Read some architecture books. Your physical environment affects psychology.

Japanese zen and mid century American modern is how I live my life. No junk and clutter.

I can’t get married because most women are into junk and clutter.

Right on! I’ll have a look and share with the wifey. I think I actually ended up on becomingminimalist.com through Piggington a while back and that has definitely helped out home quite a bit. I think the word “minimalist” scares people away a bit, but living with less is definitely a good thing from my experience and it’s relative…you do not have to go full on contemporary/modern in your home. We still have a ways to go, but have been working it and getting better each day. It’s kind of a cool feeling to suddenly realize that it’s not that your home is not big enough…it’s that you have too much stuff in that home and that half of the stuff you really do not use very often so you can give it away.

I read somewhere that if you are on the fence about keeping something or getting rid of it to ask yourself, “Does this make my life awesome?” and there are so many things that are very easy to get rid of if you say that as you pick it up. Reminds me of Marie’s “Joy” aspect I just read about online.

I did hear that the CEO of Goodwill makes like 6 million a year through his clever pay nothing leading to infinity for your margins so I prefer dropping out stuff off at the DAV up in Oceanside. Not sure if anyone else heard about that or can confirm it is true.

[quote=scaredyclassic]DEPARTURES is instant view on netflix. maybe tonight…[/quote]
I hope you like it.

IMO, when you fully and completely accept that everything on earth is temporary, this realization gives you a great sense of freedom.

As far as seeking the “inner truth,” of being, it’s true that Stanislavski’s approach is very revealing. . .

“Stanislavski’s system is a method that actors use to produce realistic characters on stage. His original studies of techniques led to the use of emotional memory that required actors to trigger the emotions of their characters internally. This technique was based from a French psychologist Theodule Ribot’s concept of ‘Affective Memory’. Later in his life, Stanislavski realized that a shift in technique was needed for actors to produce more realistic emotions before audiences but he never discredited the use of emotional memory if used cautiously. This was underscored when his talented protégé Michael Chekhov experimented with emotional memory and had a nervous breakdown. A few months before his death he told his assistants that the path to glory can be found by working from the internal (the inside out) as well as the external (the outside in). This led to the ‘Method of Physical Action’.”