http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Thu, 23 May 2013 10:09:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/05/money-money-money-lets-take-back-the-control/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/05/money-money-money-lets-take-back-the-control/#comments Thu, 05 Jul 2012 15:33:56 +0000 Andrew Ryan http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=26026 Heidemarie Schwermer, a German woman, has lived without money for 16 years. Doing odd jobs in return for food and clothes, Heidemarie claims it has made her happier and that money distracts us from what is really important. While an extreme example, I agree with her sentiment. Money does distract us and also scares us. And whilst I don’t think we could all live without money, I do think we could all change our attitude towards it.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/05/money-money-money-lets-take-back-the-control/feed/ 0