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Why simple living feels impossibly complex

My neighbor has chickens in her backyard and makes her own tortillas and I feel jealous of her life even though I have no idea how to do any of that stuff.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The loss of basic life skills creates dependence on systems that undermine autonomy and connection to place.

Ideas that help explain it
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