Thoreau's Wisdom

"Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify."

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Simple Living Manifesto: 72 Ideas to Simplify Your Life

If you’re interested in simplifying your life, this is a great starter’s guide (if you’re not interested, move on).

The Short List
For the cynics who say that the list below is too long, there are really only two steps to simplifying:

1) Identify what’s most important to you.
2) Eliminate everything else.
Of course, that’s not terribly useful unless you can see how to apply that to different areas of your life, so I present to you the Long List.

The Long List
There can be no step-by-step guide to simplifying your life, but I’ve compiled an incomplete list of ideas that should help anyone trying to find the simple life. Not every tip will work for you — choose the ones that appeal and apply to your life.

My favorites:

1. #56 Read Walden, by Thoreau
2. #62 Create an easy-to-maintain yard
3. #72 Always ask: Will this simplify my life?

My New Year's resolution - simplify!