Archive for January, 2010

10 Lessons I Learned from Living Unchained: Lessons 7-10

Monday, January 18th, 2010

In my last post, I listed the first six lessons I learned from living unchained. Here are the last four.

Lesson 7: Fast Food Franchises and Chain Restaurants Have Turned Mediocre Food into a National Norm

I think it was Stan Luxenberg in Roadside Empires: How the Chains Franchised America who said that fast food chains guarantee a consistent level of mediocrity.

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10 Lessons I Learned from Living Unchained: Lessons 1-6

Monday, January 11th, 2010

Well, Lisa’s and my experiment in living an unchained life for a year ended on December 31, 2009. Now we can return — if we want — to shopping at chain stores and eating at chain restaurants. Did I gain any insights from that year year of “sacrifice”? Did I learn any lessons?

Actually, I learned quite a few lessons.

Lesson 1: Living Unchained Can Is a Balance Between

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