"Less is More: Opinions on Free Living in Northern Europe"

1. Core Idea

The era of obtaining happiness from material increase is over, and our era has transitioned from the era of addition to the era of subtraction.

Subtraction is to reduce life goals, external constraints on oneself, and unnecessary desires, so that life becomes easier and more enjoyable.

While reducing material dependence, increase the enjoyment of spiritual life.

2. Two advocates

1. Twin-city life: Have a simple small house in the suburbs or other cities, and change your lifestyle on weekends and holidays.

2. Lower the threshold of happiness (desire for life): no longer be bound by external things, no longer jealous of what others have, and refuse to consume infectious diseases. What others have, you don’t necessarily have to have.

3. 10 conditions for new happiness

1. Enjoy work: think hard and solve problems at work, treat it as a game, and leave your own works. It's interesting, it's innovative, it's valuable.

2. Close friends and family

3. Stable financial source

4. Physical and mental health

5. Wealth For stimulating interests and lifestyles

6. Have your own time and freedom: Freedom means getting rid of the inertia of society.

7. Be able to choose a living environment that suits you

8. Have effective thinking habits

9. Be able to look to the future

10 , I feel that I am constantly moving towards my goal every day

IV. 18 suggestions for change to gain new happiness

1. From saving to choosing simplicity

2. From owning money to owning time

3. From improving status to pursuing freedom and ability

4. Large companies are not as good as freelancing

5. From blindly selling to provide opinions

6. Strengthen your own strength

7. Find and face hardships happily

8. Maintain independent thinking and do not be easily influenced by external voices. The impact of : Suitable for freelancers.

12. Use lifestyle to socialize: make friends with the same interests.

13. Pursue small blessings in life: Small blessings are small and certain happiness, which are greater and more lasting than big happy events such as buying a house or a car. Little True Happiness comes from "What I Talk About When I Talk About Running."

14. Pursue deliberate inconvenience: Only by traveling to places with difficult environments can people truly relax.

15. The spiritual aspect is more important than the financial aspect

16. Quality over quantity: the key is to produce results. Do things efficiently and look at the results, not how long it takes you. Don’t spend a lot of time working inefficiently. Do as much as possible in the least amount of time (less is more).

17. Don’t compare with others

18. Take the initiative to change: The definition of absurd is to continue to do the same thing in the same way but expect different results.

5. Key points of giving up

1. Find the most important thing in life

2. Decide what not to do

3. Cut off Let go

4. Reset your life every time

5. Don’t care about the small world, look at the long term

6. Don’t Rely on money to create

7. Reduce dependence on devices: mobile phone control, game control, WeChat control

8. Reduce time waste and improve the quality of life: spend most of your time Focus on the things you think are most important, such as family, career, hobbies, sports, friends, travel, and reading.

VI. Summary

1. Pursue a return to business (career and hobbies), not a side job (purely for money)

2. Blur the boundaries between work and entertainment: Work is part of entertainment

3. Nomadic working style (lots of running): business trips, living in two cities, going abroad

4. Slowing down life: focusing on spiritual enjoyment