October 6, 2009
About a month ago I wrote a post called simple living myths. At the time there was a lot of blogger discussion (in my internet world) about the complexities of simple living, natural living, sustainable living. Yada yada... whatever you want to call it. Looking back I think the collision of summer and fall precipitates a lot of extra work and stress in people's lives, even those of us trying to live simply. After all, late summer is the peak of harvest, not to mention the start of shifting rhythms and routines even for us homeschooling slackers!
My internet world has been quiet lately on the subject of living the good life struggles. Maybe everybody has it all figured out now! More likely however is that we're all in our fall groove, having passed through the turmoil of late summer. Regardless I've been saving posts about the challenges (or lack thereof for some people) of simple living in my google reader to put together this "simple living isn't so simple" sweet stuff post. And yes you read that photo right. This was supposed to be posted in September but I got behind and I'm ok with that. So I left the photo as is.
Sorry if I missed someone who wrote some wicked awesome (speaking like a Mainer now) synopsis (ha!) on the simple life.
If I can take away one phrase from all these posts that I read and enjoyed it's this:
Simple is different for everyone (and often not so simple), focus on your priorities (forget the rest), enjoy this journey and be kind to others and yourself along the way.
thank thank you for these links. these are soooo up my ally and i have only read a couple of those blogs. i can see i have more new sites to add to my reader now. and thank you for the link love. this is definitely a work in progress for me. nicola http://whichname.blogspot.com
nicola's last blog post... WIP and being "kreativ"
oh, and whose loom is that in the photo? beautiful! nicola http://whichname.blogspot.com
nicola's last blog post... WIP and being "kreativ"
The loom is from the farm we visited for Maine Maple Sunday, way back in March.
ack, wish you hadn't used my example. we don't get bored with it, it's a lifestyle and it comes easy. really, i know people who do SO MUCH more than us that i often feel we aren't doing enough. but we are doing what we can and we are happy with it, so that's the most important thing.
Excellent round up. Thank you for the selection. I really enjoyed reading the articles.
I'm saving this one not because I am mentioned but because they are all such good posts. I have to tell you that my kids LOVE the pears that I canned. LOVE. I will can again next summer just for that reason. But, maybe do it with a friend or my mom to make it a bit more fun. I still remember standing at my sink for 3 hours straight that day!
This is a saver. I can't wait to have some extra time and check out each BLOG reference you gave. ~Thank You!
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Karen on Oct. 7, 2009, 12:29 a.m.
Oh yeah!!