent a year not buying things.  He’s now attracted to the idea of living in a micro-sized house.
I like what he discovered, but I feel like there are some problems with what he says about quality.  Without refining his idea that quality is to be valued, it easily leads to [...]

Posted in: Uncategorized by jtpowell No Comments