How To Reduce Mindless Consumption In 100 Words

You can't control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption - Noam Chomsky

Here are some basic tips to curb mindless consumption and focus on what matters.

Understand Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Write 5 things you are grateful for when you wake up & go to bed. Read Ca$hvertising: How to Use 100 of Ad-Agency Psychology To Make Big Money Selling Anything to Anyone.

Breathe. Remember, almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes. Take a cold shower. Over $100, sleep on it. Establish 3 values and principles to live by.

Practice self-acceptance. Strengthen your core. Know what's essential. Tidy up. Cook your meals. Meditate. Seek experiences not things. Measure what matters. Get more sleep.

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• Kondo, Marie "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing" (2014)
• Lamott, Anne "12 Truths I Learned From Life and Writing" ( TED 2017)
• Mckeown, Greg "Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less" (2014)
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• Dalio, Ray "Principles" (2017)
• Doer, Jonathon "Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and The Gates Foundation Rock The World With OKRs" (2018)
• Maslow, Abraham "Hierarchy Of Needs" (1943)