Want to have this bit read to you? Here is the audio file: https://soundcloud.com/itanya92/saying-no-to-work When the present is no longer joyful, it is our our task to not seek joy or add it, but to say no to what blocks it. In April 3.3 million workers left their jobs voluntarily…

Precisely this is what I couldn't understand for the longest time. If attention mattered, why people would want to spend it on many someones who were mediocre? Until, spending time on the platform was no longer a choice, it was either a way to make money or an addiction.

Do not feel like reading? Listen to the audio file: https://soundcloud.com/itanya92/building-the-foundation It was the month of February, and coming up on a month out of a slow holiday season I was already exhausted. …

In the afternoon heat, I took a turn to where a lake once stood.The trickle of its former clear waters, enough to clench my thirst.New life, buzzing. The reign of extractive economies of the past 300 years has turned abundance into luxuries and comforts, leaving this generation but a trickle…

When I reached out to freelancers to share how they are living self-sufficient lives, gardening projects were by far the most popular. Some were motivated by the onset of COVID-19 and food shortages. Others were just tired of bland store-bought produce and wanted to utilize the newly found free time…

The research in this piece, the flow, and the butterfly metaphor are just wonderful. Thank you, Jenny, for putting this out into the world. I am looking forward to reading the other parts with just as much care as you took composing them.

I frequently speak of my escape in 2013 from a traditional American life as the catalyst to the state of being I am able to enjoy now. What I often don’t speak about is a period of integration that followed-my communion with nature and the grounding which helped me set…

Before we tumble down the mountain of doom, I think it's important to keep in perspective that volume of trade is just one economic indicator. Brexit was an instinctual choice turned into a political decision. The vote of 2016 did not lead to this, but it was rather a fixation of multiple governments on withdrawal itself without building capacity at home.

Sometimes in strive for self-sufficiency there is little time for self-care.