Voluntary Simplicity

"Voluntary simplicity is about recoverying a sense of self in local and personal things, and feeling anchored in place and time through them. We end up wanting less because we get that much more out of what we have. Our individual selves get worn away when we're going too fast, on-line and off, buying into new identities, geting more things, getting more things done faster, processing our lives in a blur of fast-forwarding efficiency and serving all the technology."