Simpler Living – Page 4 – I'm Gip Plaster

My 2012 Commitments To You, And What I Did On My Christmas Vacation

I didn’t take a Christmas vacation, but I took a couple of weeks off from posting on this blog. I’ve

This month more than any other, it’s important that we hold fast to our simple living, minimalists beliefs and not

Sometimes, buying things is genuinely necessary. That’s hard for a frugal minimalist simpleton like me to accept, but it’s true.

You may have realized this already, but the phrase “letting things go” means two things. That’s interesting to me, and

My original career intention was to get a job writing for money, but I got sidetracked through a few years

It’s easy to be biases in favor of living situations we like and against living situations we don’t like, but

Can dollar stores fit into a simple, deliberate life? They can’t be very socially responsible or life-expanding, can they? They’re

Part of living a simple, deliberate life is taking full advantage of the things in your life that can’t be

State fairs, carnivals, home and garden shows and similar vendor-oriented events don’t seem very fair to me. They don’t seem

Today, I encourage you to take a few steps back from the life of logos, mottos, slogans and brands that