Simple living encompasses a number of different voluntary practices to simplify one's lifestyle. These may include, for example, reducing one's possessions, generally referred to as minimalism, or increasing self-sufficiency. Simple living may be characterized by individuals being satisfied with what they have rather than want.[1][2] Although asceticism generally promotes living simply and refraining from luxury and indulgence, not all proponents of simple living are ascetics.[3] Simple living is distinct from those living in forced poverty, as it is a voluntary lifestyle choice.
Adherents may choose simple living for a variety of personal reasons, such as spirituality, health, increase in quality time for family and friends, work–life balance, personal taste, financial sustainability, frugality, sustainability or reducing stress. Simple living can also be a reaction to materialism and conspicuous consumption. Some cite socio-political goals aligned with the environmentalist, anti-consumerist or anti-war movements, including conservation, degrowth, deep ecology, and tax resistance.[4]
七八年前 曾遇一老先生 八十奔九十 每天帶兩個饅頭 一瓶水 騎腳踏車 去八德圖書館讀報書寫 老先生有可能是失眠 所以才會看診 但失眠沒有妨礙他書寫 我始終不知道 他寫了些甚麼 但那兩個饅頭說明 我們每個人 這輩子 讀了些甚麼 寫了些甚麼 其實都不要緊 這件事發生在兩千一十幾年的台灣 說明了台灣庶民人口素質 已經到達甚麼程度 我已經好幾年 沒有見到他 必須假設已經過世
七八年前 曾遇一老先生 八十奔九十 每天帶兩個饅頭 一瓶水 騎腳踏車 去八德圖書館讀報書寫 老先生有可能是失眠 所以才會看診 但失眠沒有妨礙他書寫 我始終不知道 他寫了些甚麼 但那兩個饅頭說明 我們每個人 這輩子 讀了些甚麼 寫了些甚麼 其實都不要緊 這件事發生在兩千一十幾年的台灣 說明了台灣庶民人口素質 已經到達甚麼程度 我已經好幾年 沒有見到他 必須假設已經過世
