Meticulous Mind

No. 16 — July 10, 2022

Welcome to Meticulous Mind, a newsletter dedicated to the journey of designing a well-lived life you don’t need to regularly escape.

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"Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want so that they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then, do what you need to do, in order to have what you want." Creative Visualization

True wealth is found not in attaining more, but in discovering enough.

DISCOVER

EXPLORE

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“I remember at American Apparel we were discussing some project and one of the execs had an opinion that most of the people disagreed with. They were trying to convince him he was wrong and in turn sort of expected him to try to convince them. But he just said, “That’s ok. I’m ok standing alone on this one.” It was an offhand remark but I think about it a lot. The world could use more of that. It’s something I try to model in my own life.”

32 Thoughts From a 32-Year-Old

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There’s a video of Mr. Rogers accepting an Emmy Award and when he gets on stage, he asks everyone in the audience to sit there quietly for ten seconds. He instructs them to spend this time thinking about someone who cared about them, who pushed them to be better, who helped them along the way. “Ten seconds,” he says, “I’ll watch the time.

The camera hovers over the audience showing how moved they are by this request and how rare it is for them to take the time to do something like it. Mr. Rogers points out how much it means in both directions; not just to the person who spent the time thinking it, but to the person on the other side, how much it would mean to them to know how much they’ve meant to you. Stillness is the key, to just about everything.

Mr. Rogers Acceptance Speech, 1997

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The concept of a ‘15-minute city’ is intriguing. This implies having all necessary amenities such as schools, work, parks and shops within a short walk, bike ride or public transit trip. The benefits of city life revolves around this concept and how it makes people more connected, healthier and happier.

“The pandemic has caused us to think about how to move differently, to consume differently, to live differently,” he says. “We are discovering that by working differently we have more spare time, to have more time to be with our families or friends. We are discovering and appreciating our neighbourhoods much more. This will make us all more engaged inhabitants.”

How ‘15-minute cities’ will change the way we socialise

VISUAL

The Standard Hotel elevator, London

WRITING

When you buy something cheap and poor quality, the best you’re going to feel about it is when you buy it. When you buy something expensive and the highest quality, the worst you're going to feel abut it is when you buy it.

With that being said, I think it can be an excuse to buy fancy stuff. Buying less, using up what I have and only replacing things when they are no longer usable works for me. Buy more experiences and fewer material goods.







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