Simple Living Archive

While you can usually change your mind once you’ve started something, the fact remains that in the end there are no “life do-overs” for anyone. There are no second chances at life. You can change direction, forge a new path, or reinvent yourself several ...Read More

About a month ago I closed my Facebook account. After spending months thinking about it while always wasting time checking it throughout the day (for what, I don’t know), I decided it was time to close it. I tried digital sabbaticals and it wasn’t ...Read More

(Updated from original article published in 2009) The only way to even begin to live a purposeful, simple life is to give up any notion that you are in competition with any other single person. Life is not a game, it’s not a test, ...Read More

So, what’s going on, Man? I have gotten a few of these emails lately, so figured I would write up something real quick to answer the question… Well, let me tell you – things are a-changing over here and in my life at this ...Read More

Do you ever log onto Twitter or Facebook at odd times and still see the same people online? It seems no matter what time I check Twitter, a lot of the same people are saying the same stuff they were saying last time I ...Read More

It’s not about “inbox zero”. It’s not about owning only 100 items. It’s not about living in an empty house devoid of any personality at all. It’s not about perfection. It’s not about having a complicated system in place to deal with your email. ...Read More

I am currently re-reading the book Radical Simplicity: Small Footprints On A Finite Earth by Jim Merkel, and I cannot recommend it enough to anyone looking to radically simplify and slow down their lives. I have read a lot of simple living books, all ...Read More