Of course, you are free to think that not having a cell phone is minimalistic. I personally think of it as very liberating.
I bought a brand new MBA ($1300), Canon 60D+Lens (Right on $2k) and a Remington 700 30/.06 ($1200), so I'm not without stuff, I just pick and choose the stuff I want and don't want. We're all free to do that, and I think a lot of people forget that.
It seems like you'd much rather complain about how this isn't going to work for you than start working towards making it work for you.
I'm not complaining that it wouldn't work for me. But you posted your experience in way that I think was really not showing that this is something realistic for most people but kind of as a way, let's be honest, bragging about your acetic take on income. So don't take this the wrong way, but I think it's a little disingenuous given what you were responding to. :)
Not at all. I posted because someone asked, and because I like to show people there is always a way.
Of course my way doesn't work for everyone, but I'll bet there is a way that works for others (that likely doesn't work for me).
I'm not saying everyone should do it my way, I'm saying everyone (including you!) should work hard to find the way that works for them (and it might be a way that nobody else has done yet...)
I bought a brand new MBA ($1300), Canon 60D+Lens (Right on $2k) and a Remington 700 30/.06 ($1200), so I'm not without stuff, I just pick and choose the stuff I want and don't want. We're all free to do that, and I think a lot of people forget that.
It seems like you'd much rather complain about how this isn't going to work for you than start working towards making it work for you.