Small change: Using up what I have
hippiemommy
This is hardly a revolutionary idea, but it really hit home for me over the past year. My ex moved out with hardly anything. He took his personal possessions, a…
Voluntary Simplicity
Many hands make light work
Behold, I am blogging again! I’ve been so busy with… well, life. I’m 32 weeks pregnant, a student midwife (yay!), and of course I have my main jobs: a wife…
Living More with Less
Things in my life keep pointing to the Mennonites. I truly have no idea what that means – no conversion plans in the future – but Joe and I really…
Simple living… and walking
 Joe and I have been doing a lot of thinking recently on simplifying our lives. We took some huge steps last year, and now we’re re-evaluating the “untouchables” from…
Consumerism and the green movement
I just read this article by Michael Pollan. He makes some really good points. It sounds like he’s on board with the Food, Not Lawns movement We’ve had in this…
My new favorite book
 If you’ve been thinking about going “green” or taking yourself off of the grid as much as possible, then I really recommend this book.  I stumbled upon it…
Life goals
As you can see in my VoluntarySimplicity post, I have recently been thinking a lot about what is important to me and what is just a waste of my time.…
Voluntary simplicity
Contrary to some reports, simplicity is not about deprivation. Those practicing simplicity in North America typically are quite comfortable by global standards. They only thing they’ve given up is the…
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