Fighting the good fight

*Af-flu-enza n. 1. The bloated, sluggish and unfulfilled feeling that results from efforts to keep up with the Joneses.

Lately I have been interested in the subject of Affluenza and the Voluntary Simplicity movement. Years ago I read Simple Living by Janet Luhrs and since then I have been inspired by stories of people who feel that time well spent is more important than time spending money. Currently I am reading Affluenza by John deGraaf which was based on a PBS special that aired in 1997. Both books give good examples of how to simplify your life and how to reduce the amount waste you create but reading about it is easier than doing it.

In this blog I hope to examine how Affluenza affects the world around me, the people I know and the city I live in.

# posted by melanie : 7:59 PM