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By: ed-wine

ed-wine — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 08:04:41 +0000

Because of the recession I lost everything,business,home,car,furniture,everything but a few changes of clothes and a few items I could carry in a back pack. At first I got depressed then I embraced the challenge with a new found attitude; I can be a happier person with out those things. It has been more than a year and even though I now have new job, I haven’t acquired very much more than what I had and I’m the happiest I have ever been. I guess what some are doing voluntarily I did without realizing it. I’m glad. I thought I was digressing in society.

By: Jaime D

Jaime D — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:50:44 +0000

Thanks for interviewing him. I like that what EB says is approachable by anyone. Too many self-help authors give advice that’s unrealistic. But ANYONE can really purge their stuff and live simply. If you think about it, how much of our stuff do we really use and we really like?

For most people from my observations they use very few things on an everyday basis that they really like, most of their stuff is either forgotten, in storage in a basement/garage or at a storing facility.

This is very common in families as well. How many toys do kids really have, but only a few are really their favorites that they play with often. This changes over the years with different toys that kids pick up at different stages, but even kids do this with their toys. No I’m not a parent, but its something I’ve observed with children.

We don’t use as many of our things as we think we do. By being minimalists we can escape the rat race much sooner and not panic during a recession. This is why I only own a few things and I use them on an everyday basis because they’re my favorite things. =)

By: Adam Daniel Mezei

Adam Daniel Mezei — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:48:53 +0000

I think the key to a well-lived life at any age and stage is the art of being able to boogie when you need to boogie. Being encumbered by all of that costly rubbish anchors you down, and that’s hardly a novelty. But being out there in the open air is how you meet people and connect with the world, and if I were four-walling it all day long or otherwise felt like I was shackled down to some desk nonsense, I couldn’t be the person who I am…which is being absolutely fearless to connect with most of the planet. Being tied down would simply not be me.

(Incidentally, I remember that line as something expressed by the lead man of the band Incognito. He said, if we told you the secret to how we make our tunes, we wouldn’t be incognito now, would we?)

Here’s a great example of a guy, Ian in Brisbane, OZ, who decided to cut out and live life on his own terms: http://yourstorypodcast.com/2010/05/university-accommodation-on-motorbike/

(Full disclosure: Ian Kath, the podcaster, is a close friend of mine who I met through his casts *and* who came to visit me here in Prague through the power of the web. In any event, Ian, the interviewee, is so articulate! Check him out!)

By: Everett Bogue

Everett Bogue — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:04:43 +0000

I like to look at it this way, because it makes it easier.

When you get rid of the possessions, doing daring things becomes easier. In my experience, many people are scared of losing what they have — this causes them to sit around all day and wish they were living even if they aren’t.

If you don’t have anything to lose, you’re less afraid to take a risk.

And I agree with Tyler, I’m totally not a professional. I’m just someone who decided to live out a bag and I really liked doing it, so I started writing about it for a living.

Anyone can do this, you just gotta start. I’ve found it’s much easier when you aren’t surrounded by stuff.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:15:31 +0000

Tim, it’s all about deciding what’s really important to you. I don’t want to speak for Everett, but I don’t think he considers himself a “professional” so much as a guy that got tired of how things were going and made a change that dramatically improved his life.

I get emails all the time from people who think I’m some kind of “professional risk taker.” It’s really quite humbling, because that couldn’t be further from the truth. I’m just someone that found a way to make my own life better.

The things we do certainly aren’t easy, but they’re really important to us, so we don’t mind that they’re hard. Keep looking for your own solution. Hopefully, learning about others like Everett will get you started down your own path.

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:40:36 +0000

Mr. Bogue makes it sound easy, as most professionals do. Sometimes it is pretty dang simple to slim down on possessions and go do cool things, but I’ve found it’s rarely an easy task to accomplish.

Nice setup here, by the way.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:42:00 +0000

Well, that’s the trick – re-evaluating what you can and can’t live without.

Giving stuff away can be such a freeing feeling.