College is a business which sells a product called an education. In recent decades, the price for this product has increased much faster than inflation. Some people believe they can get an education without paying the asking price. In fact, they suspect, no institution or person holds a patent on that product; that an education can be virtually free if you know how to go about getting one. Is it reasonable to assume that the real world can be a good place to get an education; one that stacks up well against a college education? I submit it is. Granted, this path is not signposted as well as the one to college. But there are infinite resources available for those who choose to travel it. Here are just three to tease your tastebuds: Read more
Possum living is all about living on our own terms, slowing down and kicking back and doing what we really want to be doing instead of burning ourselves out in the pursuit of what society tells us we should strive for. It is about finding easier and more interesting ways of providing what we really need, as an alternative to paying the high price in time, money and freedom that society extracts in exchange for servicing these needs; and about finding the strength to say no to those services we don't really need.
When we ask for freedom, we have already failed. It is only when we declare freedom for ourselves and refuse to accept any less, that we have any possibility of being free.