It’s Ok to Be Poor

Struggling Less in a World Obsessed with More

Marco Castiello

What if money wasn't the only measure of a good life?

We live in a world that constantly encourages us to earn more, achieve more and become more.

Even when we have meaningful work, people we love and reasons to feel grateful, it can be difficult to escape the feeling that we are somehow falling behind.

But what if a good life had less to do with how much we accumulate, and more to do with how we experience the life we already have?

Drawing on personal stories, encounters from his travels, observations of everyday life and philosophical reflections, Marco Castiello explores our complicated relationship with money and the expectations we place upon ourselves.

With warmth, curiosity and a little humour, It's OK to Be Poor questions familiar ideas about success, productivity, security and the meaning of enough.

It doesn't pretend that money is unimportant, or that financial difficulties can be solved simply by changing our attitude. Instead, it offers a different way of looking at the pressures that shape our lives, and invites us to make a little more room for what truly matters.

This isn't a book about getting rich. It's about struggling less and living more fully, right where we are.