One is often enough!

If you have duplicates of things give them away!

Don't hang onto things for a "rainy day" let go of them today and you will find that the rainy days don't come around near as often as you would think.

Share the duplicates in your life with those who don't even have one.

Give away the duplicates in your life.

Till next time!

Stop paying to spend time with your friends!

Stop hanging out in coffee shops or restaurants with your friends.
Don't bother getting tickets to the game if you can watch it on TV.

As a culture we associate "quality time" out with friends with purchasing event tickets, movie passes, meals or at the very least: coffee.

BREAK THE CYCLE!

Invite your friends to your house to watch the game, or just to hang out in your yard in the sunshine.

Friendship should be free, so often we complicate it with events, destinations and activities that detract from the "Quality"of the Quality Time.

Be Free!

Eat Simple Challenge.

Try going a whole week eating nothing but "real food".

Real Food has only one ingredient.

i.e. apple - eating an apple would be a great start.

The fewer the ingredients the better it is to eat.

Have a super week and see if you can do it!

Be a Direct Communicator

Communicate your message, nothing more.

Live in your Garage

You may feel that your 2,200 square foot house is "a bit cozy" but if you were challenged to live in your garage - could you?

The North American single car garage is a larger shelter than 86% of the world's population call a family home.

Unbelievably the amount of space we allocate for a single car would be more space than the average family of 5 in the developing world.

Downsize then downsize again, then rent out your house and live in the garage - this is the best way to maximize the rental potential of your home and make some cash.

Just make sure you disable the big door in winter - that is one chilly surprise!

Books on minimization are an oxymoron

Don't get dragged into owning another useless possession because it promises to simplify your life!

Every single book on minimizing I have ever read, seen, skimmed, downloaded or perused was not worth owning!

In order to minimize you may have to skim a chapter at your local bookstore - but DON'T BUY IT!

Libraries take the books back once you are done with them - and there is no reason to build up a library of your own about minimizing your life!

You might as well start randomly buying useless things and picking up junk off the sidewalk.

The 'Gurus' of the simple lifestyle will let you know what they did without charging you because Gurus give away true knowledge that leads to change, if you ever have to pay for advice BE WARNED!

The reason people charge for advice is greed.

People are not trying to "Help you" by selling a book - they just see a sucker and take your money while patting you on the head and taking your money.

Live with less = no more books on minimizing

Park your Car for a week

Park your car for a week and just "Make do" and see if you can simplify your life.