Product Description

Whether you are looking at small solutions for cutting down the stress in your life or taking the big leap toward the simpler life, this book can be your guide.  Janet Luhrs, the nationally recognized founder and editor of the Simple Living Journal, brings together strategies, inspiration, resources, and real-life profiles of people who have slowed down, overcome obstacles, and created richer lives.

As Janet Luhrs says, "Simple living is about living deliberately.  Simple living is not about austerity, or frugality, or income level.  It's about being fully aware of why you are living your particular life, and knowing that life is one you have chosen thoughtfully.  Simple living is about designing our lives to coincide with our ideals." In The Simple Living Guide Janet Luhrs demonstrates how to live a deliberate, simpler life--and savor it.

Discover Simple Living approaches to:
Time Money Inner Simplicity Work Simple Pleasures and Romance Virtues Families Holidays Cooking and Nutrition Health and Exercise Housing Clutter Gardening Travel

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #36064 in Books
• Published on: 1997-09-01
• Released on: 1997-11-03
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 464 pages

Amazon.com
Janet Luhrs provides a thoughtful and practical guide to simplifying our busy lives. Luhrs stresses that living simply is not about being frugal, living on a tight budget, or a modest income. Rather, living simply is being fully aware of what you're doing and why you're doing it. Luhrs demonstrates through many real-life examples how you can redesign your life and learn to savor every moment.

From Library Journal
Editor and publisher of the Simple Living Journal, Luhrs has collated a valuable, comprehensive sourcebook of practical wisdom and inspiration for paring down life in order to live it to the fullest. Issues such as money, housing, work, health, nutrition, and travel are explored with a goal of "voluntary simplicity," favoring deliberate life choices over blind consumption and compulsion. A well-balanced combination of philosophical reflection, real-life anecdotes, practical strategies, and annotated reading lists make this a good addition for most public libraries.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From the Publisher
"The Simple Living Guide will open wide the road to a simpler and more fulfilling life for anyone."
--Vicki Robin, co-author of Your Money or Your Life

"Everything you ever wanted to know about simplification is in the pages of Janet Luhrs's The Simple Living Guide. It is truly an encyclopedic work."
--Elaine St. James, author of Simplify Your Life and Living the Simple Life

"Janet Luhrs has a keen eye and a big heart. With wit and wisdom, she draws an empowering map for anyone wanting to find a way of life that is more sustainable, satisfying, and soulful. The Simple Living Guide is a trove of knowledge and stories that inspire one to explore the riches of the simple life."
--Duane Elgin, author of Voluntary Simplicity and Awakening the Earth

Customer Reviews

My favorite book in the world
This is my favorite book in the world! Is that sacrilegious? That I'm a Christian and didn't say the Bible? tee hee. Anyway, I love that it describes simplicity in all the different catagories- clutter, housing, finances, etc. Simplicity is multi-faceted and the more I embrace it the happier I am. Also, I grew up learning about Henry David Thoreau, but this book helped me to understand him as a philosopher I really admire.

Don't buy this book, borrow it
The author spends too many pages chatting and not enough giving solid advice. The entire gist of the book could be boiled down to one-tenth its current size. Don't buy this book, borrow it.

I Re-read this book every year
This book has changed my life. I re-read it every year for continued inspiration.