What Is The Good Life

January 23, 2014April 20, 2017

Tip #23 – Define what the “good life” is for you, that does NOT include a life of goods.

It is easy to get caught up in the consumerism lifestyle of America. We think that acquiring and accumulating will make us happy. Yet our desire for simplifying is exact opposite of this mentality – that is why living this way, is so difficult. What does the “good life” look like for you? What will it take? What changes do you need to make?

Kristin’s Action Plan: A simple life I think, is “the good life” because it does not include a life of goods, but a life of contentment and peace. Onward with my desire to live with less!

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Simple Living: What Do You Value

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If you have moved before, like millions and millions do every year, you know the feeling. Where and how to pack everything away? What to keep, what not to keep? What to pack up and what should wait? Thanks to our town’s garage sale, we went through everything we owned, and purged of the unnecessary…

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Live Simply

Tip #26 – Live Simply So Others May Simply Live A few questions to ask yourself: What do you need to do to live simply? What changes can you make, to ensure that others may simply live? What are you willing to give up? What are you willing to spend more time and money on so…

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Maybe it’s because I’m just getting older, but I feel like more and more people feel alone. I think one of the big reasons is that we are constantly scrolling through other’s lives, and not taking the time to INVEST in relationships. We see what we aren’t, what we wish we were, and leave depleted,…

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