The Year of Less

[spacefem]

The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store

Comments

[cerezamarrero]

The Year of Less is on my list to read because of your posts. Overall we are good with money and we prefer to live a bit below our means so we have a little cushion, but we could always do better, and now that we are heading into retirement, it's even more important. ♥

[spacefem]

I love reading every financial book, then joking that I’ve read them all yet still require gainful employment. But this was a nice one and a very personal story.

I still really like the Frugalwoods, it’s more advice-y.

[days_unfolding]

That book sounds interesting. I just requested it from the library.

[lookfar]

Ah, but your LJ is a quiet little place with friends, and it sounds as if her blog started to be a public place of praise and remuneration. I imagine she had the same experience as singer-songwriters who make it big: it starts out as "Hey I love your stuff, thanks" but pretty soon it's a thousand voices saying "Why'd you go electric, I like your old stuff better, can't you write another one like blowing in the wind, you are the only thing I live for so I'll just die." This is why I would not like to be famous; everyone feels they own you and can weigh in on what you do.

[spacefem]

Ah. Well then count on me to stay on livejournal where the best I can do is lj viral LOL. Keeping it real!

[lookfar]

Indeed, Bill!

[zoefruitcake]

I've heard of other similar experiments but I imagine you need to be a certain type of person to pull something like that off.

[spacefem]

I am going to post a dedicated entry asking friends for suggestions... what can I do for a year, that would make for a bestselling memoir? That’s the trend! Surely I can find something!

[sherlock999]

So I have a question, since you mentioned the benefits of blogging. I've also blogged for many years on several different sites. But I'm always very careful to either blog very anonymously or restrict access to what I write only to people I know. I know you're not mentioning your name, but I would think you would be pretty recognizable, and your blog doesn't seem to be restricted..... Do you have any concerns about people recognizing you? Have you ever had a bad experience with people you know IRL coming here? What are your thoughts about restricting what you write, or leaving it open? This is an issue I kind of struggle with and would appreciate your thoughts. Consider it a Birthday Question!

[spacefem]

An early present!

Yeah I’m definitely findable if people care. I kind of count on nobody caring. It’s worked so far but I could write a whole other entry to my debate on what not to write about. Oh hey, that’s the point of the question! Good one!

[lookfar]

What, is Sherlock999 outing you as famis? Are you a famis person? Or only famis to some people in your field?

Only teasing. Don't tell me if you are famous, because it will spoil my natural way of relating to you.

[spacefem]

ha ha, no. I think she's saying that I do not use my real name on lj, but there's enough unique traits about me that I'm probably findable. so if I ever want to start a political career this will all come out. but... shrug.