{"id":1259,"date":"2008-06-03T04:29:36","date_gmt":"2008-06-03T04:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/?p=1259"},"modified":"2013-06-12T10:57:54","modified_gmt":"2013-06-12T17:57:54","slug":"the-necessary-year-day-3-ouch-and-points-to-ponder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/03\/the-necessary-year-day-3-ouch-and-points-to-ponder\/","title":{"rendered":"The Necessary Year – Day 3: “Ouch” and Points To Ponder"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(this post is part of an aborted 1 year experiment in material abstinence I called The Necessary Year<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n

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Well, my first day out of the house during The Necessary Year (yesterday) saw me spend a total of $147.28. As I drove home I eyed the groceries and gas gauge thinking: “Is all this really necessary?”<\/p>\n

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\nA good friend of mine just sent an excellent email regarding The Necessary Year and I’d like to share parts of it with you:<\/p>\n

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“Prediction: you’re going to have to make lots of judgment calls relating to context-dependent semantics of “necessary”. Michael Franti has gone without shoes for several years.<\/span><\/p>\n

Observation: I claim the paints are necessary because not having them interferes with your art. Guitar strings, pencils, etc. are necessary tools, if art is necessary, and art is more necessary than work.<\/p>\n

Observation: Music is necessary for my spiritual well being. I’ve yet to hear you admit that you have a spiritual life, and you will no doubt claim that you have enough music to get by for a year anyway.<\/p>\n

Uncomfortable fact: Meat is not necessary by any reasonable definition, so either you have signed up not to eat any for a year or are weasling.<\/p>\n

Plea: Please, please, please treat brakes and tires as necessary should your car’s wear out (assuming you aren’t doing all travel by bus).”<\/p>\n

These observations strike close to the heart of what I have been thinking: what, exactly, is necessary?<\/p>\n

As I am a very, very lucky American-type person and not someone struggling to survive somewhere in the third world, we can assume that the necessary line is somewhat blurred but … where is that line?<\/p>\n

While I work on my own thoughts and essay regarding this, I’d love to read some of your thoughts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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