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“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.” Laura Ingalls Wilder
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“Do everything, anything, however menial, measuring not by hours or by dollars, but by love.” Amy Carmichael
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While we desire to live a quiet and simple life, sometimes we must be willing to face reality, stand up, and be counted. A quiet and simple life isn’t something we should take for granted. There are forces at work right now that would undermine our liberty and freedom to live as we choose. As …
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Have you struggled during these difficult times? Have you felt something you couldn’t quite name? It might be related to something called surge capacity. In this video, we’re going to look at what surge capacity is and some practical ways you can deal with the reality of living during difficult times. Surge Capacity & Dealing …
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“A well-spent day brings happy sleep.” Leonardo da Vinci
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This was originally published under a different title on March 11, 2009. I thought it was time to bring it back. How much things haven’t changed in the past eleven years. This was true then and is perhaps even more true today. I’m republishing it with only minor editing for readability. (You might even find …
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Many years ago I wrote The Complicated Pursuit of Simplicity in which I explored how deciding to live a simpler life may be a simple choice but the execution of that decision is not always simple. As I reference in that post, it can take seven years to completely change your lifestyle. Significant changes that …
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“A sacred regard to the authority of God ought to lead us to reject an error, however old, sanctioned by whatever authority, or however generally practiced.” C. H. Spurgeon
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In January I set myself 20 goals for 2020. I started out updating them each week in a post as a way of holding myself accountable. After about seven weeks I decided I didn’t want to do that any longer for reasons I explained in The Hours and Days Create Your Life. About the time …
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We’re currently standing on the precipice of something we cannot fully explain. We can sense it’s coming because it’s impossible to miss the signs that things are not right. At the same time, we don’t know how this “thing” will unfold. We can’t even name this thing we see right before us. We don’t know …
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If you go all the way back to the beginning of this site, I began with writing about simple living. Living a quiet life. Making deliberate choices. Those are the threads of thought that have been woven through virtually everything I’ve written whether it was about faith, parenting, homeschooling, or some other topic. I want …
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I have been asking myself this question for the past few weeks: Are we already in the next Great Depression? I’m far past the point of discussing how we got here and whether or not we did or are doing the right thing. We’re here and we aren’t going back to what was before. The …
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So like all Americans, we are adjusting to this situation. Because we homeschool and are self-employed at home, our life is not disrupted nearly as much as that of many others. For those who are now working from home and their children are no longer going to school, this will be a huge adjustment. Working …
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The goal of my website is to help you create a life of peace, understanding, and joy for you and your loved ones. This is the theme in The Simple Life Library, the free gift I give when people subscribe. This is continued in the core resource I created and continue to add to – …
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I’ve written before about sentimental items. It’s a fairly common phenomena that people have a difficult time letting go of things because of the emotions attached to them. It might be a special gift from someone or a memento of a specific event. Whatever the underlying reason, people keep items because of past associations connected …
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I do best when I have lists of things I’ve decided to do and cross the items off. I need to see right in front of me what I’ve decided to prioritize. I need to have the satisfaction of seeing items on the list crossed off. There is something about the act of crossing things …
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I don’t always choose a word for a new year, but as I was developing my goals for 2020 (which I’ll be sharing another day), I started thinking about a word that encapsulated so much of what I was thinking about and planning for the year ahead. I settled on “Beautify” for 2020. This was …
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And here is where I think many Christians, in particular, make their critical mistake as they try to manage Christmas. Rather than simplify and choose only that which is best, they try to do more and more.
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I want to write something here. I want to send out an email to my tiny remnant that re-upped their subscription when I changed email providers. (And I do mean tiny. Over 93% of my email list did NOT re-up. That’s not a typo. Less than 7% did. They are the tiny, faithful remnant.) If …
