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Tag Archives: simple living
Wisdom Wednesday: To Live Deliberately
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, … Continue reading
Wisdom Wednesday: Enough
Hearing wisdom and knowing wisdom are two different things. The usual human experience is to hear a thing, remark on its insight, and then shove it away in some dark closet of our minds, where it is forgotten and fruitless. … Continue reading
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Clutter Free
Clutter Free: Quick and Easy Steps to Simplifying Your Space © 2015 Kathi Lipp 226 pages “Enough is a beautiful thing.” Reading books about decluttering is much easier than actually doing it, which is probably why I’ve read so many … Continue reading
An uncluttered thought or two
Yesterday the library was closed in observance of Independence Day, and I have been using the time to get a little closer to my minimalist goals. This is a constant undertaking, an intermittent weekend project. Although I am frequently given … Continue reading
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter © 2018 Margaret Magnusson 128 pages Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, for old time is still a-flying. While you’re at it, … Continue reading
This and that
Well, good news and bad news. The good news is…my book buying ban is OVER, so I have five books on the way. A few are for next year, but I may try a couple beforehand: Rubbish: The Archaeology of … Continue reading
Tiny houses and zero waste
I’ve recently read two books which can be paired together nicely, so that’s what I’m doing. Enter Tiny House Living and 101 Ways to Go Zero Waste. In the last few weeks I’ve been watching Tiny House Nation … Continue reading
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A Plain Life
A Plain Life: Walking my Belief © 1998 Scott Savage 224 pages You have to be careful about working in a library. Sometimes books change your life. Scott Savage and his wife were both librarians whose environmental interests put them … Continue reading
Minimalism
Minimalism: The Path to an Organized, Stress-free and Decluttered Lifepub. Gwyneth Snow, 2017207 pages Although I associate minimalism with the mindset of people on YouTube who own less than a hundred things, or live out of a 2-liter backpack, the … Continue reading
Affluenza
Affluenza: the All-Consuming Epidemic© 2001, 2004, 2014 John de Graaf, David Wann, Thomas Naylor288 pages In getting and spending, we lay waste to all our powers — so sayeth the poet. Originally published in 2001, Affluenza is a critique of consumerism, … Continue reading