{"id":15632,"date":"2016-04-16T03:14:11","date_gmt":"2016-04-16T10:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becomingblog.wpengine.com\/?p=15632"},"modified":"2024-03-14T14:46:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T21:46:46","slug":"inspiring-simplicity-0416b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.becomingminimalist.com\/inspiring-simplicity-0416b\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiring Simplicity. Weekend Reads."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15633\" src=\"https:\/\/www.becomingminimalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/relaxing-tea.jpg\" alt=\"relaxing-tea\" width=\"600\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.becomingminimalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/relaxing-tea.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.becomingminimalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/relaxing-tea-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>There\u2019s more to life than buying stuff.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There are many wonderful people pursuing and promoting simplicity. Fortunately, some of them are gifted in communication and choose to encourage and inspire us with their words. I enjoy reading their unique perspective. I\u2019m sure you will too.<\/p>\n<p>So fix yourself a nice warm cup of coffee or tea on this beautiful weekend. Find a quiet moment. And enjoy some encouraging words about finding more simplicity in your life today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlive.com\/living\/index.ssf\/2016\/04\/memo_to_parents_your_adult_kid.html\">Memo to Parents: Your Adult Kids Don&#8217;t Want Your Stuff<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlive.com\">mLive<\/a> by\u00a0Marni Jameson.\u00a0Parents of grown children, please sit down. I have some harsh news for you. Your kids don&#8217;t want your stuff. Don&#8217;t take it personally. It&#8217;s not that they don&#8217;t love you. They don&#8217;t love your furniture.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2016\/04\/08\/473513620\/what-happens-when-fashion-becomes-fast-disposable-and-cheap\">What Happens When Fashion Becomes Fast, Disposable And Cheap?<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\">NPR<\/a> by\u00a0Zhai Yun Tan.\u00a0When it comes to clothes these days, maybe you should ask: What&#8217;s your waste size?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/health-science\/hoarding-is-serious-disorder--and-its-only-getting-worse-in-the-us\/2016\/04\/11\/b64a0790-f689-11e5-9804-537defcc3cf6_story.html?postshare=6171460422184296&amp;tid=ss_tw\">Hoarding Is a Serious Disorder \u2014 And It\u2019s Only Getting Worse in the U.S.<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\">The Washington Post<\/a> by\u00a0Sara Solovitch.\u00a0Studies show that compulsive hoarding affects up to 6 percent of the population, or 19 million Americans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marcandangel.com\/2016\/04\/06\/7-little-ways-to-make-life-simpler\/\">7 Little Ways to Make Life Simpler<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marcandangel.com\">Marc and Angel Hack Life<\/a> by Marc Chernoff.\u00a0Anyone can make today more complicated than it has to be, and most people will. 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