Comments on: NonFiction Lives Are More Fulfilling

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Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:09:22 +0000

[...] Micah offers her thoughts on how living a nonfiction life is most fulfilling. This is an interesting concept. Just because you can afford to live a certain lifestyle [...]

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:46:14 +0000

The good news is that, often, accepting the less-fashionable parts of yourself helps save money.

I love this line. Made me laugh out loud. I’ve often struggled with feeling “boring” because I too am content to stay home much of the time, I LIKE to be casual and frugal and game night with friends is much more interesting to me than the local hot spot in town.

Thanks for the great post!

By: cybele

cybele — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:56:05 +0000

Yes, dear Mrs Micah…here, as so often, you are on the right track. If you know that being in your garden and cooking dinner every night and seeing movies occasionally on DVD is what makes for a good and happy life, then…that’s the Right Thing to Do….and so many many people can’t seem to let go of what they think society ‘expects’ of them and so they buy/save for/wish for all the things that ultimately will make them less happy because, of course, One Does Know what works and what doesn’t. The interesting thing is that knowing that and just doing what makes you happy often (IMHO/experience) makes you rich(er). Writing romances included.

By: Connie

Connie — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:27:51 +0000

I definitely agree. I’ve personally struggled a lot with the pressure to fit a certain mold. As a college student at a very old and traditional “good old boys” institution, I’ve felt obligated to conform to what a traditional Dartmouth student should be, when in fact I am quite the opposite. Since I’ve tried to embrace what I am rather than what the culture around me dictated, I’ve found I am much happier and more open in general. Using your reading example, I also used to be embarrassed about enjoying romance novels and made deals with myself that for every trashy novel I read, I’d read two “literature” books. It didn’t work, but now I find myself naturally picking up both types and always enjoying myself. Similarly, I’ve given up on my former ideal of the perfectly coiffed Ivy lady with the pearls and L.L. Bean tote and have embraced myself as I am, loving my cheap plastic watch and hideous but comfy Merrells.

By: Penelope @ Pecuniarities

Penelope @ Pecuniarities — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:10:03 +0000

I would say my sister and I live 98% non-fictional (or is it non-fictitious?) lives. We own what our architecture major cousin calls “a boring house” which we can afford (and hope to continue affording economy permitting) and we drive a somewhat messy-inside 10 year old car with a few dings in its side.

We are homebodies, too, and don’t mind staying home, which we do all the time except to go to the grocery store, library and bank about once a month.

We’re OK with this for now, but of course dream of one day living a fictional life – a little farm with a few sheep for our dogs to herd (they’re Border Collies), enough money to buy all the books we want, to take a cruise to Europe on the Queen Mary 2 which will allow us to take our dogs, and for me, a giant plasma TV and all the DVDs I want.

Now just to figure out how to turn non-fiction into fiction…