This is a simple poster I decided to make after reading the UnAmerican Dream essay on The Minimalists blog. I asked Joshua and Ryan permission to use their words on the poster and they replied almost immediately with a yes. The reason I decided to do the poster was because the words of the essay stuck with me a long time after I read it. Something resonated. Maybe not literally but more as a feeling. I think a lot of people can see themselves in these words just like I did. The white picket fence (whatever that might be a metaphor for, in regards to your material dreams) will not necessarily make you happy. Especially if you have to exchange your freedom, your time and even your health for it. Undreaming is a part of accepting that you already have all that you need to be happy. And you can even live happily with less. There’s now a fun contest being held around the poster idea. You download the poster, print it and post it where you like. Then you send pictures of where you posted it to The Minimalists through Twitter, Facebook or Google+. The best picture will receive a free advance copy of their new book, Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Live, which will be published in late November 2011. View the original essay.See the contest information and download the PDF.

This is a simple poster I decided to make after reading the UnAmerican Dream essay on The Minimalists blog. I asked Joshua and Ryan permission to use their words on the poster and they replied almost immediately with a yes.

The reason I decided to do the poster was because the words of the essay stuck with me a long time after I read it. Something resonated. Maybe not literally but more as a feeling. I think a lot of people can see themselves in these words just like I did. The white picket fence (whatever that might be a metaphor for, in regards to your material dreams) will not necessarily make you happy. Especially if you have to exchange your freedom, your time and even your health for it. Undreaming is a part of accepting that you already have all that you need to be happy. And you can even live happily with less.

There’s now a fun contest being held around the poster idea. You download the poster, print it and post it where you like. Then you send pictures of where you posted it to The Minimalists through Twitter, Facebook or Google+. The best picture will receive a free advance copy of their new book, Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Live, which will be published in late November 2011.

View the original essay.
See the contest information and download the PDF.

November 9th 2011