Maybe I'm too tired and missed the point, but usually when I read things about living more simply and not keeping up with the Jones, it's presented in a more romantic way than sleeping in the back of a $1,000 car and dog food. Is the point to make the reader feel better about the stress they have, because they don't want the stresses of the alternative?
>>Stoic meditation with reference to being homeless. Written to myself at a particularly low point; like many, I take comfort in considering how things could be worse.
Right at the top of the article... and putting your own shitty life in perspective doesn't hurt and can help to keep your sanity. Eating dog food in a trashy car is still better than drowning in the Mediterranean or in the Gulf or staying put in a war torn country.
