Over thirty years ago I spent nearly twoyears backpacking around the world, this time in my life was the freest I haveever been. This I think was because of many factors, and it is very hard tocreate the same freedom I felt in the commercialised world that the UK is. Also,I think that having less belongings, in fact hardly anything, just a backpack,was liberating. With having no fixed abode, the pressure of money is massivelyreduced and the basic principles of just food and shelter felt easier than allthe struggles we have of money in our lives in the UK. Finally, I feel that thelifestyle while travelling was one spent outdoors and that is such a freeingexperience not being constrained by being indoors all the time. I do feel thatif we work on taking some of these principles on in our lives, we can feel the freedomof living our lives more simply.