Voluntary Simplicity (Part 2) – A Transition from Consumption A life of simplicity means different things to each of us. For me, it means second-hand clothes and only cleaning house when it’s therapeutic. For a friend of mine, it’s choosing unhurried, inexpensive pleasures like reading a good book or listening to the birds sing, rather […]
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Voluntary Simplicity
Voluntary simplicity, simply defined, is a state of mindfulness. It’s being mindful of how much we save or spend, conserve or consume, protect the Earth or plunder her. It’s being mindful of whether we see life through a lens of abundance and gratitude or a lens of scarcity and resistance. It’s deciding for ourselves, on […]