Paring down–clothes

I started paring down my clothes tonight–this was the easy part as I was essentially cutting all of the “fat” out of my wardrobe. Anything that was damaged, worn out or otherwise unsalvagable went in the trash. Everything that I hadn’t worn in at least a year, stuff that didn’t fit, and stuff […]

Too much stuff–the road to a minimalist life

Today we’ll take a bit of a detour away from 4HWW and talk about stuff. Actually, the concept of “simple abundance” is at the heart of Ferriss’ book though he doesn’t go into much detail about “decluttering” your worldly possessions. Near the beginning of the book when he enumerates the “Rules that change the […]

The low information diet….

I started the “process of elimination” by going on what Ferriss calls “The Low Information Diet”. I started this “diet” a couple of days after finishing the book and I’m still on it.
Ever since I was a teenager I’ve been an information junkie. Prior to my “diet” I’d read at least 4 newspapers […]