I've lived according to a philosophy of 'décroissance', or 'de-growth', for many years now. It might have started with my childhood interest in homesteading- like “Little House on the Prairie”. To me, those resourceful, ingenious people learned how to live completely autonomously, growing their own food, making their own tools and clothes, building their own houses. As I got older, I realised the utter madness of infinite economic growth on a finite planet. I started going to meetings called 'Café Décroissance', which had conferences, films, and discussions on economic de-growth, and I was convinced. I tried to bring the concept of de-growth to every aspect of my life, which includes using my bike as transportation, eating no meat, buying as little as I can, and building my own off-grid Tiny House using natural and recycled materials. But now, after several years, I've come to a point of crisis. I feel like I'm doing everything I pos...