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#Affectation des #lauréat·es d’un #concours () : retrouvez nos informations pour la phase nationale de #Mai et #Juin 2026 !

➡️ https://www.toulouse.snes.edu/spip.php?page=article&id_article=782

I think the most difficult thing for me about getting older is coming to terms with all the things I am never going to be in the time that is left to me in this life, and letting go of all the things I've acquired that really no longer have a role in my life today or are likely to have any role in my life in the future, because they all represent a significant investment of the meager wealth I've earned in my life.

I often say that #minimalism is an #affectation of #affluence, because it's easy to own few things when you are secure in the knowledge that you can afford to buy anything you discover you need, if you don't already have it.

The main reason why poor people tend to hoard seemingly useless items is because the future is difficult to predict, save for insofar as when you are poor you can say with some certainty that you are not likely to be flush with liquidity at the moment a need arises in the future, and you know that most things are out of your financial reach.