Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, and how it motivated me.
I came across the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. That is a great resource.
Doing some simple reading on the site has motivated me to go home and do some deep reading.
Actually, thinking some more, I’ve realized that lately, I’ve strayed from my earlier philosophic goals. The past couple of months or so I’ve been just drifting along, not accomplishing much. I mean, I accomplish things at work, but my personal projects have fallen to the wayside, for the most part.
I did a tremendous amount of reading last month, but it was mostly fiction. I need to delve into some literature that stimulates the mind, and acquaint myself with some previously unknown information.
Also, my plan for pruning down my material possessions hasn’t done much lately. I haven’t accrued anything new, but haven’t lightened the load either.
This weekend I’m going to get rid of several boxes from my closet. How will I do this, you may ask. Well, it’s simple. They’re boxes filled with computer games, and music. I’m going to buy several CD binders, and start filling them up. I figure I can replace my four boxes with 3-4 binders.
Then I need to pick up my room. It’s gotten cluttered with mostly papers and random giblets, and those need to go. Also, I should get rid of my Pentium III computer, since I never use it, and it just sits in the middle of my room.
This post sort of went all over the place, but that’s ok. To my readers, I call upon you to not let this weekend go to waste. Get something done off your list.
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November 29th, 2007 at 18:44
Simple is good. When Hurricane Whatever blew through the Bay several years ago, your grandfather (my father) was ill and unable to go to his home. Water had risen far enough that people were riding jet skis in the street. His home had no damage except that the electricity was off for 2-3 days the finally went back on. I went to his house with Aunt B., and we looked through everything including the fridge.
We threw out several pieces of lunch meat, 1/4 gallon of milk, and several other items- total cubic capacity was one full blue plastic grocery bag. We cleaned up several items in the yard and came home. If you want to nick a page out of the “how to live simple” book, visit his place and look around. Nothing that is unused within 30 days survives.