What I got rid of today.

“If someone had told me seven years ago, in my final year of a business and economics degree, that I’d now be living without money, I’d have probably choked on my TV dinner. The plan back then was to get a ‘good’ job, make as much money as possible, and buy the stuff that would convince society (and me) that I was successful.

And for a while I did — I had a fantastic job managing a big organic food company, a yacht on the harbor, and if it hadn’t been for a massive change in perspective, I’d still be doing it today. Instead, for the last 20 months, I haven’t spent or received a single penny. Zilch. My experience of this life-changing journey into the moneyless unknown, and the philosophy behind it, compose my book, “The Moneyless Man,” to which my proceeds are going to a Charitable Trust, details of which are in the book.”

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“By definition, “neo-minimalists” don’t have an overabundance of things in their lives. But one thing they tend to have more and more of these days is visibility. Recently, The New York Times talked to some people participating in the 100 Thing Challenge  about how it has affected their lives; The BBC looked into the “Cult of Less;” and here on Boing Boing, Mark has been getting down to the nitty-gritty of what the “lifestyle hack” involves. The common thread here is a growing number of people are realizing that our mountains of physical stuff are actually cluttering up more than just our houses. All of this is exciting to me, because it’s something in which I have a growing personal interest: I have been taking steps to get rid of the mountains of stuff I now realize I have no reason to hang on to. In fact, I’m not just doing it myself—I’m trying to help start a revolution.”

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