{"id":1883,"date":"2015-04-15T19:46:07","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T00:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theagostins.com\/?p=1883"},"modified":"2015-04-15T19:46:07","modified_gmt":"2015-04-16T00:46:07","slug":"mentality-of-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rickagostin.com\/?p=1883","title":{"rendered":"Things We\u2019re Learning – Lesson 3: Mentality of More"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mentality of More <\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"Mentality<\/a><\/p>\n

I have discovered that I have a mentality of more. The answer is always \u201cyes\u201d to more. I didn\u2019t ever notice this back at home, but it\u2019s stood out to me in surprising ways as we\u2019ve been traveling and I think that\u2019s because it\u2019s not the default answer in other countries. I think it\u2019s bit of an American thing.<\/p>\n

In America, the answer is always \u201cyes\u201d to more. Why? Because why not. Because I can.<\/p>\n

One time it hit me was when, re-packing, for our Annapurna trek<\/a>, or really any 6+ day trek we\u2019ve done. We only wanted to bring minimal stuff since we were carrying it farther than across town, so we cut down and left the other stuff at a guest house in Pokhara. I had such a hard time paring down. My internal dialogue was going \u201cwell what if I want to change clothes? what if that shirt is dirty? what if that top is too warm, but that one isn\u2019t quite warm enough? what if it\u2019s raining, but not that cold? What it\u2019s its raining and cold? What if I want to wear something different at night when we\u2019re just hanging out than what I wore during the day?\u201d I\u2019m so used to \u201cwell, why not bring it?\u201d that\u2019s the default. Because I can. But packing for Annapurna was different, because I couldn\u2019t bring it, because I couldn\u2019t carry it up the mountain! And you know what? I was fine. I was great in fact. I was so much happier with less to think about. What if I flipped my paradigm? What if my default answer was \u201cLess! Simplicity! Because why not?\u201d instead of \u201cMore! Because why not?\u201d. What if our default was single item, instead of combo meal? What if our default was one car, instead of multiple car households?<\/p>\n

How about the simple, minimalist life? No need for decor. No fifty outfits in the closet. Not because I can\u2019t carry it up a mountain, or can\u2019t afford it, or can\u2019t get it. But just because, why should I just get something or have something because I can?<\/p>\n

I heard a podcast the other day with the challenge to own less than 100 things. That seems really extreme, but something I\u2019ll be thinking about.<\/p>\n

\"Less<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mentality of More I have discovered that I have a mentality of more. The answer is always \u201cyes\u201d to more. I didn\u2019t ever notice this back at home, but it\u2019s stood out to me in surprising ways as we\u2019ve been traveling and I think that\u2019s because it\u2019s not the default answer in other countries. I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[108],"tags":[178,109,179],"class_list":["post-1883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-learning","tag-america","tag-learning","tag-mentality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rickagostin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rickagostin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rickagostin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rickagostin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rickagostin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rickagostin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rickagostin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rickagostin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rickagostin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}