I am not by nature a highly disciplined person. I’m more the kind who works in large energetic fits and starts. But over time, I’ve come to see that discipline isn’t just something you’re…

I’ve written before about having my own definition of success. And while I still stand by this idea, more than ever in fact, I think it’s missing a key component. Most of us don’t…

I feel like I’m always defending the old-fashioned ways, and I’m not sure why. When it comes to frugal living, the generations before us had far more tricks up their sleeve, probably because many…

I’m all for an occasional whole-house declutter session, but in our busy family life, that’s just not something we can do very often. Maybe a few times a year if we’re being honest. Instead,…

I think a lot of people have this idea that living frugally is about deprivation, but for me, it hasn’t felt that way at all. The reason we choose to live with less than…

Often I find the best way to learn if something works for you is to try it for yourself. There’s only so much that theorizing and endlessly debating the pros and cons in your…

I proudly live my life in opposition to any of society’s values that I see competing with the good life I seek. It’s not that I’m confident I’m smarter than everyone else, I’m simply…

Because changing my own breathing habits has had such a life-changing impact on my life, I’ve decided the best way to pay it forward is by using our blog to raise awareness of this…

Like me you’ve probably heard a hundred times that being outside in nature is good for you. We believe it’s true in our head, but if we really, truly believed it, we’d change our…

I’m not a medical doctor, but as a friend, I want to point out a few bad habits that might actually be clues that something deeper is going on. We all go through rough…

I have known many different kinds of happiness in my lifetime. And I’ve come to believe that one of the simplest forms of gratitude is recognizing them in all their variety. It’s also a…

Nobody sets out to have a cluttered home, at least I don’t. It happens slowly, through a series of small tradeoffs—setting something down “just for now” or keeping things “just in case.” Each one…