What Happens When You Search the Web for “Live Debt Free?”
Part of being a postconsumer is working towards the ideal of living within our means and living debt free. If you ask around, there aren’t very many people who wouldn’t say that their end goal is to simply live debt free. The average American has about eight thousand dollars worth of credit card debt. That’s a big chunk of salary for many people! Unfortunately, however, like any movement that’s become popular, there [...]
Quote of the Week: The Pursuit of Happiness
You’re probably thinking that we took the following quote from the film starring Daniel Day Lewis. However, the truth of the matter is that the original phrasing came from a quote by English author Aldous Huxley (best known, of course, for Brave New World). The full quote is: “Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness. It is generally the by-product of other activities.” Aldous Huxley We love this quote [...]
Top 10 Ways to Reduce Stuff
Everybody wants to reduce their “stuff” and move closer to becoming a postconsumer. However, the idea of doing this can be incredibly overwhelming. Where should you even begin? We haven’t been trained to “reduce.” We’ve been trained to “consume.” While learning to be satisfied with less is, certainly, a process, we have the top ten ways that you can get started. We’ll talk more about each of these in detail in the [...]
Quote of the Week: Rumi on Beauty and Love
You have to assume that with any blog that has a quote of the week, it’s only a matter of time until there is a quote by Persian poet Rumi. Of course, eventually there is. This week’s quote of the week is: “Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.” (Rumi) We think that’s just a glorious way of saying “find the satisfaction of enough.” You will find your [...]
Everybody is Creative in Some Way! Find Satisfaction in Your Own Art
As we explore ways to help you find the satisfaction of enough and move away from the ways in which our trained consumerism ties us to unhealthy (and often unhappy) patterns, we’d like to take a moment to explore finding satisfaction in art. More specifically, we’d like to take some time to address the phrase “I’m just not an artistic or creative person.” We’ve heard this statement before and, frankly, it makes [...]
What Does “Living Debt Free” Really Mean?
When a person thinks of living debt free, what they usually think of is the process of eliminating the balance on their credit cards. That’s certainly an important part of what it means to be “debt free,” and with a little planning and some good solid financial advice, we can all get there. However, there’s more to living debt free than just paying off the credit cards. It’s more of a philosophy [...]
Quote of the Week: Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness
Postconsumers isn’t the only group of people out there exploring the idea of satisfaction and consumerism, or for that matter just happiness! Many people have said many brilliant things on the topic, and each week we’ll bring you one for discussion. This week’s quote of the week is: “Anybody who thinks money will make you happy hasn't got money.” David Geffen If you’re hip to the music scene, you’ll know that David [...]
Fun with Haiku: Take a Break to Keep it Simple with Three Lines
One of the keys to finding the satisfaction of enough is to find activities that leave you feeling, well, satisfied. Postconsumers isn’t the end all resource for suggestions, but sometimes we like to explore some of the ideas that our users and members have sent in for ways to find your daily satisfaction. This week, we’re taking a look at … writing haiku! A haiku, just in case you’ve never heard of [...]
Meatless Monday: Simplifying Your Diet Without Extreme Actions
The reasons that you may be considering reducing meat in your diet are somewhat endless at this point. Perhaps you’ve read some of the studies about the antibiotics, genetic alterations and other chemicals that you’ll find in industrialized meat. Perhaps you’re trying to reduce the amount of money you spend on food each month (most of us spend more than we need to), and reducing meat is one option. It’s possible that [...]
Quote of the Week: The Action of Happiness
Postconsumers isn’t the only group of people out there exploring the idea of satisfaction and consumerism, or for that matter just happiness! Many people have said many brilliant things on the topic, and each week we’ll bring you one for discussion. This week’s quote of the week is: “Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.” Benjamin Disraeli Sometimes, wise things are said by unexpected sources. Benjamin Disraeli [...]
