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“Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn,
a cool breeze in summer, snow in winter.
If your mind isn't crowded with ten thousand things,
this is the best season of your life.”
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a cool breeze in summer, snow in winter.
If your mind isn't crowded with ten thousand things,
this is the best season of your life.”
―
“...travel is ultimately about creating a contrast with everyday life, thereby refreshing your mind and making time seem more spacious.”
― The Art of Frugal Hedonism: A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More
― The Art of Frugal Hedonism: A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More
“Pretend you’re on wartime rations, and eat only the humblest of home cooking for a week – you’ll want to plan your meals and maybe do an initial shop for ingredients. Then make a date to go out for ice cream during this period.”
― The Art of Frugal Hedonism: A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More
― The Art of Frugal Hedonism: A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More
“Problem is, They are not you. In fact They are mostly not even Them, but just writers attempting to satisfy an expected tone, spitting out blurbs about a Ethiopian fusion restaurant with award-winning décor, or a great new line of handbags in the shape of marine mammals. Meanwhile, they muddle on with their imperfect lives, eat pasta, and go to the shops”
― The Art of Frugal Hedonism: A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More
― The Art of Frugal Hedonism: A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More
“Sometimes when you are feeling drenched by the details of your own life, it's time to pack a suitcase for your myopia and sent it on holiday.
Look up. There is so infinity much more matter than you out there, hurling forth glowing plumes, imploding into vortexes, converging into gaseous balls, then shattering into incandescent rain. It is endless and eternal and entropic and generative and holy in the most religion-irrelevant sense of the word.”
― The Art of Frugal Hedonism: A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More
Look up. There is so infinity much more matter than you out there, hurling forth glowing plumes, imploding into vortexes, converging into gaseous balls, then shattering into incandescent rain. It is endless and eternal and entropic and generative and holy in the most religion-irrelevant sense of the word.”
― The Art of Frugal Hedonism: A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More
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