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Almost there! If you haven't already checked out the first two posts in this slow living series, you can do so below: Slow Living 101: What is Slow Living? Slow Living 201: A Deep Dive into Slow Living & The Slow …
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This week I started reading Joshua Becker's eBook Simplify: 7 Guiding Principles to Help Anyone Declutter their Home and Life. Right from the get-go, it made me realize how different the aha moments are that inspire us to change the course of our …
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Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living by Shauna Niequist • Present Over Perfect documents Shauna's personal story and journey. All of the glorious ups and downs of life. The good, the bad, and the …
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Whew! That's a long book title. I suppose slowness is embodied in this book from the title to the very last word. This book is a bit different from many others I've read. It's organized into short chapters that include a quick intro or story, …
I've been driving manual transmission cars my entire life, but I had only heard the terms "downshift" and "downshifting" related to gears. A couple years ago, I was delighted to discover downshifting can apply to our lifestyles: "Change a …
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Everyone knows Gandhi from his later years — when he was “Mahatma” which means “great soul” or “the great-souled one." But, what path did he follow to get there? Was he born into a lifestyle of simple living, or did he make an intentional …
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