Mike Wilson

I have applied to two intentional communities in Wales. I will be visiting them in the next couple of months. If all goes well, I hope to be joining one of them by spring 2009. Both are housing co-operatives (a UK concept) who grow a lot of food, minimise car use, care for the land and live the “good life”. Sounds wonderful.

Life is too short and there are so many things to do. This one fell off the bottom of my list.

I took four years off to go to art college. I’ve just about finished my Ba (hons) Fine Art. Now I need to go back to work if I am to eat regularly. I thought it would be easy. Turns out it isn’t. I have 20+ years software development experience and can’t even get an interview as I don’t have current commercial experience. Looks like I will have to do something else to make ends meet. Trouble is, I have no other marketable skills so I am likely to end up doing something boring and poorly paid.