From a minimalist/financial independence An extreme idea is the standard books on good housekeeping (in case you need to read it in a book ) just won’t cut it. In fact when it comes to financial independence, information directed at the “general” is often useless
. Therefore, one must look elsewhere. I get inspiration, not from run of the mill money management books, but from books on systems theory, biology, ancient life (neolithic), war, philosophy, travel, … (for investing, I use whatever works).
I’m still happy to barge in when financial services companies call me trying to sell me their diversified asset allocation programs as if they’ve somehow found holy grail.
One such book is Good Boatkeeping by Zora Aiken. For a boat, water, fuel (for cooking), and storage space are very expensive. Therefore their use should be improved. In the world these cost money. If they are repaired in the world, there is money to be saved. The book (warning: I found an older one than the one in the link) has a great list of points with tips. So I won’t list them all. Suffice it to say that I am amazed at the number of things we keep in our fridge that don’t really need to be refrigerated when given some preparation (cheese, eggs, lettuce, …). This means a smaller fridge and thus lowers operating costs. Now I’m quite old (ha!) and I remember fridges getting bigger and bigger in my life.
There are some tips on how to avoid bugs when the windows are open due to the lack of A/C (A/C is bad!). Another method suggests getting a gecko, but warns that it won’t work if you have a cat or dog lest you start your own secret food chain. There are also tips on how to keep the kids entertained (gainfully employed?) given the lack of TV (TVs are bad!). How to do laundry (clothes lines and rainwater), and so on.
This book is a keeper, so I’m putting it on my wishlist on paperbackswap.com (found it at the library).
And about 2 years later, a change of papers appeared.
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