Over thirty years ago I spent nearly two
years backpacking around the world, this time in my life was the freest I have
ever been. This I think was because of many factors, and it is very hard to
create the same freedom I felt in the commercialised world that the UK is. Also,
I think that having less belongings, in fact hardly anything, just a backpack,
was liberating. With having no fixed abode, the pressure of money is massively
reduced and the basic principles of just food and shelter felt easier than all
the struggles we have of money in our lives in the UK. Finally, I feel that the
lifestyle while travelling was one spent outdoors and that is such a freeing
experience not being constrained by being indoors all the time. I do feel that
if we work on taking some of these principles on in our lives, we can feel the freedom
of living our lives more simply.
