Free-Range Living

Spring has rushed in changing the landscape here in the UK midlands from a 'bleak mid-winter' scene in mid-April to a vibrant green landscape three weeks later. It's been 'catch-up' time planting and sowing crops here on the organic eco micro-holding (small smallholding), along with sorting other micro-holding jobs such as storing next year's wood for the woodburner under cover for it to dry out well over the coming summer. It's the lean time for produce to eat - it's a good job the spring cabbage bed is shortly to come on-stream. 'Aspirational' times can foster a trend of 'more, more' which may suit some, and may not fit overwell with others.  One of the possible pitfalls could be presumably getting a strong 'more' focus, then 'missing' on potential current satisfactions -? The other area which might by default suffer from a strong focus on wealth and material gain,  could potentially be the personal development side,  the 'to be' side, as against the 'to have' side' - ?  Some have reconciled these differing aspects by adopting a 'simple living' philosophy, concentrating on a 'living to need' approach, as a couple of case-studies illustrate.

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