Joshua Becker, author of becoming minamalist and Simplify is releasing his new book, Inside Out Simplicity today. I was lucky enough to get an advance copy of it and I devoured it last night. It’s great! Whereas in Simplify, Becker lays out his ideas behind rational minimalism and tips for decluttering your home and life, [...]

I think it’s time to let the cat out of the bag and help push my motivation forward towards finishing my new book. While writing posts for We Live Simply, I’ve also slowly been working on my next book, Destroying the Warehouse Mentality: Stop hoarding and declutter your life. While I wrote my last book [...]

This is part of our series on Leo Babauta’s Simple Living Manifesto. We invite you to join us on the journey. The 44th idea in the manifesto is: Try living without a car. OK, this isn’t something I’ve done, but many others have. It’s something I would do if I didn’t have kids. Walk, bike, [...]

Since starting this living simply journey this year, I’ve already read a several great books by folks who have been practicing the simple life/minimalist life for a good deal longer than me. While I’ve gained great insight from each of them, none of them have struck a chord quite as closely as Joshua Becker’s new [...]

Wednesday we talked about The Simple Living Manifesto by Zen Habbits (aka Leo Babauta). If you recall, the Simple Living Manifesto begins with two goals: Identify what’s most important to you. Eliminate everything else. In The Simple Guide to a Minimalist Life, Babauta takes those basic ideas and adds three more to it: Omit needless [...]

Looking for some extended reading? Author John December has made his self-published book, “Live Simple“, available for reading online for FREE – or only $4 for the downloadable e-book version. Are you a “human doing”– running from place to place, over-scheduled, over-committed, with your priorities lost in the trivia of life? If so, this book [...]