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Why do we always have a desperate craving for money? Why do we panic if we don't go out with at least 20 € in our pocket? Why, towards the end of the month, does money become a sort of mantra that we mentally repeat?
It's clear that we have been utterly trapped in a cultural and economic model that has placed money, luxury, and comforts at the top of our needs (speaking generally as I am a special case). Who doesn't dream of having a house all to themselves, perhaps spacious, better yet with a little garden? Who doesn't dream of having an "easy" job earning at least 5/6,000 € a month? Who doesn't aspire to take 3 months off on remote islands but equipped with all the comforts?
Amid this creeping frustration that has accompanied our "existential mediocrities" for years, everyone invents methods and techniques to save as they can and struggles blindly, taking advantage of opportunities, discounts, 3 for 2 deals, special "bargains" at markets or newspapers like Secondamano or PortaPortese to try to make their budgets work.
This book "Vivere Semplice" (Ed. Castelvecchi), written by Antonio Mazzi (a priest like many others) gives a hint to all those people who are fed up with trading their own life, their own happiness for the myth of consumption, progress, and Achieving at all costs. It teaches us that, on one hand, "tightening the belt" can have its own reason but on the other, one can also consume things and time more intelligently and carefully. Thus, apart from the chapters dedicated to the theory of "Low Cost" consumption, we are given alphabetical tricks and tips (from A for Apparel to Z for Zoo passing through Banks, Coffee, Fuel, Outlets, and Car Insurance) to save money without destroying oneself with too many sacrifices.
For example, I started immediately (without knowing it) by buying this book at a stall and paying 2 € instead of 12.
In short: not essential, but it offers some good insights.
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