Saturday, January 15, 2011

Simplicity

Indeed, the freedom to go vagavondng has never been determined by income level; it's found through simplicity--th conscious decision of how to use what income you have. And, contrary to opopular stereotypes, seeking simplicity doesn't require that you become a monk, a subsistence forager, or a wild-eyed revolutionary. Nor does it mean that you must unconditionally avoid the role of consumer. Rather, simplicity merely reuires a bit of personal sacrifice: an adjustment of your habits and routines within the consumer society itself. At times, the piggest challenge in embracing simplicity will b3e the vague felling of isolation that fcomes with it, since private sacrifice doesn't garner much attection in the frenetic world of mass culture."

--from Vagabonding, Rolf Potts

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