While in my third trimester of my first pregnancy, I binged episodes of the then recently released Netflix series, Tidying...
According to my kids’ daily reminders, Christmas is near. Apparently, I missed the memo. Each day, they tally up the...
The car. One of humankind’s greatest inventions. It has opened up our world, made our lives easier and enabled a...
My first apartment had one room and a tiny bathroom. As life went on and our children were born, we...
One of the most basic challenges to living simply is eating simply. It’s one thing not to clutter up a...
If you’ve never read any Thoreau, it’s time to discover him. If you have, it’s time to re-read him and...
It was when I rounded the corner of the Walmart pet food aisle and discovered that the mechanical grinding that...
Winter is a cruel master. But as the icy fist of February squeezes us in its frozen and lightless grip,...
The holiday season is undoubtedly the hardest time of year if you don’t love materialism because it’s the most manipulative...
My personal, simple world I carry with me wherever I go. My home is a suitcase and a backpack. I...
After planning the big move for quite some time, Ann and I moved from the San Francisco Bay Area to...
How many books can you read at one time? How many can you actually carry with you anywhere? Walking into...
“The Japanese view of life embraced a simple aesthetic that grew stronger as inessentials were eliminated and trimmed away.” — Tadao...
Researching the internet for information has taught me so many things. First of all, explore. Remain open and take the...
We all know what it's like to be tested. My experience currently is intense and challenging. Perhaps the quality of character that's required most of all during challenging times...
With our spades we diligently chipped away at the rocky soil under the blazing heat of the Colorado sun. A wise mentor-co-worker of mine named Soma casually mentioned...
Voluntary Simplicity has become a “modern classic” because it advocates ways of living that are vital for building a workable and meaningful future. As we awaken to an endangered world, people...
Get Satisfied: How 20 People Like You Found the Satisfaction of Enough” recently landed on my desk. It caught my attention not just because of the topic but because one of the essays—the first...
If we're to craft a successful life for ourselves and a healthy sustainable future for civilization and the Earth, we will not do so by waiting for crises to materialize and dealing with them as they...
"There's a couple of hazards in Voluntary Simplicity. One is arrogance. Another is success (artistic, commercial, personal) which leads to temptations which lead back again to Involuntary...
