A mother decides to leave everything behind to live in a forest with her 5 children. Interviewed by the Daily Mail, she explains the reasons for this radical decision.
If you have seen the movie Into the Wild, This story will sound familiar to you. London Shanta, a mother of 5 children decided to live far away from everything, in a forest. This American has created a buzz on TikTok with her unusual lifestyle. Indeed, if this mother wants to live far from capitalism and the hustle and bustle of cities, she is still very present on social networks. She regularly shares her new daily life with her more than 9,000 subscribers on TikTok.
THE Daily Mail decided to interview London Shanta to better understand her motivations. “Flee capitalism and rediscover the true meaning of life”, she summarizes. Before embarking on this unusual adventure, this mother worked as a real estate agent and then a fashion stylist. Then, last August, she bought a plot of land in the woods through Facebook Marketplace. The family has took up residence in tents, while still making sure to fence the land to avoid intrusions.
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For London Shanta, the assessment is simple: goodbye bills and stress. Time spent with the children, who she teaches herself. “This decision brought me more peace than ever. Although some people may think it’s selfish towards the children, know that they are very happy”, she indicates to Daily Mail. “There are too many things happening in the world, which is why we made the decision to sacrifice our comfort so that our children grow up in total freedom. Many people think that raising money and working every day is normal, but this is not the case. God put us on Earth to live, not to survive.“
This decision to go and live in the forest is not a decision taken lightly on a whim. But rather the dream of London Shanta since a young age. “At 20, I had several contracts in fast food restaurants and I was going to school. I had no savings. I had two children, and I regularly looked at the price of land for my future life in the countryside, on my own land. Eight years later, I made my dream come true.”
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