10 things I can live without, or how to simplify your life and not die trying

1. 10 things to live without or Simplify your life and don’t die trying

2. #1 Mobiles

3. Who said I should be 100% available?

4. Who said I am SO important?

5. Why should I be doing something else while moving?

6. Let me just move from one place to another

7. Let me enjoy my mobility

8. Let me finish my trip

9. Let me be uninterrupted

10. If I had 500 minutes in a cellphone plan That means I would take 500 minutes from somebody else

11. What I have to say… can wait.

12. Until we meet again

13. I promise not to call you because you may be:

14. I promise not to call you because you may be: 1 – Thinking

15. I promise not to call you because you may be: 1 – Thinking 2 – Creating

16. I promise not to call you because you may be: 1 – Thinking 2 – Creating 3 – Resting

17. How can I interrupt you?

18. Or you could be: 1 – With someone

19. Or you could be: 1 – With someone 2 – With everyone

20. Or you could be: 1 – With someone 2 – With everyone 3 – With no one

21. Again… How can I interrupt you?

22. No minutes? No signal? No battery?

23. No minutes? No signal? No battery? No problem!

24. #2 Smart Stuff

25. Anything with a display is unnecessarily complex

26. An on/off button should be enough in any appliance.

27. Something with a user manual is usually too much featured and expensive.

28. Geolocators? No thanks…

29. I just want to get lost

30. #3 Automobile

31. To move a load of 90 kilograms (one adult)…

32. You need to move an object of 1000 to 2000 kg (one car)

33. It is a waste of energy and valuable resources

34. Imagine you had to push 20 times your own weight to go from point A to point B

35. There are better solutions. Why not just…

36. Walk

37. Skate

38. Ride a Bike

39. Motorcycle? No thanks.

40. 200 kilograms to carry your 90 kilograms

41. It is still a circus show

42. Use public transportation

43. Cab

44. Bus

45. Rickshaw

46. Driving a car is a JOB

47. It requires skills, concentration,decision making,responsibility,common sense.

48. Transporting people and goods is a high responsibility JOB

49. Leave this to professionals

50. #4 Watch

51. What time is it? 11:58:17 am or noon or lunch time

52. Your body and your senses can tell the time

53. Yes, trains and planes leave at an exact time.

54. But you are asked to arrive at the airport 2 or 3 hours in advance.

55. $1 or$10.000watches just do the same

56. They give you an information that is available everywhere

57. You will never offend your friends by looking at your watch in the middle of a conversation.

58. #5 News

59. There is nothing I really NEED to know right now

60. I prefer to read history than news.

61. I prefer to read history than news. Even if it’s last week’s history.

62. Information is there. I can grasp it anytime

63. Let me enjoy my fresh ignorance of events.

64. Let other people enjoy themselves telling you their version of current events.

65. Be the one who doesn’t know.

66. Be the one who doesn’t know. Be the one who listens.

67. Be the one who doesn’t know. Be the one who listens. Be popular.

68. #6 Beauty

69. Let’s go back to ugliness

70. We, the ugly,

71. We, the ugly, are the majority.

72. Humanity’s pursuit of beauty

73. Humanity’s pursuit of beauty is expensive and futile

74. Be natural,

75. Be natural, be old,

76. Be natural, be old, be unfitted,

77. Be natural, be old, be unfitted, be imperfect,

78. Be natural, be old, be unfitted, be imperfect, be asymetric,

79. Be natural, be old, be unfitted, be imperfect, be asymetric, be bald,

80. Be natural, be old, be unfitted, be imperfect, be asymetric, be bald, be hairy…

81. Be you…

82. Live!

83. Live! Age!

84. Live! Age! Die!

85. Live! Age! Die! Simple!

86. #7 Addictions

87. They are expensive.

88. They demand a lot of effort

89. They demand a lot of effort to get them

90. They demand a lot of effort to get them to get out of them

91. Legal or not,

92. Legal or not, they are

93. Legal or not, they are too much burden

94. A self imposed

95. A self imposed slavery…

96. A self imposed slavery…! How smart is that?

97. Do not

98. Do not chain yourself

99. Do not chain yourself to anything

100. Do not chain yourself to anything chemical…

101. Do not chain yourself to anything chemical… orphysical

102. #8 Faith

103. Believe

104. Believe in everything

105. Believe in everything you want.

106. Believe in everything you want. But please

107. Believe in everything you want. But please don’t tell me.

108. Let the rest

109. Let the rest of humanity

110. Let the rest of humanity be «wrong».

111. Yes.

112. Yes. You know better than me.

113. Yes. You know better than me. Congratulations!

114. Let me die

115. Let me die with my ignorance.

116. I may be happy

117. I may be happy without

118. I may be happy without your source

119. I may be happy without your source of happiness.

120. If you don’t tell me

121. If you don’t tell me your beliefs

122. If you don’t tell me your beliefs I promise…

123. If you don’t tell me your beliefs I promise… I won’t tell you mine.

124. Just one final request:

125. Just one final request: Let

126. Just one final request. Let them

127. Just one final request. Let them choose…!

128. #9 Wealth

129. «All people are born equal»

130. «All people are born equal» OK…

131. «All people are born equal» OK… «All people are born»

132. But «All people die the same way»

133. But «All people die the same way» One instant: alive

134. But «All people die the same way» One instant: alive Next instant: not alive

135. Wealthy people just have more people that want them…

136. Wealthy people just have more people that want them… not alive

137. Anything can be bought by the «Royalty»

138. Anything can be bought by the «Royalty» except Real loyalty

139. The best things in life are free…

140. The best things in life are free… Free (No chains)

141. The best things in life are free… Free (No chains) Free (No cost)

142. The best things in life are free… Free (No chains) Free (No cost) Free (No owner)

143. Buying things

144. Buying things is not a big accomplishment.

145. Buying things is not a big accomplishment. Anyone with the same amount of money can do it.

146. Put a priceon anything

147. Put a price on anything or anyone

148. Put a price on anything or anyone and you kill his value.

149. No one can pay

150. No one can pay What I am worth.

151. #10 Me

152. How can I live without me?

153. How can I live without me? How can I live forever?

154. Change my stuff

155. Change my stuff for my legacy

156. Change my stuff for my legacy Change my body

157. Change my stuff for my legacy Change my body for my mind

158. Change my stuff for my legacy Change my body for my mind Change my beliefs

159. Change my stuff for my legacy Change my body for my mind Change my beliefs for my ideas

160. Change my rights

161. Change my rights for my duties

162. Change my rights for my duties Change my rights

163. Change my rights for my duties Change my rights for my wrongs

164. Change my rights for my duties Change my rights for my wrongs Change my rights

165. Change my rights for my duties Change my rights for my wrongs Change my rights for my lefts

166. You never die as long as someone remembers you.

167. Go ahead… Be immortal!

168. Guillermo Ramírez April 2011