{"id":269056,"date":"2020-08-27T07:52:58","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T14:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=269056"},"modified":"2020-08-27T08:22:59","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T15:22:59","slug":"less-matter-less-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/27\/less-matter-less-material\/","title":{"rendered":"Less Matter, Less Material"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A realization while living abroad in Vietnam and Japan for around 2 years:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We in America have too much stuff&#8230; stuff as codified as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153matter\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reason I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m an <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/28\/minimalism-is-the-new-elitism\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"257699\">elitist minimalist<\/a> is because I prefer less stuff and matter. 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