... only in your mind's eye but recognizing them in the moment as they come up and realizing that you are, once again, not living the way you would choose to live, is the first step towards overcoming them. It's also, ... living a simple life focused on your priorities. Similar entries:What is Simple Living and Why Should I Care?When Priorities Collide: How to Keep Your HeadFrugal is More than a ...

Simple Living Contemporary interiors have a mantra: clean lines, sculptural furnishings, art, neutral elements and bold colour. ... of the minimal and uncluttered. The inclination is towards Zen elements. With an outwardly simple complexity and a deceptively obvious simplicity, it is all about easy living. The look is peaceful, restful and uncomplicated. Furniture silhouettes, clean flowing lines, ...

... 't go to that extreme at this stage in life. But what I did really like about this issue is that it focused on all the benefits to living small. Here are some of the things I see as beneficial to ... don't get me wrong, I do still have a few boxes of craft supplies and fabric, but I am definitely living with less and continually looking at what comes into our home. I really enjoy the challenge.

It is not so simple finding an old-fashioned tuna casserole recipe. My usual place to find recipes doesn't quite cut it for tuna casserole. No sorry, Taste site, that and unusual ingredients is my only complaint. I have two old-fashioned recipes, apart from our favourite, but I saw them not so long ago, then forgot where. So today I got out an old, perhaps early 80s PWMU cookbook and there ...

My leaving work in a few weeks time is causing a such a rush of thoughts about our future , and how we see ourselves living it, that I thought it might be a good idea to transfer it all from brain to paper. Live near to the sea ... mortgage Live in the sun The first things that came into my head, all a bit random but nearly all based on simple living in the sunshine. {photo credit: beepbeep_car}

It's hard to believe we have already been home two months - the same amount of time we were gone. So, although they are long overdue, here are some moments we wanted to share from our summer. We lived simply in the rugged coastal mountains of British Columbia at Beyond Malibu. We didn't take our camera out much, but here are some images from a dress-up dinner on the dock, life around ...