Leo Babauta

Even the most motivated of us — you, me, Tony Robbins — can feel unmotivated at times. In fact, sometimes we get into such a slump that even thinking about making...

“Simplicity is the peak of civilization.” - Jessie Sampter A simple life has a different meaning and a different value for every person. For me, it means eli...

What would you be doing tomorrow if you retired today? Let’s say you had a blank day staring at you. You didn’t have to work. You could do anything at all (alth...

If you’re like most people, you might have trouble controlling your weight. Or maybe it’s under control, but it won’t go down to where you’d like it t...

I’ve been wanting to write this post for a little while now, about an experiment I’ve been doing. For a few months, I’ve been purposely binding myself. N...

Confession time: I didn’t start planning my retirement when I was young. I didn’t give it much thought, because when you’re in your 20s, retirement seems li...

When I published the Simple Living Manifesto last week, I mentioned the concept of “enough”. It’s one of the most important concepts in simplifying your li...

“If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, ‘thank you,’ that would suffice.” - Meister Eckhart Many days, I try to humble myself and ho...

You get up in the morning, you rush to get ready for work, you rush out the door without a breakfast. Perhaps you grab a bagel and cream cheese, perhaps a muffin, perhaps an ...

In his excellent ebook about changing habits, blogging friend Scott Young described the process of forming habits as walking home through fresh snow. The first person to g...

Could you cut your personal possessions down to 100 things? Last week, in my Haiku Productivity post, I mentioned blogger Dave Bruno’s 100 thing challenge . It...

I have to admit that I have my ups and downs with the exercise habit. So I know that it’s not the easiest habit for most people, and most people’s experiences c...

What if you only worked 4 days a week? Or 5 days of 3 hours a week? Or whatever hours you decided? Last week I talked about the fine art of limiting yourself in my new Haik...

Simplifying can sometimes be overwhelming. The amount of stuff you have in your life and the amount of things you have to do can be too big a mountain to tackle. But you d...

Every day, I get emails and comments that are amazingly positive and encouraging, and in truth these messages are the very thing that sustains my blogging. However, I also ge...