We’re Too Busy to Live: Why Simplicity Matters More Than Ever
“It is not enough to be busy… The question is: what are we busy about?” ~ Henry David Thoreau Photo by Ewan Z on Unsplash A Life Filled, But Not Fel…
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Why Living a Simple Life Feels Radical Today
“The greatest step towards a life of simplicity is to learn to let go.” ~ Steve Maraboli Photo by Truong Tuyet Ly on Unsplash A Different Kind of Reb…
The Hidden Psychology Behind Living a Simple Life
“The greatest wealth is to live content with little.” ~ Plato Photo by Myrlene NUMA on Unsplash Simplicity Is Not What It Seems At first glance, a si…
Why Simplicity Is More About Letting Go Than Owning Less
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci Illustration by Hanin Abouzeid on Unsplash The Common Misunderstanding of Simplicity…
Minimalism Won’t Fix Your Life—But This Will
“Wherever you go, there you are.” ~ Jon Kabat-Zinn Photo by Birger Strahl on Unsplash The Promise of Minimalism Minimalism has become a powerful idea…
15 Small Habits That Will Simplify Your Life
“We don’t rise to the level of our goals, we fall to the level of our habits.” ~ James Clear Why Simplicity Is Built Through Small Habits A simple li…
The Quiet Joy of Living a Simple Life
“Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.” ~ Thomas Merton The Kind of Joy We Often Overlook When we think a…
The Simple Life: Less Stuff, More Connection
“The greatest wealth is to live content with little.” ~ Plato The More We Have, the Less We Feel It’s easy to believe that more leads to better. Mor…
The Simple Life vs The Productivity Obsession
“Beware the barrenness of a busy life.” ~ Socrates The Rise of Productivity as a Lifestyle Productivity used to be a tool. Something we used to get i…
Doing Less Might Be the Most Important Thing You Do
“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” ~ Hans Hofmann The Pressure to Do More For most of us, …
The Art of Letting Go: The Heart of a Simple Life
“Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.” ~ Hermann Hesse Why Letting Go Feels So Difficult Letting go sounds si…
Living the Simple Life in a World That Never Slows Down
“Beware the barrenness of a busy life.” ~ Socrates The Illusion of a Busy Life For a long time, I thought a meaningful life was a busy one. A full ca…
How to Live a Simple Life Without Escaping the Real World
“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” ~ Confucius The Myth of Escaping to Simplicity When people think about living a simp…
Bento Culture and Japanese Daily Life
A bento is more than lunch in Japan. In contemporary Japan, the lunchbox known as bento reflects daily discipline, aesthetics, and social expectation…