Comments on: sunday life: in which a girl falls in love with a single-speed bike http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2010/02/sunday-life-in-which-a-girl-falls-in-love-with-a-single-speed-bike/ the official blog of Sarah Wilson, journalist, columnist, TV personality Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:32:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jasmine http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2010/02/sunday-life-in-which-a-girl-falls-in-love-with-a-single-speed-bike/#comment-945 Jasmine Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:15:53 +0000 http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/?p=319#comment-945 Hi Sarah. I love your blogs! I usually check in every day or so to read about your latest discoveries and insights. I don't understand why other people need to post angry comments on your site. I didn't realise how upsetting single speed bikes could be to some people! If you don't like what Sarah has to say go read another blog (there's plenty out there) and leave your sour comments there. Hi Sarah.

I love your blogs! I usually check in every day or so to read about your latest discoveries and insights.

I don’t understand why other people need to post angry comments on your site. I didn’t realise how upsetting single speed bikes could be to some people!

If you don’t like what Sarah has to say go read another blog (there’s plenty out there) and leave your sour comments there.

]]> By: Laura http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2010/02/sunday-life-in-which-a-girl-falls-in-love-with-a-single-speed-bike/#comment-756 Laura Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:24:55 +0000 http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/?p=319#comment-756 Peter, 4 Hour Work Week is fantastic, particularly for somebody starting a small business, like yourself. I loved it, if only for his sole piece of advice for me (a uni student) - do your assignments at the last minute. Any excuse to procrastinate! Peter, 4 Hour Work Week is fantastic, particularly for somebody starting a small business, like yourself. I loved it, if only for his sole piece of advice for me (a uni student) – do your assignments at the last minute. Any excuse to procrastinate!

]]> By: Peter http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2010/02/sunday-life-in-which-a-girl-falls-in-love-with-a-single-speed-bike/#comment-694 Peter Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:01:14 +0000 http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/?p=319#comment-694 Thanks for the kind words Sarah. I shift between excitement about my plans and a sense of being overwhelmed by it all. Sometimes I go from one extreme to the other over a cup of coffee (...think I need to cut down!). Tim's book has been sitting in my book case unread for a few months. Hopefully I'll get time to read it now. Thanks for the kind words Sarah. I shift between excitement about my plans and a sense of being overwhelmed by it all. Sometimes I go from one extreme to the other over a cup of coffee (…think I need to cut down!). Tim’s book has been sitting in my book case unread for a few months. Hopefully I’ll get time to read it now.

]]> By: Nardia http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2010/02/sunday-life-in-which-a-girl-falls-in-love-with-a-single-speed-bike/#comment-691 Nardia Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:46:06 +0000 http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/?p=319#comment-691 Love the Blog... Geoff sounds a little "grumpy" Love the Blog… Geoff sounds a little “grumpy”

]]> By: Sarah http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2010/02/sunday-life-in-which-a-girl-falls-in-love-with-a-single-speed-bike/#comment-674 Sarah Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:25:34 +0000 http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/?p=319#comment-674 Peter - that's bloody inspiring. Big move. You should read Tim Ferris' 4-Hour Work Week ... Peter – that’s bloody inspiring. Big move. You should read Tim Ferris’ 4-Hour Work Week …

]]> By: Sarah http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2010/02/sunday-life-in-which-a-girl-falls-in-love-with-a-single-speed-bike/#comment-669 Sarah Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:16:42 +0000 http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/?p=319#comment-669 Yes, the inverted commas thing is a lazy device! Yes, the inverted commas thing is a lazy device!

]]> By: Mihi http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2010/02/sunday-life-in-which-a-girl-falls-in-love-with-a-single-speed-bike/#comment-667 Mihi Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:56:11 +0000 http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/?p=319#comment-667 Hey Sarah, I have just discovered your blog and I think it's really great. Thanks for explaining your simplifying mantra, and your choice to swap your mountain bike for a single speed, so well. I'm a keen mountain biker, it's a shame you can no longer do it but big ups for replacing it with something else you enjoy! Also I really appreciate a point that is expressively, eloquently and politely made - it's a shame that some people fall back on the use of things like "inverted commas" as a substitute for engaging discussion. Hey Sarah, I have just discovered your blog and I think it’s really great. Thanks for explaining your simplifying mantra, and your choice to swap your mountain bike for a single speed, so well. I’m a keen mountain biker, it’s a shame you can no longer do it but big ups for replacing it with something else you enjoy!

Also I really appreciate a point that is expressively, eloquently and politely made – it’s a shame that some people fall back on the use of things like “inverted commas” as a substitute for engaging discussion.

]]> By: Peter http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2010/02/sunday-life-in-which-a-girl-falls-in-love-with-a-single-speed-bike/#comment-650 Peter Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:53:36 +0000 http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/?p=319#comment-650 Sarah, I really liked your post on streamlining. I'm about to finish up in a job I've held for the past 11 years, as the result of a restructure. I've actually been working in the same industry since leaving uni. I do not have a particularly high regard for the way that the industry works now. Large corporate firms turn fantastic, smart, graduates into high billing lifeless husks. I've decided to set up a consultancy and do the work from home, for the client's I like to work with, at a much lower cost. I'd been contemplating the things I need to do to get this under way when I read your post, which helped to clarify what I wanted to achieve in my new venture. I don't want to throw it all away, I want to continue to provide great service to my clients without all of the corporate excess. I will also have time to work on myself a bit, pursue an interest in digital photography, visit family in Adelaide a bit more often. Who knows, I might even buy a bike..... Love your work. Peter Sarah, I really liked your post on streamlining. I’m about to finish up in a job I’ve held for the past 11 years, as the result of a restructure. I’ve actually been working in the same industry since leaving uni. I do not have a particularly high regard for the way that the industry works now. Large corporate firms turn fantastic, smart, graduates into high billing lifeless husks. I’ve decided to set up a consultancy and do the work from home, for the client’s I like to work with, at a much lower cost.
I’d been contemplating the things I need to do to get this under way when I read your post, which helped to clarify what I wanted to achieve in my new venture. I don’t want to throw it all away, I want to continue to provide great service to my clients without all of the corporate excess. I will also have time to work on myself a bit, pursue an interest in digital photography, visit family in Adelaide a bit more often. Who knows, I might even buy a bike…..
Love your work.
Peter

]]> By: My Proactive Life » 2010, the year of Streamlining & Resilience http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2010/02/sunday-life-in-which-a-girl-falls-in-love-with-a-single-speed-bike/#comment-646 My Proactive Life » 2010, the year of Streamlining & Resilience Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:34:59 +0000 http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/?p=319#comment-646 [...] came across this description of Streamlining from Sarah Wilson’s Sunday Life magazine post, and simply adore it. “Streamlining, however, is gentle. It’s about shaving off excess, and [...] [...] came across this description of Streamlining from Sarah Wilson’s Sunday Life magazine post, and simply adore it. “Streamlining, however, is gentle. It’s about shaving off excess, and [...]

]]> By: Laura http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2010/02/sunday-life-in-which-a-girl-falls-in-love-with-a-single-speed-bike/#comment-617 Laura Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:45:27 +0000 http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/?p=319#comment-617 Geoff said... How is discarding a perfectly functional bike and spending excessive amounts on an inferior product considered “simplifying”? Geoff, Sarah did not "discard" the mountain bike, she sold it. And replaced it with something that was more suited to her lifestyle. That is the definition of streamlining (which Sarah is advocating as opposed to simplifying... did you even read the article?). Sarah, I am constantly trying to streamline my life and I love the idea of only surrounding myself with possessions that reflect who I am and where I want to go. My problem is that who I am and where I want to go changes every week. Hopefully, as I get older and wiser, I will get better at it. Geoff said…
How is discarding a perfectly functional bike and spending excessive amounts on an inferior product considered “simplifying”?

Geoff, Sarah did not “discard” the mountain bike, she sold it. And replaced it with something that was more suited to her lifestyle. That is the definition of streamlining (which Sarah is advocating as opposed to simplifying… did you even read the article?).

Sarah, I am constantly trying to streamline my life and I love the idea of only surrounding myself with possessions that reflect who I am and where I want to go. My problem is that who I am and where I want to go changes every week. Hopefully, as I get older and wiser, I will get better at it.

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