The Small Life: Essays on Owning Less
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$351 displayed raised · 1 season · best rank #734 in Season 7
A Nigerian writer spends a year owning less and doing less ; writing one honest essay at…
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About
True, personal essays about learning to live with less — less stuff, less noise, less rushing. One essay written and shared every two weeks, for a full year, from daily life in Nigeria.
Impact
It gives people permission to slow down by showing the messy, real version of it, not a polished minimalism trend, but an honest account from a place where "wanting less" is actually hard.
Progress
I've outlined the full year of essay topics, drafted the opening essay, and started a personal journal I'm writing from directly. The practice itself — living with less — is already underway
Team
I run a construction and tech business in a fast, demanding environment, so I know the pull toward "more" from the inside. I write plainly and honestly, and I'm already living this, not observing it.
Funding
| Sales | Venus | S+V | Match | S+V+M | Venus extras | Prize | V2+M+P | V2/S | (V2+M)/S | (V2+M+P)/S | Raised | Available | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 7 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | — | — | — | $351 | — |
| Total | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | — | — | — | $351 | — |
Season totals as displayed on the platform's public accounting — not a statement of amounts paid out. V2 = Venus sales + Venus extras. The original page also broke each season down by fund drive and showed an Available (unclaimed) balance; that level of detail survives only on the preserved snapshots.
Leaderboard page (offline): https://artizen.fyi/projects/the-small-life-essays-on-owning-less
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