"Tantum quantum"- a Latin phrase
While reading a November 2012 Esquire interview with Jerry Brown I noticed this phrase. Jerry explains it as "So much, how much. So much you need, that's how much you should get. That's the principle."
The way I read it is that we should get as much as we need. It doesn't say want. BUT in a consumption society that we live we believe we should get as much as want.
One of my goals in life is to shed "things" instead of collecting them. I am getting better at it. I tend to get rid of clothes that I do not wear by giving them away. I get rid of old pieces of paper continuously. This one is hard for me. I am always finding a story that I enjoy and want to save. Maybe a need is a great scanner that can place it into a file? Maybe it is a want?
Today's question is:
"How do you get rid of stuff?"
While reading a November 2012 Esquire interview with Jerry Brown I noticed this phrase. Jerry explains it as "So much, how much. So much you need, that's how much you should get. That's the principle."
The way I read it is that we should get as much as we need. It doesn't say want. BUT in a consumption society that we live we believe we should get as much as want.
One of my goals in life is to shed "things" instead of collecting them. I am getting better at it. I tend to get rid of clothes that I do not wear by giving them away. I get rid of old pieces of paper continuously. This one is hard for me. I am always finding a story that I enjoy and want to save. Maybe a need is a great scanner that can place it into a file? Maybe it is a want?
Today's question is:
"How do you get rid of stuff?"
I typically ask what will be its value upon my death.
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