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The Power of Less — Leo Babauta

The Power of Less — Leo Babauta

Less stuff. Fewer demands. Fewer obligations.

Most people are too busy with things that don’t matter much. They major in minor things. They waste their money on stuff they don’t need, waste their time on trivial tasks that don’t matter, and waste their energy worrying about the opinions of people they don’t even like.

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