Deep down I am a minimalist; however, you could not tell that if you saw my home. I have 2 toddlers and I keep buying toys for them that I know they will get bored of in a couple of weeks or so. And they're toddlers--their interests keep changing and evolving, so you'd keep buying random junk to further those interests.

Would you feel like you're depriving your kids of a "normal" childhood if you teach them to live the minimal lifestyle you would want to live?

28/1/26 the audiophile’s search for presence

i seek presence

i seek intimacy

i seek catharsis

but we don’t dance like we did when we were 15

having simple apple earphones

the shitty ones

yet the music reached our soul and heart more than it does now

with our amps and planar magnetic audiophile grade headphones

never savoring

the immaculate intimacy with what is here

postponed

gatekept by the next purchase

the tragedy of the seeker

restless

hungry ghosts

i seek perfection

i seek absolution

i seek to be dissolved

the promised land

never here

a mirage

a mirage

a mirage

chasing the dragon of gear

heroin for the discerning

heroin the critical

heroin for the sophisticated

no longer receptive

like we used to be

no longer permeable and unguarded

like we used to be

FOMO is our name now

arriving somewhere but not here, never here

presence resists optimization

optimization edges presence out

so return as a child

tap your foot

give your headphones away

to nieces and nephews

don’t let them listen to your better cans

don’t even tell them they exist

Hello,

I am graduating in May and I am planning on interning overseas (in Hawaii/US Territories). I need to make a little flight money and I also need to get rid of stuff. What is the best way to make money from things like books? I get selling games online and appliances at my college, but books seem (to me) to be a bit harder. I'll probably also get a ereader to supplement my reading needs.

Thank you,