Could you give it all up? Would you?
I was checking one of my favourite sites over lunch (Mother Nature Network) and saw this article about a Belgian man who quit his regular job and life and, with his dog Lana, now is living in the woods: http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/blogs/he-quit-his-normal-life-go-live-woods I admit it's tempting, the idea of chucking it all and starting a new life away from the absurdities we've created for ourselves in our consumer-driven, corporate-climbing world. Not that I have a passion for (or knowledge of) living in the bush, of course. But I do feel a real pull right now to declutter and downsize, feel very strongly that all my "stuff" and responsibilities are a burden. (So if you're reading this, Mom, for god's sake, don't give me any craft or decor or other impractical items this Christmas; I can promise you they will go directly to Value Village and you will have wasted your money.) Every weekend I go through a bookcase o...