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A Small Home in NYC, Part 4: A Sample NYC Family Budget

Part 4 of the series, "A Small Home in NYC." Offering a sample family budget is difficult because people have very different lifestyles and priorities, but I thought it might be helpful to share our budget, with some modifications, and explain how it was different when we lived in Nashville, Tennessee. It's shockingly similar except for a few areas like housing and transportation.

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A Small Home in NYC, Part 3: Living the Good Life?

Part 3 of the series, "A Small Home in NYC." Helen and Scott Nearing were huge influences on me as a young adult. My father originally turned me on to their book "Living The Good Life: How to Live Sanely and Simply in a Troubled World" which was an important catalyst for the original back to the Earth movement of the mid-20th century. They migtht have lived a "good life," but was it real or attainable for ordinary people without the backing of trust funds? Was the Nearing's back to the woods approach mostly sentimental escapism?

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A Small Home in NYC, Part 2: Let's Get Small!

Part 2 of the series, "A Small Home in NYC." I delve into the motiviations for living small and how we got started. We lived very minimally compared to most families, but we still had a house in Nashville, Tennessee filled with things that we didn't need or ever use. The first step was to get rid of everything that would not fit into a small PODS container for our move to NYC.

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A Small Home in NYC, Part 1: Quiet Practice

Part 1 of the series, "A Small Home in NYC." Without a "quiet practice," it can be difficult to truly know yourself and follow your instincts. Taking on some type of daily meditation, yoga, prayer, walking, martial arts, etc., is a necessary prerequisite if you are going to successfully live small.

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