Extreme Makeover

I don't whether you've watched episodes of Extreme Home Makeover. It seems even worse than winning the lottery because you have even less control over what happens afterwards. From two episodes last year I've guessed extensively the show is meant to be philanthropic helping families in trouble who need something good to happen to them. The problem is how over top things are giving swimming pools, vast amounts of technology etc. Website freemoneyfinance.com seems to be following a trail of disasters. Frequently the new homes are a white elephant or sacred cow. These idioms are so apt because they are so valuable and while you can admire them they consume and give nothing back. The trouble is bigger is better is not necessarily a good idea. In one case the utility bills are now 500-700 dollars a month! Not good if you're already economically struggling.

So often people, including, want the quick fix to situations. But quick fixes are frequently disasters. Bigger is not more beautiful nor more desirable. Monster homes in the suburbs are frequently not the solution. Around the Western economies there is a debt crisis and property values have dropped and mortgages are being defaulted upon. Small Is Beautiful: Economics As If People Mattered by E. F. Schumacher is a collection of essays. It was written in 1973 during an energy crisis in Britain. As a new energy crisis grows globally, smaller and more economic must begin to become the norm. Even in my simplified lifestyle I'm finding things are still too complex. I'm more of a recycler and adapter but I also now realize I cannot be so much a hoarder and collector of things.

Day 3 of the great clear up, I look back and see Day 2 was not really successful as I headed into avoidance. I began to find it difficult to get rid of things perhaps the rain etc.