Old Guy... I'd be really happy right now if I didn't want to eat food. It'd be really simple for two people to live on $100 a week if we didn't have to eat or go out for any reason, or do laundry!

The "voluntary simplicity movement" when applied as a cure-all is just kinda silly - as it works best for people who already HAVE a lot to re-evaluate. For those who haven't had "enough" to start with BY THEIR OWN DEFINITION OF "ENOUGH", it's rather difficult to get rid of anything in order to "simplify" things according to someone else's ideal.

True simplicity is about evaluation of YOUR OWN needs and getting to the magic "enough" for YOU, not preaching to others about what THEY need and what should be "enough" for THEM.

(From a long-time involuntary simplicity practitioner currently acting on a plan to get to "enough" for the first time ever.)