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Book review: Happier

Posted June 22, 2008 - 14:05 by Philip Brewer

Career and Income, General Tips, Art and Leisure

Cover of Happier

Here are two ideas you already know: You won't achieve maximum happiness by always doing the most pleasurable thing you can think of at each moment, but neither will you find it by always deferring present happiness in favor of greater future happiness. The key is balancing these two things. And the genius in this book is that it gives you tools for finding that balance.

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Voluntary simplicity as hedonism

Posted 2 years ago by Philip Brewer

Filed Under: Frugal Living

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When people talk about voluntary simplicity (or living a frugal lifestyle under any of its many names), they often do so in terms of deprivation. The descriptions are all about doing without stuff. To me, that's completely wrong. Voluntary simplicity is fundamentally a hedonistic lifestyle.

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