You are on to something! Going slow this year, I also realize what you said may be true. But it is a difficult sell to many as current incentives aren’t aligned😊
Before a hard stop on work early this year, I was working on early childhood-climate change advocacy. At COP last year, everyone seems to want change with so many initiatives vying for attention. Wanting their side of story to be seen and heard so they get climate financing.
Everything is important. Yet the irony, it is still business as usual - we are flying people around to more conferences and events often, if not more. Some are genuine to the cause but some take it more as a status symbol to work on climate change.
Due to an impending move and the distance involved, we simply cannot transport all of our stuff. This has forced me to take a hard look at my items and let's just say that there are a lot of...redundancies. I feel as if I am at the end of my life and the fleeting satisfaction from purchasing these things has long gone. I've had to implement a somber objectivity to triage items based not on their value but on whether they will be used on a daily basis and necessary. It's still hard lol but I can see that despite owning all of this gear, I only used a few items regularly. what was the point? well, that is the point of your article. :)
My favorite personal finance author Morgan Housel said, "Past a certain level of income, what you need depends only on your ego." Sigh. I see that in myself.
Thank you for writing this piece. Have you seen this book yet?
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/748292/climate-psychology-and-change-by-steffi-bednarek/
I'm working through it now.
Caitlin, I haven't, but I know of Renee Lertzmann, who talks about "climate grief."
https://reneelertzman.com/
Thank you - following her now!
You are on to something! Going slow this year, I also realize what you said may be true. But it is a difficult sell to many as current incentives aren’t aligned😊
Before a hard stop on work early this year, I was working on early childhood-climate change advocacy. At COP last year, everyone seems to want change with so many initiatives vying for attention. Wanting their side of story to be seen and heard so they get climate financing.
Everything is important. Yet the irony, it is still business as usual - we are flying people around to more conferences and events often, if not more. Some are genuine to the cause but some take it more as a status symbol to work on climate change.
Yes, I have friends who go to COP; it's a strange paradoxical thing to build an ego around global climate change work, isn't it?
Due to an impending move and the distance involved, we simply cannot transport all of our stuff. This has forced me to take a hard look at my items and let's just say that there are a lot of...redundancies. I feel as if I am at the end of my life and the fleeting satisfaction from purchasing these things has long gone. I've had to implement a somber objectivity to triage items based not on their value but on whether they will be used on a daily basis and necessary. It's still hard lol but I can see that despite owning all of this gear, I only used a few items regularly. what was the point? well, that is the point of your article. :)
My favorite personal finance author Morgan Housel said, "Past a certain level of income, what you need depends only on your ego." Sigh. I see that in myself.
I appreciate the comment Carly and thank you!
Carly - I remember this. Would you be willing to tell your story for my FF1 podcast for the voluntary simplicity lesson?