Voluntary simplicity is most basically characterized by the practices of mindfulness and material sufficiency. Through bringing mindfulness to our daily lives, we seek the maximum of well-being ...

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Plain and Simple,” her best-selling 1989 book, was a go-to text of the anti-materialist movement known as voluntary ...

The dictionary defines “simplicity” as being “direct, clear; free of pretense or dishonesty; free of vanity, ostentation and undue display; free of secondary complications and distractions.” In living ...

Todd Homchick, a West Hollywood building contractor, wanted to simplify his life even before Sept. 11. But the terrorist attacks gave the self-employed building contractor the impetus he needed to ...

Yesterday, I overheard our 9 yr old, Aaron, talking to his friend, Zach, who was visiting for the first time since December break. "What the heck!!" Zach began, peering in Aaron's closet. "Where are ...