About the Book
Do you want to slow down and live a simpler, slower, healthier life? free yourself from debt, embrace vintage traditions and learn how nordic lifestyle choices such as hygge and lagom can transform your wellbeing? Do you find your life cluttered? not only physically but mentally, is social media getting you down? have your digital tools become a burden? Are you unsure where to start? How to go about it? What is Simple, Slow Living?, how can lessons from the past be relevant today? How do I prioritise? How do I make a plan?
SHELVE is a totally unique framework which helps you assess six important life areas (Finance, Health, Home, Environment, People and Hobbies) and together with six tools (Simple, Slow, Vintage Living, Hygge, Lagom and Improv) create a "life project plan" tailored to your goals and priorities. This book has tips and exercises at the end of each section designed to make you question and think about where you are and start formulating or reaffirming plans on where you want to be. The book contains examples of developing your own project plan, together with templates and space for notes, making this book a perfect workbook. Editorial Review
It was a delight to read Drew James' philosophy on slowing down the pace of life & reflecting on specific areas for self-improvement.
To literally shelve all that is worrying you and celebrate the evolution of self are noble aims!
This overview including subsidiary bite-size spin-off books on specific topics - perfectly targets how to deal with life's challenges whilst also honing life's potential! With Drew, you are learning and planning in tangent.
Rosie Wall, Presenter and Reviewer Deal Radio. This book is divided as follows:
Part 1
An introduction to the SHELVE framework how to use the book.
Part 2
Life areas:
Health: Getting a good nights sleep, physical and mental exercise, diet, alcohol, smoking and vaping, plans to cut down or quit drinking and smoking/vaping
Money: Taking stock, formulating a plan, paying off debt, ways in which to save money, building a safety net
Social/People: Emotional baggage, difficult people, bullying, social media, relationship breakups, saying No, Finding and making new friends, social aspects of hygge and lagom
The Environment: Being happy with your contribution to net zero and playing your part.
Home: Finding your style, putting colour into your life, minimalism, maximalism which style suits you?
Hobbies: The importance of hobbies and leisure time, finding new hobbies
Part 3
Lifestyle Facilitators within the SHELVE methodology:
An introduction to Simple, Slow, Hygge, Lagom and Vintage Living.
Decluttering physical stuff in our personal spaces, non-physical stuff such as information we store electronically and clutter that we cannot physically touch.
The advantages of a simple slower life. How vintage living is emotionally and environmentally friendly.
The importance of Improvisation and how it can build confidence, the inner game, building reassurance.
Being the person you want to be and daring to break free from the mould and do something or be someone different.
Part 4
Creating and Implementing your "life" project plan:
Using SHELVE to create your plan, defining where you are, what you want to do or where you want to be. (To identify and prioritise areas within your plan we use the SHELVE Life Wheel, an adaptation of the Wheel of Life used in Coaching)
Prioritising and tips for successful prioritising
Setting goals the SMART way,
Creating your SHELVE Project Plan and examples of how a plan might look
Dealing with Negativity
Motivation
When you have finished this book you will have everything you need to completely transform the way you live and lead a happier more fulfilling life.
