Freeconomy Blog - January 2008
Wed
30 Jan
Humanity is beautiful!
There is one day in everyone's life that they can say is their best. For most it is the birth of a child or the day they got married. Given the fact I am the worst ever lonely hearts advert - no money, no job, no house, no car, no sense - then neither of them will likey happen to me!
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Mon
28 Jan
The day after tomorrow, my life changes...
For twenty eight years I've been part of a world where money means security. That's twenty eight years of knowing where my next meal is going to come from, twenty eight years of knowing I can have a roof over my head and twenty eight years of having friends and family close by or at least at the other end of the phone.
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Wed
23 Jan
No.3 - Peace Pilgrim
In the last few weeks I'd be lying if I said I hadn't a moments apprehension about my upcoming pilgrimage. Other people's doubts enter your own head, you see all the potential obstacles and problems and you wonder 'What on earth possessed me to go and do this?'!
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Fri
18 Jan
No.2 - Satish Kumar
From Gandhi we flow quite nicely to a man called Satish Kumar. A Jain monk as early as nine years of age, he eventually left monkhood and joined the Gandhian movement, where he met a man called Vinoba Bhavé, who had set up the amazing Bhoodan movement. Vinoba was Satish's guru for many years and this clearly had a profound effect on the pupil's life.
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Wed
16 Jan
No. 1 - Mohandas K. Gandhi
A pivotal point in my life came when I was midway through my fourth year of a business degree. After looking over some notes on marketing and economics, I decided to take an undeserved break and to watch a movie for the night.
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Tue
15 Jan
The Top 10 people who have changed my life...
This weekend I had a bit of a wobbly I must admit. People everyday ask me "What are you going to do if this happens?" or "How on earth do you think you are going to be able to that?" and similar doubt inducing questions.
Sat
12 Jan
Giving & receiving - two sides of the same non-monetary coin
When I first started this project, I was inundated by people telling me it could never work as too many people will abuse the system. Well it seems that nothing could be further from the truth.
I've had the good fortune of meeting a lot of freeconomists over the last week and the most common bit of feedback I received was that most of them are actually slightly cautious about asking for help without offering something in return, which is the exact opposite of what people originally believed would happen!
Fri
11 Jan
The crossing of a mental threshold....
Last night I was asked the fairly regular question of how long it now was until my impending pilgrimage. As per usual I donned a rather confused face, made a simple calculation seem difficult and worked out it was two and a half weeks.
