Everything changed for Ben Hewitt when he came across Erik Gillard, one of the happiest guys he'd ever met. Gillard was living on less than $10,000 a year in small-town Vermont. He was working and living a full life, with his girlfriend and a strong circle of friends. Hewitt wanted to know how - and why - his friend got by on so few dollars. Hewitt talks to Think host Krys Boyd what he learned at noon.
Hewitt wrote about his own transformative experience in Saved: How I Quit Worrying About Money And Became The Richest Guy In The World. He now runs a small farm on 40 acres in Cabot, Vermont, with his wife and their two sons. The Hewitts "unschool" their kids, which he calls a kind of "life-learning" - interacting with nature and family instead of traditional homeschool curriculum. Hewitt's life lines up with his interest in movements that go against the grain of mainstream economy, like the "left hand economy" in Soviet Russia. He wrote about it this week on his blog.
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