The Sad Story of Justin Case
Once upon a time, there was a man named Justin Case. He was 36 and lived in a 3500 sq ft. home with his wife and 2 children. He had a first and a second, and a 2 car garage. He fit 1 car and it’s $450 payment inside the garage and the other sat [...]
A Reason for Change
I am not the same person I was 5 years ago. I changed my life and life changed me right back. I am more attentive, rested, hopeful and more fun to be around. I care about completly different things than I used to, and want a different future than I had planned. I don’t say [...]
If Less is Best, Why Do I Still Want a Porsche?
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Arvind Devalia, speed demon and blogger at Make it Happen. What’s the one thing you have always wanted? For me it’s a Porsche. Yes, really. Like Courtney Carver and many of the regular readers here on Be More with Less, I aim to live a minimalist lifestyle. [...]
Undo Your To Do List Habit
Are you a list maker? At anytime, I have a daily To Do list, grocery list, To Do later list and other lists of thoughts and inspiration. All the jobs I’ve had included tracking calls and goals and other information. More lists. Months and years ago, when I first considered a life of self employment, [...]
How I Lost my Job on Purpose
I quit my job two weeks ago. I didn’t quit my job because I hated what I was doing. I didn’t quit my job because I wasn’t making great money. I didn’t quit my job because I wasn’t good at it. I quit my job because I wanted to do something else more. I quit [...]
make time: mini-mission
Days fly by. Summers get shorter as we get older, and all too often, life ends too soon. I’ve never met a single person wishing for less time. Instead, we want more hours in the day, or an extra day on the end of a weekend. We all want more of this precious resource. This [...]
Basking in the Glow of Un-productivity
This weekend I had a house to clean, posts to write, emails to send and new projects to plan. As I write this post, much all of what I had to do is left undone. A year ago, or maybe less, I would have been mad at my lack of productivity. I would have scowled [...]
5 Reasons to Start Before You are Ready
In most circumstances, being prepared is highly overrated. Have you ever spent more time getting ready for something than you did actually doing the something? From blogging to exercising, changing careers or launching a new business, you can get lost in getting ready. While some preparing is necessary, be mindful of your actions. There is [...]
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