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Yes, but why is it good? I wouldn't call these people success stories.

• kome 13y ago
  >> I wouldn't call these people success stories. https://static.pinboard.in/xoxo_talk_thoreau.htm https://static.pinboard.in/xoxo_talk_thoreau.htm > Thoreau said about his two years at Walden: > I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours > Thoreau wrote this never having tasted any of traditional forms of success. He was thinking of a different, more fundamental kind of success, one that I wish for myself, and earnestly wish for all of you.
• jamesaguilar 13y ago
  The problem here is that you are mistaking your preferences for universal preferences. I wouldn't want to live like this either, and probably most wouldn't. But bully on these people for doing so, if they want to.
• ctdonath 13y ago
  You underestimate the number of people who view such living as a laudable goal. Frugal living is quite satisfying. Read Walden for starters, then something like Five Acres and Independence, or Foxfire. It's a major paradigm shift.