Living simply
The biggest factor that separates Microbusiness Independence
from the hundreds of get rich quick ebooks out there is that we
advocate simple living. We firmly believe that every entrepreneur
should make a budget and stick to it. Then, once you've made as
much money as you want to make that year, step back and enjoy it!
Go backpacking abroad, lie in your hammock, or write a novel ---
remember that you work to live instead of live to work.
What is simple living? Also known as voluntary simplicity, simple
living is the opposite of traditional American consumerism.
Author Duane Elgin wrote "we can describe voluntary simplicity as a
manner of living that is outwardly more simple and inwardly more
rich." Basically, if you drop your belief that you need to buy a
new car, a big house, and so forth, you'll end up with huge amounts of
time to spend on things (and people) you really care about. Plus,
by consuming less, you're helping the environment.
Mark and I put in only a
few hours a week on paid work, which leaves us days to build our
homestead from scratch and to build our own relationship. I'm
never surprised to hear about the high divorce rates in modern America
--- after all, if both spouses go off to work for eight plus hours a
day, what time is left to laugh and share and grow together?
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