For some reason lately I’ve been thinking about home: what makes a home, what feels like home. Back in the old days, homes were modest. Heck, way back when, they were more than modest: they were just small. This one, for instance, built in the 1850s, is the size of a postage stamp. But it [...]
It seems many individuals are trying to subtract things from their lives. …eat less …spend less …get rid of clutter …be less stressed In fact, there’s an entire “less is more” philosophy and movement underway that subscribes to simplicity and minimalism. I’m a big proponent of less is more, which sometimes gets a bad wrap [...]
A friend called me the other day in a state of overwhelm. She had finally decided to tackle the clutter that filled her home, but was struggling to find a strategy that felt both right and doable. Her first inclination was to organize. Most of us have been down that road where we organize our [...]
Teleclass: Simplified Living—Learn to Live a “Less is More” Life Location: FREE Teleclass Date: December 13, 2010 Time: 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm EST Website http://www.gracestreetgroup.com/teleclass-simplified-living Description What would you do with an extra 6 hours each day? Imagine each day is now 30 hours in length. What would those extra hours of “found” time [...]
There seem to be two types of people: those with Big Goals and those without. I feel happy and blessed to count myself among the first group. So what is a Big Goal? In short, it’s whatever you decide it is. Because a Big Goal to one person might not be such a Big Goal [...]
I was out and about in the world today and noticed something striking, something peculiar. Hardly anyone was smiling. Not the people I passed on the sidewalk. Not those driving in their cars. I saw couples sitting together at restaurants with barely a smile between them. I saw clerks in stores and customers at cafes [...]
