LIVESIMPLY MESSAGE
World Cup star, Lionel Messi, is reported to earn an annual salary alone of £50m, while Qatar is estimated to have spent upward of £200 billion hosting the competition. By comparison, CAFOD’s total income last year was £52m!
So has there been any “living simply” around this massive event? Well at least millions of families and close friendship groups have sat together for a couple of hours on a number of occasions (depending on team progress) in front of a TV screen, with a shared desire to support their nation. We are social animals; this shared family/friendship time, which strengthens bonds and reduces isolation at an individual level, is the very bedrock of living a simple life.
