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a daily slow down

Say that title out loud and it sounds like a country dance. Yet the mood of this post is decidedly quieter with a lower heart rate! My regular readers know

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just sit

by Karl Pruner What is meditation? There may be as many answers as there are meditators. As a practitioner for forty four years, I can only say for sure what

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CBC interview

Minimalism! Interview with Matt Galloway, Metro Morning on CBC. https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2664874324        

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a simple move

I do not get a chance to type just about organizing very often. This is long overdue! As a minimalist, I appreciate having fewer things to wash or dust and put

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real life minimalists interview

[this post was originally written for  Francine Jay’s site Missminimalist.com, January 2015] Taking charge It was about fifteen years ago when I felt the first shift toward simplifying my life.

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no time for clocks

It is lovely to wake up to bright sunshine again. In the last couple of weeks it has been dark while preparing to go to work but since we changed

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Globe & Mail interview

Interview with Harvey Schachter of the Globe and Mail newspaper. A story about my little experiment with test subjects reporting on their experience with a ‘No Gadget Night’. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/career-advice/life-at-work/could-you-go-without-your-gadgets-for-a-night/article18776608/  

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minimalism 101

Are you a minimalist? For over 15 years I have been shedding whatever I perceive to be in my way of living a satisfying life. I don’t remember exactly how

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when the lights are out

As Earth Day approaches, (April 22nd) I have been receiving reports about the challenge I put to my readers to try a No Gadget Night (NGN). With lights off and all electronics put away,

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