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All You Can Do Is Try.

What’s the worst that could happen, you don’t succeed? Will the world end because of it? I doubt it. Besides, if you never try than you never will even have the chance to succeed at all. And that is not a way to go ...Read More

The Ultimate In Simplicity: Yurt Living.

Every time I start to think about the kind of house I would like to own one day, the idea of living in a yurt keeps coming up. I can picture myself in a 20 or 30 ft diameter yurt sitting up on a ...Read More

Having Order Is A Hallmark Of Living A Simple Life.

No need to be a tyrant to your family about it, but having things kept in their place does help one to live a simple life. While I have written in the past about my learning to NOT get wrapped up in a few ...Read More

10 Ways To Simplify Your Life Starting Today.

Sure, there are plenty of self-help books, blogs, and seminars you can check out in order to help simplify your life…but many of them take a long time and a lot of practice to implement. What if you want just a few easy changes ...Read More

How I Live My Simple Life.

I have gotten a few emails lately asking about different aspects of my Simple. Organized. Life. Questions about my income, about where I live, what I do for entertainment, and what kind of car I drive. So I figured I would put together a ...Read More

The Union Of Self-Sufficiency And A Conventional Life.

Most of the self-sufficiency articles, websites and books talk about the need to reject all of conventional life and the convenience that comes along with it. Unless you desire to drag yourself out into the wilderness, eat berries all day, and waste all of ...Read More

On Moving My Office Outside & Minimizing Work Time.

This week I decided to move my desk outside to my front porch. Spring/summer is here, and I really have no excuse to stay inside anymore. I work for myself, from home, and I have a beautiful covered porch that looks out over town ...Read More

No One Cares About You.

Well, not exactly. What I mean is that no one of any importance is really judging you, even if you think they are. So many walk around with this preconceived notion that they are being evaluated and judged by other people…and actually caring that ...Read More

Summertime Early-Evening Ice Cream.

Do you remember when you were a kid when your parents took you for ice cream on an early summer evening? If not, you really missed out. I remember it being around dusk but still very warm outside, and we headed to the giant ...Read More

Slow Is Beautiful.

Portions of this post were originally published on my other site The Good Human back in 2007, but I thought the book should definitely be mentioned here as well. One of my favorite books of all time is “Slow is Beautiful – New Visions ...Read More

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