why do people dream for living in a cottage in the middle of nowhere? or becoming a farmer. or a monk in a monastery. if they are not content with their current lives what guarantees they will be content out in the woods and farmfields? is it escapism? wishful thinking? i know current society isn't good and that many would benefit from nature and more down to earth living, but abandoning everything else is really really hard. and farming is no easy work, and bloody expensive too unless you inherit shit.

sorry if wrong board but i see this topic pop up here every month.