tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404350809002887333.post4805332722683179646..comments2014-02-09T20:28:55.939-08:00Comments on the adventures of myra eddy: What Comes Nextsharqihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10946168340402981902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404350809002887333.post-22697383184180095922012-11-26T11:16:51.009-08:002012-11-26T11:16:51.009-08:00These worked, thanks. Interesting articles, and de...These worked, thanks. Interesting articles, and definitely a good deal to think about. Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01741166832975924830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404350809002887333.post-88923329571548166332012-11-26T09:57:02.371-08:002012-11-26T09:57:02.371-08:00Not sure why the links are not working. A web tec...Not sure why the links are not working. A web tech I am not.<br /><br />Part 2: http://newoldtraditions.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/unschooling-unworking-confessions-of-a-stay-at-home-family-part-2-by-myra-eddy-2/<br /><br />Part 3: http://newoldtraditions.wordpress.com/2010/03/26/unschooling-unworking-confessions-of-a-stay-at-home-family-part-3/<br /><br />Part 4: http://newoldtraditions.wordpress.com/2010/03/28/unschooling-unworking-confessions-of-a-stay-at-home-family-part-4/sharqihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946168340402981902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404350809002887333.post-11704407951834695902012-11-25T19:31:43.098-08:002012-11-25T19:31:43.098-08:00part 2 is getting me a 404 not found.part 2 is getting me a 404 not found.Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01741166832975924830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404350809002887333.post-14705531384316805152012-11-25T14:52:04.110-08:002012-11-25T14:52:04.110-08:00I think these are conversations worth having. I g...I think these are conversations worth having. I grew up dirt poor and, except for a few miserable years of being middle class, I have remained poor as an adult--poor in money, anyway, but often rich in community. I wrote a series of articles about unjobbing and unschooling (they go well together, like beans and corn bread) starting here (four parts): http://newoldtraditions.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/unschooling-unworking-confessions-of-a-stay-at-home-family-part-1-by-myra-eddy/<br /><br />sharqihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946168340402981902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404350809002887333.post-34385855613011070352012-11-25T14:07:08.523-08:002012-11-25T14:07:08.523-08:00When I was younger and just starting to figure out...When I was younger and just starting to figure out how the system worked, I had no idea what poverty really looked like, or wealth. I had no idea how one could possibly live on less than $50,000 a year, or how to find anything outside of the corporate system. My childhood and my schooling only prepared me to be a cog in the machine, trained me to learn how to represent a company from a young age (literally), taught me to compete with my friends to sell more things for some corporation that, if we sold enough (without pay, of course), they might donate a small portion of their profits to my school. I was told there was no way but the corporate way, no way to function without credit and a checking account etc. <br /><br />Now that I'm older and meeting more people and more creative people, I'm learning how important the local economy is, how it's possible to meet most of your needs without mainstream corporate America, but it's not easy. It's taken years of research to find anything non-corporate, and I'm still looked at oddly for doing this. Even my Green-minded friends spend a lot of time developing corporate loyalty. <br /><br />More people need to talk about the way they live their lives that's not touched by corporations. How they find food, or make clothes, or learn new skills. If we don't have any models how can we imagine new ways to live ourselves?Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01741166832975924830noreply@blogger.com