Exercise 3 (Week 3): Response to Radical Simplicity

For one of your blog entries this week, write a one page response to Radical Simplicity. Make sure to address the following questions in your review:*

1. Now that you have read RS, imagine yourself and your lifestyle 10 years from now. What does it look like? How did you envision yourself 10 years from now, before you read the book? Has your vision changed? Your answers should include a brief characterization of your current lifestyle and a discussion of your material and immaterial goals as they relate to sustainable lifestyles.

2. Does the lifestyle that Merkel lives seem radical to you? Do you think he goes too far? Why or why not? Don't just answer yes or no. Be specific and thoughtful, utilizing the concepts from RS to reflect on your own willingness or unwillingness to live as simply as the author advocates.

Due: Counts as one entry for week 3.

* You can blog this in whatever manner you devise as long as your answers- regardless of what form they take- remain clear to the reader. In other words, feel free to get creative.