The von Engelbrechten Family Quit The Rat Race For Life On A Remote Tongan Island...

The family von Engelbrechten, Boris and Karen and their sons Jack, Luca and Felix live on the remote Tongan island of Fofoa
in the Vava'u Group.
Having sailed there and spent many months there some years ago I can assure you it's one of the most beautiful places on the planet.
So who could blame them swapping the insane commute from a little village near Bath in south west England along the M4 to work in London when they could be living the dream miles from anywhere and away from the pressures of consumerism and western bureaucracy.
There's more about them here.
If you can dream it, you can do it...

Mike Hudson, The Vandog Traveller Has Everything He Needs And Very Little He Doesn't...

Mike Hudson aka The Vandog Traveller has everything he needs and very little he doesn't.
Like all of us, all he needs is enough and unlike most of us, enough is all he has.
He's one smart young man.
Like many, he longed to escape the monotony of work and everyday routines, the rat race for wont of a better phrase, and have a life filled with travel and adventure.
Some are able to do this. Some aren't.
Mike was.
He knew that if he dreamed it, he could do it and in 2013, quit his job as a systems engineer, gave away most of his worldly possessions and set about converting a rundown, ten year old van into a wonderful tiny home on wheels.
Congratulations Vandog Traveller.
You will inspire many...

Inspirational Man Escapes The Rat Race...

Dan Price from Joseph, Oregon, was intent on ridding himself of a mortgage and loved the idea of living in a Tipi.
Following his dream to simplify his life, much more so than most people would dare, he located a couple of acres and in return for a few hours work each week he lived rent free and spent three seasons in his Tipi.
Encouraged by his achievement and knowing that the first goal was always going to be the most difficult, he then built and lived in a nine by twelve foot red willow hut and after that, another even smaller building.
Then, he dug into the hillside and made a tiny underground home with a skylight. He's been living happily in his Hobbit House for ten years.
Have a look at his blog here.
Dan writes about things you may well be interested in...