Give away some of your stuff?
“Give away some of your stuff. See how it feels,” says Tammy Strobel in a widely read article from the New York Times, But Will It Make You Happy? The article explains how a growing number of Americans are attempting to step off the “work-spend treadmill” that seems to dominate our society. They advocate a number of new habits – a much smaller house, no car, only 100 personal items – as the means to finding happiness. It’s an enjoyable read that serves as a thought-provoking companion piece to Andy Crouch’s From Purchases to Practices we considered earlier this summer.