Living a Simple Life While Adding a Few Luxuries

simple luxury Living a Simple Life While Adding a Few LuxuriesAre you living a simple, but enjoyable life?

Keeping your life simple makes your luxuries all the sweeter.  When your life is crowded, it is next to impossible to really enjoy what you have.

In addition, you appreciate your indulgences so much more when they are fewer and farther between.  The contrast they create makes them stand out.  So, if you want the best life possible, keep it simple.…

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Simple Beauty: 3 Ways You Can Find It

simple beauty Simple Beauty: 3 Ways You Can Find ItDo you need some simple beauty in your life?

The world is full of bad news.  Life is stressful.  Things don’t always go your way.  Sometimes it can all seem like too much.  It can be overwhelming.

How can you maintain a positive outlook and remain hopeful in the face of all this negativism?

I think the best way is to find and focus on the simple beauty of life …

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The Heaviness of Stuff (as opposed to the lightness of being)

simple living1 The Heaviness of Stuff (as opposed to the lightness of being)This is a guest post by Angela G. Horn.

In July of 2008, I came up with the brilliant idea that we should sell all our furniture. 

In our eleven year relationship we’d lived in more than twenty places, not including those interim times when we stayed with our friends before leaving for Dubai or when we came back from Canada.

Clearly, we have a penchant for moving.

Yet, still …

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Keep Christmas Simple: 5 Quick Tips to Help Stay Focused

Christmas time Keep Christmas Simple: 5 Quick Tips to Help Stay Focused Does Christmas stress you out?

Christmas should be simple and enjoyable.  It shouldn’t be a time that adds burden to your life.  It should be a time of reflection and celebration.

Of course, it is incredibly easy to fall into the traps that complicate and distort our Christmas.  They often sneak up on us without us even realizing it.

Five Things You Can Do to Keep Christmas Simple

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50 Simple And Practical Ways To Make A Positive Difference

flowers 50 Simple And Practical Ways To Make A Positive Difference Want to make a positive difference in this world?

As I live my life, I want to do simple things to make it a better place.  I want to brighten the outlook for other people.  I want to do what I can to ease their burden ever so slightly.

I don’t have the resources of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation so I have to look for simple and practical …

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Simple Living: Five Philosophies To Keep Life On Track

philosophy walk Simple Living: Five Philosophies To Keep Life On Track What philosophies do you use to guide your life?

When we fail to adopt a good philosophy of life, we often jump the rails and wind up with a mess on our hands.

Our philosophy of life provides boundaries that keep our lives on track and headed in the right direction.  A well-run life is simple and focused.

What are philosophies and how do they lead to simple living?

A …

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7 Steps for Achieving a Super Simple Life

This is a guest post by Joy from Just Plain Joy.

65f131b9 3e2d 42b1 83e3 24c659e517a2 7 Steps for Achieving a Super Simple LifeWhen I started Just Plain Joy, I wanted to create an outlet for exploring and defining a simple life. I decided I wanted to pursue a simpler life for several reasons – I wanted to save more money to invest in my child’s future, I wanted more time to spend on the things that matter most to …

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