## Things I&#x27;ve been doing this year that&#x27;s a change from last year:<p>* switched jobs from full time permanent to better paying less interesting contract work<p>* moved house to reduce expenses<p>* growing vegetables<p>* donating to crowd sourced environmental lobbying campaigns, attending the odd climate change rally<p>## Thinking that&#x27;s influenced these actions<p>+ our civilisation is geared towards pursuing economic growth, that was a reasonable idea in earlier times, but is now an arguably terrible one, as we near&#x2F;exceed planetary environmental boundaries. changing reality, old thinking. our goals are wrong.<p>+ if i learn to be more self sufficient and live modestly i can retire in a few years, and will be more resilient against things going amiss with the economy &#x2F; society.<p>## Books I&#x27;ve read that have influenced my thinking:<p>* a stack of climate-change related books. e.g. here&#x27;s a few book recommendations from a post i made earlier this year: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10053960" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10053960</a><p>* personal finance blogs<p>Warning: it&#x27;s probably best not to read a bunch of climate change books if you are in a place in your life where you are prone to depression.