New Philosopher

TAKING REFUGE IN ANOTHER WORLD

Over a decade ago you left the metropolis of New York to move to rural Tuscany with your family for a few years. With fewer distractions in Tuscany, how did it change your lifestyle and the way you work?

My son was four years old, and we moved to a remote town in Tuscany, a property I inherited from my father, the place where I spent my childhood. We moved from a super expensive and busy life in New York – where it was all about making money to survive and just work, work, and stress – to a situation where we had no rent to pay. In New

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