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Here’s a hint for anyone wanting to break old habits and save money in the process. I did this in a time long ago and it worked a treat.
I opened a savings account that I named the Didn’t Account. I carried a notebook with me, and every time I didn’t do the things I was trying to stop doing, I noted the fact. At the end of each day, I transferred the money I saved by not doing those things into the Didn’t Account. Very effective at making me think carefully each time I was tempted and very rewarding to see how fast that saved money accumulated. It worked for me, so it may for you.

"Many economic textbooks tell...a story about the origin of money that involves barter societies...and it was inconvenient to carry around large objects or animals to swap against something else.

There is no evidence that this ever happened. But the resulting image of money as a commodity is widespread...

Money is something you either have or you don’t.

But this isn’t how our money works."

Link: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-05-16/money-commons-review-of-remaking-money-for-a-sustainable-future-by-ester-barinaga-martin/

Longer working hours have been linked to higher emissions, yet the climate movement seems reluctant to join the campaign for a four-day week—a potential strategic error given the social, health and climate benefits of working less.

My latest piece for Sower ⬇️ 🧵

https://www.sower.world/working-less-climate-solution/