Book description
For millions of years, humankind has used a brilliantly successful
survival strategy. If we like something, we chase after more of it: more
status, more food, more info, more stuff. Then we chase again. Its how
we survived famine, disease and disaster to colonise the world. But now,
thanks to technology, weve suddenly got more of everything than we can
ever use, enjoy or afford. That doesnt stop us from striving though and
its making us sick, tired, overweight, angry and in debt. It burns up
our personal ecologies and the planets ecology too. We urgently need to
develop a sense of enough. Our culture keeps telling us that we dont yet
have all we need to be happy, but in fact we need to nurture a new skill
the ability to bask in the bounties all around us. ENOUGH explores how
our Neolithic brain-wiring spurs us to build a world of overabundance
that keeps us hooked on more. John explains how, through adopting the
art of enoughness, we can break from this wrecking cycle. With ten
chapters on topics such as Enough food, Enough stuff, Enough hurry and
Enough information, he explores how we created the problem and gives us
practical ways to make our lives better. 'witty, self-depreciating'
John Naish writes on lifestyle issues for The Times and has been
practising what he preaches in ENOUGH for years. He lives in Brighton
with his wife but no mobile phone.
