The Man Who Lives Without Money
I read an article about a guy named Josh Stevens who took a pledge to live without money. He started six months ago in May by pledging to a company called Groupon that he would live off their Groupons for a full year. Groupon is a coupon company that basically charges half of what a product is worth. For example, you pay Groupon $50 for $100 massage. Then they split the profit with the company that they received the deal from.
Six months ago, Josh Stevens was going to enter into business school until an opportunity had a presented itself. Groupon was offering $100,000 grand prize for a contest that required the participator to live off only Groupons for the year. They supply him with an unlimited supply of free Groupons as long as he used them as his only form of currency. This requires some creativity because you can only get Groupons for certain items. Stevens said that he had to wear a suit made of paper when he started last May because there were no Groupons for real clothes available at the time. He also mentions that the best way to explore a new city is to get lost, instead of sticking to a plan and only seeing certain sights. He said that it is one of the most inexpensive ways to see good parts of a city that you would not normally see if you were traveling with money.
I think that this is a great idea for someone who doesn’t have a job or responsibilities. If you have a job, there is no way that you are going to be able to wear a suit made of paper to work. If you have responsibilities to a family with children or a job you cannot go for a year living on Groupons. This would be a great experience for a college student or a single person to have. Personally, I would not try doing this because I do not think that I would be able to handle living on coupons. We think that it is bad living from paycheck to pay check, well I can about imagine what it must feel like living coupon to coupon.
Hi Ryan,
ReplyDeleteI definetly agree that I would not be able to live off of coupons lol! It just seems unrealistic to me to for a person to live this way unless, like you said the person has no family or big responsibilities. Although I do give this man cudos for going to work in a paper suit haha.