Freeconomy Blog - October 2009
Wed
28 Oct
My impending dilemma
In four weeks time my year without money officially comes to an end. At no point, including this current moment, in the last eleven months have I known whether or not I would continue living without money past the fourth season, which is due to end on 29th Nov, the day after Buy Nothing Day 2009.
Sun
25 Oct
Lessons from silence
I am now coming to an end of a week of silence; I started last Monday and have just one day to go, thank heavens. I don't mean that. Actually, no, I do mean that. I have been communicating to people in other ways, either via the internet (like now) or through body language, and the very odd time through writing if I thought that it warranted it. But I've tried to keep it as limited as is possible for someone living their ordinary, everyday life. It has been a fascinating mini-experiment, on a very personal level, to say the least; and it's something I would recommend that everyone should consider doing, even if just for a day. Having said that, it's highly unlikely I'll ever do it for a week again!
Sun
18 Oct
A week of silence
I seem to have a bit of a penchant for doing slightly unusual things for certain defined periods of time. First came the 'year without oil' which evolved into my current 'year without money'. This time I am going for something a bit easier and for a much shorter period of time.
Sat
10 Oct
My Top 10 sources of Inspiration
The world can be a tough place to be in at times, and so every now and again it is good to inhale some inspiration. Whenever I am feeling a bit low, I either read an inspirational quote, an uplifting book or listen to a spine-stiffening song. And at the times when it all seems a bit overwhelming, I think of one of the following people, whose lives, and deaths, will continue to inspire me and millions of others until the day I die:
Sat
03 Oct
Pro-activism and Social Homoeopathy
The Off-grid festival I went to a month or so ago awoke a lot of stuff in me that has been dormant for a bit too long. I had been feeling a real need to take part in more direct action, collectively with others, over the last few months and I think just being around so many courageous and inspiring people last month brought this up to the surface again. I think I was feeling a bit like I wasn't pulling my weight in that respect. In fact, I wasn't just feeling like I wasn't, I simply wasn't.