Just before the pandemic struck Europe, the London-based young writer Jade Angeles Fitton moved to a lonely barn in the east of Devon. The nearest shop was a day's walk away. Our modern life proclaims 'connecting' as something positive. Staying within the boundaries of a lonely barn without any communication is not easy to sell as a positive experience. Being alone for a time, making peace with yourself, and spending almost nothing might become more popular in the future again. Many people are moving out of big cities like Amsterdam and London, and if they are in good shape, they might discover that the rat race is not the only way to live a good life.

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