How to Worry Less About Money by John Armstrong

How to Worry Less About Money by John Armstrong

Author:John Armstrong [Armstrong, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781447213079
Publisher: Pan Macmillan


iv. The indirect costs of higher needs

Reading Mansfield Park (to continue the Jane Austen theme) or War and Peace requires not just a copy of the work, which can be had for almost nothing, but the time to devote to reading it slowly and thoughtfully; the inner space to be able to go to bed an hour early, or to lie in the bath or sit in a cafe or park – and not be fretting and prowling anxiously around. And one needs the resources to dwell on the content. Because these works can’t meet your higher needs unless you bring a lot of yourself into engagement with them.

Higher needs are not high-flown or pretentious. The need to be understood, to create things of value, to meet the inner lives of others, to refine one’s emotions: these are everyday concerns. And they are played out – met or left unmet – as we go through our days trying to address our more obvious needs.



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