tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post1809192056805740071..comments2024-03-28T01:51:22.367-03:00Comments on Not Buying Anything: Living Simply - NomadsGregg Koephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-33004911685338009802016-03-19T02:05:31.379-03:002016-03-19T02:05:31.379-03:00That is tragi-funny. Thanks for pointing out this ...That is tragi-funny. Thanks for pointing out this oddity of modern mixed with age old lifestyle.Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-29309897399875116742016-03-10T09:25:54.751-04:002016-03-10T09:25:54.751-04:00I find it very, um, interesting that this nomadic ...I find it very, um, interesting that this nomadic Bedouin has a large, disposable plastic water bottle next to him. You can run, but you can't hide from civilization.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-76163380134638366362012-10-05T13:43:39.566-03:002012-10-05T13:43:39.566-03:00It is difficult to ascertain what individual's...It is difficult to ascertain what individual's motivations are in choosing the way they live, whether in our own culture, or others. It is different for everyone. <br /><br />However, freedom is a human need, and we will find ways of maximizing it wherever we live.<br /><br />Whatever the reasons, some people choose to live as nomads in our modern world, such as the Bedouin of the Sinai Desert (Egypt). <br /><br />Permanent concrete structures were built to house them in the 1990s, and they were coerced to stay put. For a while they built small structures against the outside walls of the concrete boxes, but they did not use the inside. <br /><br />Although they were threatened with violence if they moved, they said, "La, shukron", packed up their tents, and ventured back out into the sands of time.<br /><br />You are right, and we can not gloss over differences in context. We also can't ignore the human universals that bring us together to show how similar we all are.Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-86678239319833472612012-10-05T07:22:47.051-03:002012-10-05T07:22:47.051-03:00I like your sentiment, but it seems like you are p...I like your sentiment, but it seems like you are projecting your own choices and intentions onto people whose ability to "choose" something alternative to "modern life" is not the same as yours - and they're people from entirely different cultures (who are in fact living "modern" lives, albeit ones different from ours). So I seriously doubt they share the motivations and values of North American simple livers like us, and I think it's important not to flatten massive contextual differences.Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120903510222043127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-65113278467404215932012-10-05T05:52:21.369-03:002012-10-05T05:52:21.369-03:00Wow! That is a lot of moving. It sounds like an un...Wow! That is a lot of moving. It sounds like an unconventional, but interesting life.<br /><br />We have been living very locally for the past eight years, but can feel a move coming on lately. With winter coming it could just be a natural reaction to want to flee to a warmer climate till spring.<br /><br />Travel, adventure, and time together are important to us as well. Of those, time together is the most important.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing your adventure with us.Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-26835057621864818852012-10-05T05:45:12.866-03:002012-10-05T05:45:12.866-03:00Less stuff - more freedom! Less stuff - more freedom! Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-58550387539576772122012-10-04T11:28:44.410-03:002012-10-04T11:28:44.410-03:00You stated: "It is not so much about being on...You stated: "It is not so much about being on the move as it is knowing that your life is so unburdened that you could be on the move in a moments notice if the mood struck." <br /><br />My husband and I have moved 14 times in the last 5 years and also had a four year old along the way. Though we have only moved 4 times in the last 3 years (most of our moving was done before that)we still live as you described in your post. No matter where we live or what we live in (a house, apt. van etc.) our goal is to stay unburdened so that moving is easy. Freedom is what is important to us and if we wanted to get up and move today we could. This is one of the reasons we home school our child as well. We love traveling, are adventurous, and believe time together, no matter where it is, is what is important, not things. <br /><br />Your statement means freedom to me; unburdened by stuff, bills, or material possessions! MarieGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16028494875978434339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-55749022086623362712012-10-04T10:11:34.554-03:002012-10-04T10:11:34.554-03:00This was a beautiful article and I agree "hav...This was a beautiful article and I agree "having that freedom in your soul" is the only place you really need it.<br /><br />For me as each year passes "stuff" becomes less and less important......this has been a long journey coming from a long line of pack rats but the shedding more and more stuff each year and wanting to get down to minimal basics is a liberating direction!<br /><br />Great job on another great article!Poor to Rich a Day at a Timehttp://poortorichadayatatime.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-4106451405459689192012-10-03T17:37:30.400-03:002012-10-03T17:37:30.400-03:00"I have that kind of freedom in my soul...&qu..."I have that kind of freedom in my soul..." <br /><br />That is the only place you really need it.Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-48079288928547856372012-10-03T13:35:33.051-03:002012-10-03T13:35:33.051-03:00SIGH............. I have that kind of freedom in m...SIGH............. I have that kind of freedom in my soul and that will have to do. Sounds captivating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com