Simplicity
Getting Off The Merry-Go-Round of Consumerism
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Struggling with Enough
One of the greatest struggles I have had with simplification is determining when I have enough. Enough money, enough stuff, enough food, enough time. I figured out one reason why this has been so hard:
We Are A Society of Consumers
This didn’t happen overnight, and some argue this is an outgrowth [...]
Quick Simplicity: Clean up Your Keys
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Have you taken a look at the ring of keys you carry with you? Chances are, this bulky object has grown larger over the years. Most of us carry bunches of keys with us daily, adding to the weight we must slog around. And yet how many of these keys are actually used [...]
Get Rid of Unnecessary Commitments Once and For All
“Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but that mark of a fake messiah.” –Richard Bach
Overview
Our lives are packed with commitments. We have commitments to ourselves, family members, outside organizations all crowding our schedules. From time to time [...]
Is Simplifying A Lost Cause?
“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” — Hans Hofmann
Recently, I came across an article that saddened me. Over at MallosWorld, it was asked, Simplifying Our Lives: Is It A Lost Cause?. I debated commenting on the article itself, but decided I needed more room for my [...]
First Steps In Simplicity: How To Determine What Is Important
One of the things to do when you simplify is to figure out what is important, and get rid of the rest. It applies to jobs, people, activities and possessions. But the hard part is figuring out what is important to begin with.
The web isn’t much help. The top two articles returned on my search [...]
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