Lifestyles

Status Anxiety discusses the desire of people in many modern societies to "climb the social ladder" and the anxieties that result from a focus on how one is perceived by others. De Botton claims that chronic anxiety about status is an inevitable side effect of any democratic, ostensibly egalitarian society. De Botton lays out the causes of and solutions to status anxiety.
Caution, this multi-part documentary may tell you more about yourself thatn you really want to know.

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A cool BBC Documentary called America Nomads from the seedy to the luxurious. People who roam the South West free from the bonds and chains of normal every day life

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Home Free Adventures
In 2011, they sold their charming house in Central California’s wine country, gave away the furniture, and stuffed their art, clothes and small treasures into a 10 x 15 storage unit. They said goodbye to their surprised children and quizzical friends and now they live in rented apartments and houses internationally, putting down new roots one country at a time.

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This is a tour of a fully converted bus that the owners  call home! It is 26 feet long and was originally an airport shuttle bus. They live in it full time, having built it mostly out of used/reclaimed/salvaged materials. It has fresh water storage tanks, running water, shower and toilet, fridge, AC, and propane stove, oven, furnace, and hot water heater. 

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Given the state of the current economy, a growing number of Americans with ordinary lives are choosing to scale down — way down. They call themselves the “tiny house”  movement. Need to Know visited one of the movement’s proponents, Dee Williams, at her small home in Olympia, Wash.

Her home measures 84 square feet, has a small sleeping loft, a compost toilet and enough closet space for a few shirts and pairs of pants. Williams says the downsizing has brought her a sense of contentment, and many others are beginning to follow her lead.

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As our world continues to grow in complexity, there is far greater personal demand for many of the benefits that minimalism offers. Minimalism offers a life with less stress, less distraction, more freedom, and more time. All things that people today are desperately searching for more than ever.