Where your wallet is — so should your time be
Growing up, our youth pastor used to remind us, “You can tell where a person’s heart is by looking at their checkbook. For where your treasure and money are — so is your heart.” At the time, I scanned my checkbook and it was easy to tell — Chick-fil-A was where my heart was. (They [...]
Where is your treasure?
Where do you hide (and find) your treasure? It’s obvious, isn’t it? The place where your treasure is, is the place you will most want to be, and end up being. – Jesus (Matthew 6:20 MSG) It’s a simple truth, regardless of your religious affiliation. You’re going to spend your time and money where your [...]
Leave some padding in your life
With two newborns at home, we’re doing our darndest to keep them on a routine and schedule. But as I’m sure every parent would agree — that can often be next to impossible. So while we’ve managed to keep things fairly inline since I started back to work last week — yesterday morning was anything [...]
Simple Manifesto #70: Leave space around things in your day
This is part of our series on Leo Babauta’s Simple Living Manifesto. We invite you to join us on the journey. The 70th idea in the manifesto is: Leave space around things in your day. Whether they’re appointments, or things you need to do, don’t stack them back-to-back. Leave a little space between things you [...]
Where do you find value?
“In the West we have a tendency to be profit-oriented, where everything is measured according to the results and we get caught up in being more and more active to generate results. In the East — especially in India — I find that people are more content to just be, to just sit around under [...]
The Simple Manifesto #21 – Spend time alone
This is part of our series on The Simple Living Manifesto. We invite you to join us on the journey. The 21st idea in the manifesto is: Spend time alone. See this list of ways to free up time for yourself — to spend in solitude. Alone time is good for you, although some people [...]
The Simple Manifesto #18 – Free up time
This is part of our series on The Simple Living Manifesto. We invite you to join us on the journey. The 18th idea in the manifesto is: Free up time. Find ways to free up time for the important stuff. That means eliminating the stuff you don’t like, cutting back on time wasters, and making [...]
