An old Jamaican saying goes that when man makes plans, the gods laugh. Even so, learning to plan effectively can make a world of difference in our lives. Life doesn't get easier, but we can learn to get better at tackling the things that make it hard.
Most of us will go through unemployment, underemployment, or a financial rut at some point in our lives.
We can all recover from this, but that depends on how we handle the situation.
When most people think of minimalism, the stories that often come to mind are of people like myself. People who gave up their corporate jobs and 90 percent of their possessions for a more vagrant lifestyle of being glamorously homeless.
What is your first memory? An unusual question - an older cousin first asked me this after completing a psychology course. But it was many years later, before the answer came to me of its own accord.