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Complete Idiot's Guide to Simple Living

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Table of Contents:
I. WHAT IS SIMPLE LIVING? 1. Consuming Passions: How the World Got Un-Simple. The Many Faces of Simple Living. The Amateur Astronomer. The Activist. Leather and Lace. A Simple Mathematics Lesson. Advertising and You. Become an Analyst. Toward a Definition of Simple Living. The 10 Simple Living Principles. First Steps. Start by Stopping. Unstuff Yourself. 2. Simplicity and the Spirit. The Importance of Choice. Simplicity Lives in Silence. Breathing Lessons. Meditate Your Way to Simplicity. You Are What You Speak. Nature School: Lessons from Mom. Finding Gratitude. The Simple Life Is a Creative Life. 3. What's Old Is New Again. Transcendence and Choice. From Harvard to a Cabin in the Woods. On Walden Pond. After Walden. Lessons from Walden. Maple Sugaring in Vermont. Who Were the Nearings? Making a Simple Life in Vermont. Moving to Maine. Final Years. The Nearings' Simple Living Lessons. 4. Culture Shock: Lessons from Alternative Living. What to Ask When Looking At Other Cultures. A Visit with the "Plain People." Lifestyle and Beliefs. Lessons from the Amish. 1960s Holdovers or Pioneers? Working at Twin Oaks. The Lessons of Twin Oaks. 5. Finding Your Own Simple Living Way. Getting to Know "You." Taking Care of #1 ... That's You. Clearing the Decks. Time's a Wastin'. II. YOUR MONEY IS YOUR LIFE. 6. Going Debtless: How to Gain Your Freedom. What's Crazy? This Is. What's Debt Ever Done for You? The Meaning of Money. A Twelve-Step Program for Getting Out of Debt. Step 1: Stop Spending Now. Step 2: No More Credit. Step 3: Face the Truth. Step 4: Keep Track of Expenses. Step 5: Cut Everything in Half. Step 6: Get Help If You Need It. Step 7: Contact Your Creditors. Step 8: Create a Plan. Step 9: Pay Yourself First. Step 10: Join with Others. Step 11: Shift Your Consciousness. Step 12: Consider More Drastic Measures. Staying Debt-Free for Life. What Have You Got to Lose? 7. Earning a Life, not Just a Living. Reworking "Work." Working for Yourself. Working at Home. Are You an Entrepreneur? Finding a "Calling." New Work Choices. Making Your Life Work. 8. Location, Location! The Simple Truth About Where You Live. Start Where You Are. So You've Decided to Go! Hot for the City. Suburban Scene. Country Mouse. Movin' On. 9. How Living With Less Can Mean More. How Needy Are You? Principles for Cutting Down. The 10 Laws of Stuff. Quality, Not Quantity. Abundance, not Excess. The Less You Have, the Less You Have to Organize. Multi-Use, Not Single Use. Stop It at the Source. Is It Worth Your Essence? Unstuff Your Life. Organize the Rest. It's Not Just Your Stuff You Need to Unstuff. 10. In the Independent Republic of Finances. Organizing Your Finances. Filing So You Can Find It. Paying Bills on Automatic Pilot. Electronic Helpers. When All Else Fails. Making Your Money Make Money. Bullet-Proofing Yourself. III. SIMPLE LIVING BASICS: FOOD, CLOTHING, AND SHELTER. 11. Food Fancy: You Are What You Eat. Food, the Sustainer. Why Waste? So What's Cooking? Quick! Start Cooking. Bulk Up and Save Time. What a Load of Crock. Getting the Best Ingredients. More Ways to Simplify Your Cooking. The Well-Equipped Kitchen. How Simple Is It to Grow Your Own? 12. Fashion: Trends or Tyranny? Who Decides Your Clothing Future? Clothing as Consumption. Finding Your Own Simple Clothing Style. Clothing Craft: Doing It for Less. Watch That Wash Basket. Soap Suds. Return of the Clothes Line. Good Grooming Simplified. 13. Seeking Shelter and Keeping House. What Makes a Home? Love the One You're In! Sizing Things Up. Energy Efficient or Energy Suck? A Matter of Place. Get Organized. If It's Not Model, Why Not Remodel? Build or Buy? Housing Alternatives "Outside the Box." 14. Getting Off the Grid: Is It for You? What Pulling the Plug Can Mean. A Different Light. Whither Water? Cooking a Whole New Way. Keeping Your Cool and Staying Warm. A Line to the Outside World. Taking Care of Business. You Don't Have to Go All the Way. 15. Rethinking Getting from Here to There. Automobile: The Movie. Car Dependence. Fuel and You. How Many and How Long? Automobile: The Sequel. Human Power. Everybody in the Pool. Transportation Goes Public. Travel in a Simple Vein. Staying Home: The New Frontier. IV. FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COMMUNITY. 16. Simple Living and Relationships. The Quality Circle. Song of Myself. Significant Others: Not So Simple? Family First. A Few Choice Friends. Of Boundaries and Breaches. What Happened to the Neighborhood? 17. Raising Kids the Simple Living Way. Finding Your Own Little Kid. The Essence of Parenting. Creating Order. Setting Limits. No Shame, No Blame. Honor Personal Space. Encourage Diversity. Building a Better Family. All's Clear: Values and Boundaries. I Heard You. The Simple Baby. Where Are You Running To? 18. When You Know How to Play, Who Needs Recreation? Entertainment: Giving You the Business. Cheap (Even Free!) Thrills. When Work Is Play. Beware of Games Requiring New Clothes. 19. Circle of Community: You Can't Do It Alone. What Makes a Community? Do-It-Yourself Communities. Simplicity Circles and How to Start One. When Things Don't Work. V. WHAT IF EVERYBODY DID IT? 20. The Politics of Paring Down. Which Wing Are You? Choosing Bridges, not Poles. Simple Economics: What They Don't Want You to Know. Local Currencies. GANE--General Agreement on a New Economy. Shorter Work Hours. Self-Reliance and the Government. Making Time for Changes. 21. New Directions in Education. Education or Learning: Which Is Which? Do Schools Work? Teaching at Home. Teaching Yourself. Simple Living Is Simple Learning. 22. Future Planet: Living With the Natural Order. Losing Our Ways: The Cost of Estrangement. How Much Can We Do? I Thought You Said This Was Simple. Starting Here, Starting Now. 23. What's Rich? Defining Wealth for the Simple Life. Creating Prosperity. Definitions for a New Age. Generosity. Stewardship. Philanthropy. Beyond Simple Living. Appendix: Resource Guide. Index.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780028639079
  • Publisher: Pearson Professional Education
  • Publisher Imprint: Alpha Books
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 21 mm
  • Width: 230 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0028639073
  • Publisher Date: 09 Oct 2000
  • Binding: Paperback
  • No of Pages: 352
  • Weight: 636 gr


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