{"id":120586,"date":"2023-10-25T15:59:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T15:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=120586"},"modified":"2023-10-25T15:59:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T15:59:46","slug":"i-havent-worn-shoes-for-over-a-decade-and-im-never-going-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/world-news\/i-havent-worn-shoes-for-over-a-decade-and-im-never-going-back\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I haven\u2019t worn shoes for over a decade and I\u2019m never going back\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A man who hasn\u2019t worn shoes for a staggering 15 years says he is will never go back.<\/p>\n

Robin Greenfield, 37, said he was inspired to say goodbye to shoes after he met a shoeless man on a university trip to New Zealand in 2008.<\/p>\n

He said he was intrigued by the person\u2019s decision and started copying him to see what it was like.<\/p>\n

After being attracted by the \u201cnatural draw\u201d he decided to continue going barefoot and hasn\u2019t stopped since then.<\/p>\n

However, he has since said that he will put on shoes in certain circumstances.<\/p>\n

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Mr Greenfield said that he will put on shoes if the situation requires it, if the temperatures drop too far, or if it’s snowing.<\/p>\n

He said that while he enjoys his barefoot lifestyle, it hasn\u2019t been without incident.<\/p>\n

He explained that he sometimes gets pieces of glass or thorns stuck in his food and that the worst places to walk barefoot are in city alleyways.<\/p>\n

Despite his pain, Mr Greenfield, an environmental activist from the USA, is trying to teach others how to embrace his barefoot habit.<\/p>\n

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Mr Greenfield said: \u201cI started walking barefoot and I loved it. It felt excellent – it was a very natural draw. I don’t recall a time having a particular reason except that it felt right.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to go barefoot, and I did it. By being barefoot in public spaces, I am often the only one.<\/p>\n

“I went to a festival last weekend where there were 5,000 people. I didn’t see a single other person that was barefoot, and I had hundreds of people looking at my feet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although Mr Greenfield is a confident barefoot walker, he explained that it took him some time to adjust.<\/p>\n