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AQSL 002: Creating a Quiet Simple Life

Friday, May 10, 2019 (Updated: Tuesday, June 16, 2026)
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Are you ready to create a quiet simple life? If you are looking for encouragement and ideas, you are in the right place. In this episode we are looking at both quiet and simple. We’ll examine what they mean and what they can look like in our home.

Please feel free to leave a comment about the content or ask a question. I’d also love to hear what you found particularly helpful or encouraging.




Podcast Show Notes

I leave a list of show notes for each podcast. These includes posts, links, and products that I mention during the podcast as well as other relevant information.

  • Dave Ramsey Debt Snowball
  • 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 (NIV) – “and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.”
  • Laura Ingalls Wilder quote – “We who live in quiet places have the opportunity to become acquainted with ourselves, to think our own thoughts and live our own lives in a way that is not possible for those keeping up with the crowd.”
  • Creating a Cozy Life – Getting Started
  • Creating a Cozy Life by Choosing the Propaganda You View
  • Daily Life and Priorities in a Creative Family
  • I Quit Facebook – My First 30 Days
  • Calling versus Clutter – The Joy of a Deliberate Life
  • My Definition of Clutter: Anything that keeps me from living out my calling and being effectively used by God.
  • Marie Kondo – The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
  • Elisabeth Elliot – Faith That Does Not Falter
  • C.S. Lewis books
  • Cal Newport blog
  • Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
  • Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
  • On Monks and Email
  • Saying “No” to Unhealthy Relationships

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  • Samson Q2U Dynamic USB Microphone Podcasting Pack and Accessory Bundle
  • Podcast Editing and Production – David Borrink

Category: Home Organization | Simple LivingTag: A Quiet Simple Life Podcast | Audio | Laura Ingalls Wilder & Little House Books

About Sallie Borrink

Sallie Schaaf Borrink is a Christian, wife, mother, homeschooler, homebody, and autodidact. She owns a home-based graphic design and web design business with her husband (DavidandSallie.com).

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  1. Cindy

    Monday, October 7, 2019 at 12:22 am

    This was so informative! Will be reading the references. C.S. Lewis books keep coming into my view. I think a trip to the library is in order. Which should I read first?
    The exciting thing was where you live. I live in Southern Illinois, at least 2 times a year we visit my aunt in Springlake! I love your area!!

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    • Sallie Borrink

      Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 2:28 pm

      Hi Cindy,

      I’m so pleased you enjoyed this podcast.

      C.S. Lewis has written so many books. It really depends on what you are looking for. For yourself or to use with children? Fiction or theology? Non-fiction?

      We just drove through Spring Lake a few weeks ago! We took a drive out to Grand Haven to see Lake Michigan and try out a longer distance for Caroline in the new car. (She struggles with car sickness.) Spring Lake is a cute little area. I’m not originally from West Michigan, but I really do like living here. So many nice little towns in addition to all that Grand Rapids has to offer.

      Sallie

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