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Redbook - 15 Ways to Simplify Your Life

Sell the house. Chuck the job. Some of the advice in those less-is-more guides probably strikes you as extreme -- or extremely silly. What you really need are a few earthbound ideas for streamlining your life -- and truly enjoying it again.

The Motley Fool - Simplify Your Financial Life

Life can be so complicated that we often despair of ever getting ourselves organized. Just in the financial realm alone, we have wallets full of credit and debit cards, store cards, and insurance cards. We have brokerage accounts (often more than one), IRA accounts, 401(k) accounts, education savings accounts, home insurance, health insurance, car insurance, disability insurance (you do have disability insurance, don't you?)… and then there are bills, bills, bills. Fortunately, there are some relatively simple steps you can take to get your financial life in better order. Here are some tips.

Flexwong.com - Simple Living

We live in a frenetic, consumeristic world inundated with advertising that can get overwhelming at times. Too often we find ourselves having or wanting too much stuff, often resulting in more clutter and less time (due to working harder and longer to acquire or maintain those things) and dollars to do things we truly would rather being doing.

A way to solve this problem, therefore, is to simplify our lives, which is not living in poverty or deprivation, but focusing on doing and acquiring only things that are most important to us. Often it also means reducing or eliminating certain things we have to prevent wallowing in disorganization, debt, time-consuming maintenance, etc.

Retirement with a Purpose - Tip 1 - Spring Clean Your Life - Simplify and Live Better

Spring is here and there's truly no better time than now to simplify our lives. You can think of this as spring cleaning your life.

The number one stresser these days is that life is too fast paced. It can be difficult if not impossible to keep up. Some retirees find that they are busier than ever, doing all the things they never had a chance to do before.

When we think back to some of the beautiful moments in our lives, they are usually simple times such as viewing a gorgeous sunset panorama or going on a spontaneous picnic or perhaps a relaxed vacation by the ocean.

Web Sites

The Simplicity Resource Guide

This site was developed and is maintained by Linda Breen Pierce, founder of The Pierce Simplicity Study and author of the books, Choosing Simplicity: Real People Finding Peace and Fulfillment in a Complex World (Gallagher Press, 2000), and Simplicity Lessons: A 12-Step Guide to Living Simply (Gallagher Press, 2003).

In this site you will find a wide spectrum of resources related to voluntary simplicity, a way of life that addresses the widespread yearning in North America and other western countries for a slower pace of life with more time for joyful relationships, fulfilling work, and living one's dreams. For some, though not all, people, to live more simply involves working less, wanting less, and spending less

OrganizedHome.com

Clutter monster's come to stay? Bring space and serenity to your organized home with clutter-cutting articles. Learn the 4-box method, declutter tips and strategies. Dare to dump it:

Making Lives Simpler Newsletter

This is my newsletter for you. "Making Lives Simpler" is published to present to you life simplification news, experiences, and tips from people like you who have already begun simplifying their lives.

I look forward to sharing with you interviews and quotes from people who will offer guidelines on how you can simplify your life, announcements about upcoming events, and much more. This newsletter is a reflection of the journey we're all on, and it will change as time goes by.