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One year without the use of money?
good_advice
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Could we live with no money for a year?
The title is a FREE kindle book I have just finished reading.
A bit false I thought. A single man in a hot country who is left a house and land by the sea.
No house bills. No gas/electric. No phone or car..
Def. no internet or tv.
The only thing for heating and cooking is a wood fire.
Water from a well.
Lots of thought! simple living without stress. No travel, just walking to the sea front for a swim and a walk.
A bare house with just a bed and table/chairs.
Reminds me a bit of "Little house on the prarie".
I think we love our belongings and comforts to much.
Need to pay house bills.
The title is a FREE kindle book I have just finished reading.
A bit false I thought. A single man in a hot country who is left a house and land by the sea.
No house bills. No gas/electric. No phone or car..
Def. no internet or tv.
The only thing for heating and cooking is a wood fire.
Water from a well.
Lots of thought! simple living without stress. No travel, just walking to the sea front for a swim and a walk.
A bare house with just a bed and table/chairs.
Reminds me a bit of "Little house on the prarie".
I think we love our belongings and comforts to much.
Need to pay house bills.
The secret to success is making very small, yet constant changes.:)
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There is a book by Mark Boyle called 'The Moneyless Man' well worth a read and he is based in the UK in Bristol.0
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I often dream of living on a desert island. It's also what I think of when I hear the Coldplay song Paradise.
In reality, I expect I would hate it and turn insane, but it's nice to dream.I must remember that "Money Saving" is not buying heavily discounted items that I do not need. :hello:0 -
one i have which i loved was
How I Lived a Year on Just a Pound a Day Paperback – 29 Aug 2008
by Kath Kelly (Author)
it made me giggle and is a really good book0 -
I have just started reading the Moneyless Man. I have no plans to follow his example, but its a very interesting read.:j got married 3rd May 2013 :beer:0
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want_to_save wrote: »one i have which i loved was
How I Lived a Year on Just a Pound a Day Paperback – 29 Aug 2008
by Kath Kelly (Author)
it made me giggle and is a really good book
Isn't this the person who lived in London with all sorts of free entertainment and events to gatecrash/ nick canap!s from.
I'm guessing in my small town with bog all going on it would be a slightly different story.All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.
Pedant alert - it's could have, not could of.0 -
There's always a big flaw in these people's stories. What is the "use of money" - living in a free house is using money .... money converted into the free house.
If I lived in a free house, in a hot country, by the sea, then I could live without the use of money too ..... it's not rocket science. But nobody's going to give me a free house in a hot country by the sea are they.
And the woman on £1. Same thing - she was poncing off people and in a big city with access to stuff.....0 -
Thanks, I've ordered the book.0
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Don't you still have to pay Council Tax - even if in a caravan.Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day. -- Sally Koch0
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May not have to pay any sort of Council Tax if you're in a forirgn Country.Liverpool is one of the wonders of Britain,
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