| The Art of Living for Students of Life
50+ book, essay, speech, and research summaries on: slow living, simple living, life purpose, spirituality, philosophy, psychology, & more.
Who knows how deep I had to dig into "voluntary simplicity" search results to find Katie Barton's 89-page college thesis in October 2016. It was an eye-opening breakthrough for me personally when I read it back then. I thought it was so good that …
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A couple weeks ago, I took you through an introduction and summary of Simplify Magazine Issue 001 which was all about happiness. Just a reminder that you can still get a free copy of that first issue here. Like I said in my original post, I was …
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The Facebook posts finally got me. I splurged on the $20 lifetime subscription to Simplify Magazine. And, I'm glad I did. Their approach to simple living and slow living storytelling is a unique one. I must admit I was skeptical going in, but I've …
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Essentialism by Greg McKeown — The Essentials: Let's kick things off with the Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less (Amazon) elevator pitch. If you only have one minute to read this, here you go: Definition: Author Greg McKeown says the …
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Intro to Chasing Slow I just finished reading Erin Loechner’s Chasing Slow. I purchased the book without really doing any homework on it — I guess that’s the power of a good book title. Because I didn’t know anything about it, I went into it …
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