Really downshifting
Our friends Casey & Tessa left London life last year with their young baby son to embark on an incredibly brave new existence in the Italian countryside where they knew very few people, have an enormous house restoration project to do by themselves and are committed to strong environmental principles. They are yet another example of our amazing, inspiring friends who I think of whenever the chips seem to be down, there’s too much to do or I find myself whingeing about nothing in particular.
At the beginning of the month Casey wrote an article on the increasing number of people who are choosing to downshift and start new lives away from office jobs, cities and consumerism. He is wise to point out to would-be downshifters that choosing modest affordable housing is likely to help downshifters continue with their dreams as reduced incomes are an inevitable aspect of downshifting as is living within your means…
“Downshifting? a word in your ear“
http://inpicenum.com/2007/06/07/downshifting-a-word-in-your-ear/#more-137
Well done Casey & Tess. We hope your life in Italy continues to be a fulfilling one and look forward to seeing where you are for ourselves one day.
August 3rd, 2007 at 1:40 pm
Thanks, Cathie! Very nice to hear and, although you couldn’t have known, your encouragement came at the perfect moment.