A Tiny Home Or Revolution

Watching videos on camper van conversions recently, I think, I’m not ready to live in a camper van just yet; but having been a minimalist most of my life, I wouldn’t mind, either. I highly value freedom, mobility, adaptability, self-reliance and simplicity, and low ecological footprint living. The tiny home movement (on or off wheels, or on or off water) fits that bill as well as a cabin in the woods, which would be my first choice.

(I link an article here, below, simply to show camper vans, as one outdoor enthusiast option – because getting outdoors and into nature is fun, refreshing, life-changing, and critically important. Temporary or full time, one way or another, it is vitally important that we reconnect with nature, in order to reconnect with ourselves.)

The tiny home movement is growing expontentially for several reasons. I named six prime reasons above. But the big one is economics. People are being eaten alive by the billionaire 0.001%. Until we have a revolution, most people are going to have to be adaptable, and more minimalist, out of necessity.

So yes, for many of the more than 50% and rapidly growing majority of people who can no longer afford to own a home, many of whom are having a hard time with skyrocketing rents and collapsing incomes, unless we want insanely long commutes, or to be packing 15 people into a home like gerbils in a cage; it is either a tiny home, or revolution. I suggest both may be a good idea.

As Thoreau said, “Simplify, simplify.” And read, On Civil Disobedience. We need both now.

JTR,

July 8, 2020