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 FoAM Brussels being a temple of cooking, I spent some time trying [[http://lib.fo.am/michka/know-hows/recipes|a few recipes]], and cooking lunch occasionally to the FoAM team.
-It also helped in the body-mind reconnexion process.
+In addition to reducing my reliance on industrial food, it also helped me decelerating & reconnecting body & mind.
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 I wish I could bring part of this way of teaching to my engineering school, as I think it would help have engineers concerned with society, conscious of their personal issues, and more able to question the myths and taboos of the society they live in.
+===Gardening===
+{{ :michka:gardening.jpg?400 |}}
+One of the initial objectives of this year was also to learn practical know-hows to include more DIY in my daily life.
+FoAM Brussels gave me a "carte blanche" for a garden on their small balcony. I went to purchase seeds to the marvelous [[|http://www.bio-logiques.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=175:fraternites-ouvrieres-a-mouscron&catid=100&Itemid=518|Fraternités Ouvrières]] garden, and started some seedlings. Which died when I travelled - see below. I started again some seedlings, which died again. A few lived through my periodic travels, and managed to give some fruits - mainly red radishes, carrots and tomatoes - both yellow and red.
+This experiment in itself gave me an idea of how hard it is to rely on my own food production, and how devoted and sedentary I had to be. Which made me re-think completely the self-sufficient hypothesis.
+====Spring - Seeding====
+After decelerating, and hitting in different ways the reality wall, I needed to plant seeds of what a post-Transiency life could be. I was lucky, it was Spring, a good period to plant seeds.
+===Reading===
+I needed to feel inspired, and learn from others' experiments. So I picked up two experiment-based books from my reading list: [[http://www.moneylessmanifesto.org/the-moneyless-man-book/|The Moneyless Man]], and [[http://fourhourworkweek.com/|The Four Hour Workweek]].
+The Moneyless Man is about the experiment Mark Boyle performed over one year. He tried to live without earning, spending or using any money during one year. It is great book, easy to read, and full of tips on how to reduce your reliance on a destructive monetary economy. However, I could not find any answers to the two most pressing questions I had with moneyless lifestyle:
+   * How to get healed in case of a big incident ? Mark Boyle relied on the rights he precently acquired to the British Security system. However, the book gives hints on how to self-heal yourself with plants, and how mutual aid provides you help when you deeply need it.
+   * What happens to your social life with less coherent people ? Mark Boyle says that it was one of the most difficult aspect of his experiment. He could not spend time with friends in money-based social activities, which is OK for one year, but for more ? Does it make sense to transform your social network for the sake of coherence ?
+I think it is important for me to be able to meet people which opinions are far away from mines, to understand better their viewpoints and what builds the difference between me and them. I have the feeling that if I live such a life, I will cut myself out of such opportunities.
+The Four Hour Workweek is a book about entrepreneurship. This world has always interested me, as I like the strength and perseverance of people getting involved in the creation of a company. However, I always felt distant from them in the sense that I am not attracted by the idea of devoting all my time to one single project, thereby risking to lose everything in case of failure.
+This book gave me a quite uncommon answer. What if your company was designed to bring you money back to do whatever you want to do ? Even though I do not agree with all the strategies proposed in this book, I like the idea of designing your income source so that you can maximize your freedom of lifestyle - and not necessarily try to merge both. It was a very pleasant, inspiring and thought-provoking read.
+The full reading list of this year is available [[http://lib.fo.am/michka/reading_list|here]].
+===Traveling===