Category Archives: Simple Living

I am not a member of the Cult of Godin. I appreciate some of Seth Godin’s insights, but I think that he’s wrong a lot of the time and I get the impression that he sometimes writes things solely for the sake of being a contrarian. However, his recent entry on digital clutter is excellent. [...]

I have been officially car-free since Monday. In practice, I’ve been without a car for approximately a month. Of course, I had my Vespa for most of this time. Hell, the weather’s been so nice that I wish I hadn’t already parked my Vespa for the winter. But, anyway, I’ve been without a car for [...]

Recently, my car died. The transmission is frakked and I can’t afford to fix it. Even if I could, I would be unwilling to pay for a repair that would cost as much or more than I paid for the car in the first place. Right now, I am car-less. I want to get to [...]

My apartment is in a state of horrible, embarrassing disarray right now. I’m not sure if I’ve just been lazy, or if I’ve been mildly depressed, but whatever the case, the place is a shit-hole at the moment. Don’t get me wrong. My apartment is a pretty nice place. I like the neighbourhood. I like [...]

Sometimes, I think it would be the best thing for me to just give away everything I owned, except for my bed, a few sets of clothing, and some dishes. I could start from scratch, uncluttered and unencumbered by stuff. Occasionally, I wish that my apartment would just burn to the ground. Not because I [...]

Yesterday was my first day of living by the “one in, two out” rule. Rather, it was the first day where I had to apply it. It felt good. I bought a small hook to hang my oven mitts on the side of the fridge. At first, I wasn’t going to count this item as [...]

For a few weeks now, I have been participating in a Simplicity Circle (Cecile Andrews, who appears to have come up with the initial concept, offers an explanation of what Simplicy Circles are, at New American Dream). In essence, a Simplicity Circle involves a small group of people gathering on a regular basis to discuss [...]