November 19th, 2004 - “The Garden Of Simplicity” By Duane Elgin
Elgin’s article describes ten types of simplicity. I think they may be useful in my book reviews. Below is the list of names he uses, with a short description of my own. The article describes them more fully, of course.
- Choiceful Simplicity; living mindfully, deliberately
- Commercial Simplicity; buying sustainable products
- Compassionate Simplicity; live simply so others can simply live
- Ecological Simplicity; environment awareness
- Elegant Simplicity; contrasted with commercialism (hard for me to understand this one)
- Frugal Simplicity; cutting back spending, becoming financially independent
- Natural Simplicity; living in the wilderness? Not sure on this one
- Political Simplicity; community and communication towards a more sustainable way of life for the world
- Soulful Simplicity; connecting spiritually to the world
- Uncluttered Simplicity; FlyLady!
February 24th, 2008 at 10:51 am EST
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