Isabella Forst

Fighting the Affluenza Epidemic in America

Social Media“Our life is frittered away by detail.”

Meditation“Our life is frittered away by detail.”

Anorexia“We are determined to be starved before we are hungry.”

“We are determined to be starved before we are hungry.”

Eating in Moderation

Having Too Much Clothing“Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!”

Minimalist Furniture“Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!”

Genetically Modified Organisms“Resign yourself to the influence of the earth.”

Camping“Resign yourself to the influence of the earth.”

Lack of Social Acceptance“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.”

Support Groups“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.”

CliffsNotes“To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that will tax the reader more than any exercise which the customs of the day esteem.”

Literacy“To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that will tax the reader more than any exercise which the customs of the day esteem.”

High Levels of Stress“A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener. So our prospects brighten on the influx of better thoughts. We should be blessed if we lived in the present always, and took advantage of every accident that befell us.”

Positive Thinking“A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener. So our prospects brighten on the influx of better thoughts. We should be blessed if we lived in the present always, and took advantage of every accident that befell us.”

Shopping Addictions“Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.”

Thrift Stores“Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.”

Lack of Family Time“Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.”

Overscheduling“Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.”

Land Development“We need the tonic of wildness...At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and un-explorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because it is unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature.”

National Parks“We need the tonic of wildness...At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and un-explorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because it is unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature.”

Hating Your Job “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”

Continued Education“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”

Social Media“Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.”

Amount of Libraries“Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.”

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