Quote of the day and some other words

The wisdom of life consist in the elimination of non essentials.
(Lin Yutang)

One of the easier way to improve your life is not to make more money in order to afford everything, but to simplify your life, and learn to desire less. In some Buddhist traditions, they see the desire as the main obstacle on our way to enlightenment. And in some ways is now more actual than ever. We live in a consumer world, bombarded by no less than 1100 advertising messages each day. We need to learn that what we want and what we need is a totally different list. We do not need that last phone, or that new car. First, because if we want to be free financially and in any other way, learning to live owning less will get you there faster, second because frugality result in better health, mentally and physically. And that is just for me to get started.

Now some interesting facts i stumbled upon:

* One tip for writing better, aim for 300 pages and then shrink them to 200 pages. Also, writing is not only about inspiration, but also about practice. Motivation and peak state help. But if you write 20 pages every day, good or not, doing this all the time, you will find yourself at ease after only few months, achieving some level of almost mastery after few years. The important thing is to never stop writing.

** According to Tom Rath, in a study done with West Point cadets over more than 15 years, when we think about intrinsic over extrinsic motivation, 100% of the ones motivated by intrinsic factors were paid better for their work. Think about this when you look for your next job.

*** I am thinking about another kind of CV. It will look something like this:

Gxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxe
- Thinking at new ways to help people is what make me to go up from the bed in the morning. This, and the thought that i will get close to my financial independence with every monthly payment i got.
 -I eat usually vegetarian, and i try organic if i have the choice, even if sometime i would have a fizzy drink.
- Lately, i like to run, but when it is not possible i exercise doing some training promoted by a German coach, called Freeletics (ironically, you have to pay to get full access). I also like to meditate and try a bit of yoga every day.
- Best hobby ever? Hard to say, studying latest researches on gifted and talented people is one of them. Writing about financial independence and very early retirement is another.
- One of my internet session: Checking my blogs. Writing a post daily if possible. Researching for the book i am writing, Reading about some ideas i had during the day, answering some emails, watching the last episodes of the anime i use for learning Japanese, doing some of my online classes, playing one or more of my games if i have time (League of Legends, World of Tanks or Hearthstone). Downloading some of the TV shows i like before i leave my home, to find it ready when i come back. Shall i say more?

I think that you can find more about someone from a creative CV like the one i just wrote than from a classical one.