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posted by Fnord666 on Saturday April 08 2017, @02:21AM   Printer-friendly
from the minimalism dept.

Phys.org reports:

The idea of a life lived modestly is gaining traction. Ten years ago, Samantha Weinberg, a mother of two young children, spent a year not shopping. Her aim was to reduce her environmental impact. The next year, Mark Boyle, founder of the online Freeconomy community, embarked on a life without money in order to sever his connection with it. Since then, others have joined this "Not Spending" movement.

Frugality has its limitations. Not everyone is able-bodied enough to cycle, and if we all started foraging for wild food it would deprive non-human species of nutrients and disrupt local ecosystems. While minimalism has found new converts, especially in Japan, this extreme approach is unlikely to go mainstream.

Perhaps a more realistic hope is for a steady rise in the number of people who discover that pursuing non-material riches brings greater happiness than the getting and spending of money. In fact, significant numbers of "voluntary simplifiers" have been choosing and enjoying lives of material simplicity for decades.

Have Soylentils found greater happiness through simplification?


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  • (Score: 1) by anubi on Sunday April 09 2017, @07:27AM

    by anubi (2828) on Sunday April 09 2017, @07:27AM (#491110) Journal

    I wanted to be able to turn the key and walk away... maybe return in a couple of months. Or spend the winter or really hot summer days there.

    Otherwise, I would kinda like to be out on the road somewhere.

    I am retired now, so it really is not that important to me anymore to be tied somewhere I always have to be concerned with growth of weeds.

    Yup. Living in industrial parks where I live is illegal. So I won't be blatant about it. I'll put away the cot when its not in use.

    All that I have that is valuable to me is my workshop anyway. And that looks right at home in an industrial park building.

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