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Barb McMahon

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The Joy of Not Being There Yet

Barb McMahon posted an article on Happy Simple - Nov 20, 2009, 11:06 am
No matter how often I remind myself that things are fine just the way they are, that I am fine just the way I am, there is this deep-seated push in all of us, to make things better. Or, at least, di...
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It's a Matter of Trust

Barb McMahon posted an article on Happy Simple - Nov 17, 2009, 11:47 am
Clutter. Weight gain. Financial insecurity. What do they have in common? Well, looked at from a certain angle, they can be seen to come down to the question of trust. I don’t know about yo...
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Celebrating the Unlimited Nature of Happiness

Barb McMahon posted an article on Happy Simple - Nov 13, 2009, 10:14 am
I used to believe that there was a limited supply of happiness in the world. For far too long, I truly believed that my having any happiness at all snatched it from the life of someone else, someo...
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We're All Just Pottering

Barb McMahon posted an article on Happy Simple - Nov 9, 2009, 11:44 am
“In truth, we’re all just pottering, filling the time that we have here, only we like to make ourselves feel bigger by compiling lists of importance.” - Cecelia Ahern - ‘Thank...
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Celebrating Irreverence

Barb McMahon posted an article on Happy Simple - Nov 6, 2009, 11:34 am
The economy! H1N1! The environment! Life gets serious. Hell, it’ll get downright grim if you let it. And you can spend all your days being serious and fighting serious battles and years pa...
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Does Having Less Stuff Foster Community?

Barb McMahon posted an article on Happy Simple - Nov 5, 2009, 11:45 am
If you own all the things you need, do you reach out to others less? If all your entertainment needs are met at home, do you go out into the world less? If the public library supplies all your readi...
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Thoughts on the New Ikea Catalogue

Barb McMahon posted an article on Happy Simple - Nov 3, 2009, 12:11 pm
The new Ikea catalogue came the other day. Time was when I would spend hours poring over its pages, marveling at all the great ideas. And then I would figure out how I could achieve the same end ...
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The Get Inspired! Project

Barb McMahon posted an article on Happy Simple - Nov 1, 2009, 1:51 pm
I don’t normally post on a Sunday, but I want to tell you about Toni Reece and The Get Inspired! Project. Toni has been a personal coach for more than fifteen years, focusing on inspiration ...
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Celebrating the Bonus

Barb McMahon posted an article on Happy Simple - Oct 30, 2009, 1:10 pm
This may seem like a weird thing to celebrate in a time of lay-offs and recession, but I’m not talking about the corporate bonus. I’ve never had one of those and I likely never will. W...
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What Do You Owe and to Whom?

Barb McMahon posted an article on Happy Simple - Oct 29, 2009, 11:17 am
One of my least favourite Bible stories of all time is the one about the landowner who doled out talents to three of his servants before leaving on a trip. When he got back, he praised the two who h...
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Simplify

Barb McMahon posted an article on Happy Simple - Oct 26, 2009, 11:49 am

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Celebration Friday – Reading in Bed

Barb McMahon posted an article on Happy Simple - Oct 23, 2009, 11:27 am
It’s been cold and wet here the last few days, so in between bouts of blog maintenance and job hunting, I’ve been curling up in bed with some really good library books. I’d like to ...
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How to Live Without a Dishwasher

Barb McMahon posted an article on Happy Simple - Oct 22, 2009, 12:51 pm
Strangely, even more than the TV or the dryer, it’s the confession that I don’t own a dishwasher that has people stepping away from me at parties. They must be really attached to this pa...
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There's No Comparison

Barb McMahon posted an article on Happy Simple - Oct 20, 2009, 11:58 am
Last week, I watched an episode of “Hoarders” online (A&E thoughtfully posts a few episodes of its top shows for those of us who don’t own a TV.). It’s kind of an odd show. ...
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Towards Minimalism

Barb McMahon posted an article on Happy Simple - Oct 19, 2009, 12:30 pm
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Celebrating Jammie Days

Barb McMahon posted an article on Happy Simple - Oct 16, 2009, 10:59 am
I spent most of Tuesday in my jammies, lazing about and reading. Alan had the day off and took it easy, too. It was great. On Wednesday, I was telling some friends about my laziness and they no...
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Blog Action Day – What Famine Is

Barb McMahon posted an article on Happy Simple - Oct 15, 2009, 10:47 am
Today is Blog Action Day, the day that bloggers band together to write about one topic, to make our voices heard and, hopefully, effect change. This year’s chosen topic is Climate Change. Sin...
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The Last Leaf

Barb McMahon posted an article on Happy Simple - Oct 13, 2009, 12:00 pm
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Strip Malls – WTF?

Barb McMahon posted an article on Happy Simple - Oct 12, 2009, 12:12 pm
GregHickman I’m not sure how we all got here. There are some who believe that God made us and there are others who believe that through a long series of random events we ended up here. Which...
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Celebrating the Ghosts that Haunt Us

Barb McMahon posted an article on Happy Simple - Oct 9, 2009, 12:30 pm
My Mum-in-law would have turned 80 yesterday. We would have been a huge party, too. Sadly, she died nearly 4 years ago. It sounds like a long time, but it doesn’t feel that way. Her infl...
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Security – The Non-Existent Trap

Barb McMahon posted an article on Happy Simple - Oct 5, 2009, 8:28 am
_gee_ The economy is in tatters and that has most of us just a little worried about the future, or, more specifically, our own security in the future. Lots of people saw it coming and planned ahead....
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Celebrating The One and Only You

Barb McMahon posted an article on Happy Simple - Oct 2, 2009, 1:01 pm
The world’s population is rounding up on seven billion people. An amazing statistic, all by itself. But when you consider that each and every one of those people is a unique individual and t...
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Best Uncluttering Question EVER

Barb McMahon posted an article on Happy Simple - Oct 1, 2009, 12:24 pm
I can’t take any credit for this question, but I’m so excited about it, I just have to share. I found it in this great post on decision-making over on Shawn Driscoll’s Lead the Way ...
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Sometimes the Big Adventures Happen at Home Part 2

Barb McMahon posted an article on Happy Simple - Sep 29, 2009, 12:07 pm
Just look at that potential! The other kind of big adventure that Alan and I repeatedly have is the one that involves sinking our life savings into a really old building, fixing it up and running a b...
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