Stopping The Cultural Noise: Meet Mary Warwick,
of Pennsylvania, who is trying hard not to let her family, including her
two-year old son, succumb to our consumer oriented culture. In this interview,
Mary talks about how she quit her job, refuses to wear a watch, and doesn't
paint her nails. "Simple living removes a lot of cultural noise (media messages)
and enables us to focus on what we really want to accomplish--not what we
want to buy at Old Navy this week."
A Vacation in the Woods Changed Her Life:
Jill Anderson Szczygiel, a mother of four, in Highland Park, New Jersey,
says a family vacation in a one-bedroom cottage in the woods inspired her
to reevaluate everything she owns and everything she does. "I am looking
to experience peace, and a renewed spirituality. I am looking to experience
having control in my life over my surroundings and activities." Read Jill's
inspiring personal journey to simplicity.
Are You Tired of The Rat Race?: Could
simple living be what you are yearning for?
Niomi F. Fredrickson, of Anacortes, Washington, became involved in a simple
living lifestyle when she returned to college as a single mother. "Living
simply is no more difficult to bear than the persistent ache of wanting more,"
she says. She now lives on an eighth of the money she once struggled to live
on. Read her remarkable journey to a simpler lifestyle.
Simple Living series: Meet Kirsten Barnes,
of Richmond,Virginia, who says her family is trying to reduce debt, watch
television less and eliminate clutter in the effort to live a simpler life.
Simplify Your Life: Tired of trying to keep
up with it all? Cynthia Ballinger, one of our expert organization columnists,
has tips on simplifying your life.
Simple Living: What is it? Do we really want
it?
Meet Franel Shepherd, 40, a homemaker in
Chesterfield, Virginia who envisions simple living as "...My husband and
I hunting through the woods for rare flowers and being very happy to see
one."
Meet a woman who changed her priorites after a
medical emergency.
Do you long for a simpler life? Deanna Smith,
of Illinois, and her family made major changes so they could live a simpler
back-to-basics lifestyle. Deanna bakes her own bread, makes her own soap,
spins wool, does laundry by hand, has limited electricity and doesn't watch
TV. Learn how she had to develop a tough skin to deal with the whispers and
comments from family and friends.
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