Tag: prosperity

• sustainable

  Stephanie and I argue about whether our lives should be sustainable (her view) or maintainable (my view). The difference is that a sustainable lifestyle is theoretically permanent where a maintainable lifestyle only keeps working as long as we keep working on it. She wants sanctuary and I want prosperity. We are at an impasse.

  Mark

  June 26, 2026

  collaboration, rant

  lifestyle, maintainable, permanent, prosperity, sanctuary, sustainable, working

• What is luxury?

  I have modern conveniences which I would not want to live without. Our house has electricity, plumbing, refrigeration, and a furnace for the winter. We have a working router and modem that provides the house with Wi-Fi. Two hundred years ago people could not have dreamed of the “luxury” surrounding my life. Places in the…

  Mark

  June 10, 2024

  Uncategorized

  blessed, conveniences, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1965, electricity, furnace, internet, luxury, plumbing, prosperity, refrigeration, Wi-Fi