{"id":27071,"date":"2016-09-24T13:00:24","date_gmt":"2016-09-24T06:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-live-the-good-life-without-giving-up-the-rat-race\/"},"modified":"2016-09-24T13:00:46","modified_gmt":"2016-09-24T06:00:46","slug":"how-to-live-the-good-life-without-giving-up-the-rat-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-live-the-good-life-without-giving-up-the-rat-race\/","title":{"rendered":"How to live the Good Life without giving up the rat race"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nExtreme downshifting to escape the modern world can end in disillusion. The solution lies with communities that offer a halfway houseI\u2019m sure that a fair few of us have had \u201ca River Cottage moment\u201d over the years. To wonder, even fleetingly, what it would be like to learn to live off the land; to grow and rear your own food; to become less reliant on buying everything in and have a stab at a much simpler, potentially more satisfying and wholesome existence.But how many of us can cope with the total loss of a regular income? Who can give up everything and scratch a living far from the city, often with kids in tow (some more willing than others)? Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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