Life

Everyone knows that cooking for yourself is a great way to eat good food while being frugal, and to eat healthier at the same time. But not many of us have time to cook up a fan... 03/13/2008

One of the most rewarding changes in my life in the last couple of years has been finding peace with a morning routine. I’ve made it a habit to wake before most of the wor... 03/13/2008

…thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” , Leviticus 19:18 One of the few rules I try to live my life by, and fail every day trying, is the Golden Rule . I love t... 03/13/2008

Step 1: Begin gradual exercise . Instead of trying to change your entire life with an intense weight loss plan, we’re going to start small. All you want to do is make a co... 03/13/2008

Does your filing system include stacks of paper, or is your “To Be Filed” folder overflowing? If you have trouble with filing your documents, you may need to find a... 03/13/2008

Building up an emergency fund, if you haven’t already, is one of the most important things you can do to help your finances. But you knew that. It’s common financial... 03/13/2008

he key to creating calm and simplicity in your life is creating simple systems, instead of haphazard systems of chaos that form naturally when we don’t give thought to the... 03/13/2008

Running is my zazen . It’s my meditation, my peaceful routine, my inner sanctum. In Zen Buddhism, zazen (which literally means “seated meditation”) is the cent... 03/13/2008

I have a confession to make: until recently, I was a digital packrat. While my outer life has become fairly simple, as I declutter my home and workspace, and my paper files have... 03/13/2008

Last week, I dropped my 3-year-old son Seth Isaiah and my 1-year-old daughter Noelle Cayce to daycare for the first time ever. It broke my heart to leave them there. Despite my... 03/13/2008

Any parent knows that kids create clutter like nobody’s business. It’s enough to drive a simplifier such as myself crazy. Still, with a little diligence, and a littl... 03/13/2008

I worked in the “Happiness” business. For a long time I worked in the Hospitality industry, restaurants and hotels, where I have been a busboy, host, waiter, bartend... 03/13/2008

It’s a rare person among us who doesn’t feel the need to get more organized. I consider myself fairly organized, for example, but there are times when I get a little... 03/13/2008

My dad and I were talking about his recent financial turnaround, and one of the things he said was that he loves being free of debt. My dad doesn’t have the best of credit... 03/13/2008

I can’t claim that my home is completely minimalist, but it surely isn’t cluttered, and most people I know would call it a pretty minimalist home. One recent visitor... 03/13/2008