simplicity sake

oops...elimitating the non-essentials may include elimintating some blogging

Our intention was to have a series of posts on Simplicity Sake about the book The Power of Less by Leo Babauta, author of the awesome blog Zen Habits. But...in reading the book, I guess we all started to actually follow Leo's advice. In cutting out non-essential tasks (one of Leo's main concepts in this book), we found that this Simplicity Sake blog was sort of...non-essential. We all had other things that were just more important, more essential.

Nonetheless, we HAVE been discussing this book quite a lot. Sometimes I will be driving up to the city to go to the San Francisco Zoo with the kids and my mom will accompany me. She'll bring the book, read a chapter on the way up and we'll discuss it throughout the day. For the last three weeks, I was in Cape Cod with Robin and we did a fair amount of journaling on what our goals for the year are and what we can eliminate as non-essential.

The Power of Less continues to be a book that I pick up over and over to read bits and pieces of, to remind myself of what is important, to center myself and recenter myself. It is an ongoing process.

As for the Simplicity Sake blog, I'm not sure where it is going. We may post here from time to time...if we find it essential. Or not. No promises.

Thanks for reading.

the power of less project: an upcoming series

We are Simplicity Sake are all reading the new book The Power of Less by Leo Babauta, author of the blog Zen Habits. It is a book club of sorts. There are three of us here so far - Linsey, Robin and Karin. We spent last weekend together, talking about our dreams, plans, goals, talents and the desire to be less stressed in our lives, while at the same time having more impact on the world around us. We picked up this book and it immediately resonated with all of us. We have decide to create a Power of Less Project here at Simplicity Sake - we all be focusing on our own goals, taking each chapter or section of the book at a time and writing about our progress.

About The Power of Less: Do Less. Get More Done. With the countless distractions that come from every corner of modern life, it’s amazing that we’re ever able to accomplish anything. The Power of Less demonstrates how to streamline your life by identifying the essential and eliminating the unnecessary — freeing you from everyday clutter and allowing you to focus on accomplishing the goals that can change your life for the better. By setting limits for yourself and making the most of the resources you already have, you’ll be able to work less, work smarter, and focus on living the life that you deserve.

We invite you to read along with us and join in the ride.