how I am becoming a free person

by Ernest Mann

(1) Stopped believing anyone had a right to order me around.

(2) Extracted myself from the mob and began making my own decisions and stopped conforming.

(3) Stopped absorbing the mass media. Then my fears began to fade away and courage and self reliance began to grow.

(4) Destroyed all of my credit cards!

(5) Cut my expenses down as low as was comfortable.

(6) Built up a reserve supply of money to enable #7.

(7) Stopped working for money as soon as was possible.

(8) Then I traveled and read a lot and learned more about myself and people.

(9) I wrote in a journal what I learned and thought and reviewed it occasionally and even published it as the LFP.

(10) I continue to learn and experiment with my freedom.

(11) I have found a work that I think needs to be done and I do this work for free. I give my product (my newsletter) to anyone free of charge.

(12) I use my savings to pay for the printing and to supply my meager needs.

(13) Should everyone else seek their own freedom we would soon have a happy sane world and things would be free for me too.