Voluntary Simplicity 

18 years later these ideas are still valid and still ought to be practiced and perfected

Just found this and am awed. Her message is still relevant and valid.

Love you Vicki! (:

Interesting ideas.

Thank you for this ❤ I've been feeling this. My anxiety has risen a lot as I saw myself spending more, owning more, having more responsibilities and work. I had to take a very hard look at my life, it appears to be that consumption was always a polar opposite of my values. I'm a part of gen z and we grew up with consumerism. All my friends and family have reiterated these ideas. We cannot enjoy time together without spending. It's worrying. Thank you for confirming my views. I'll let you know how my life improves over the next few months.

free... to do what, pursue 'your calling'? if you really look at it, that is just an exchange- worries/thoughts about something with thoughts about something else. Is an addict free?! Free means unbound, not unbound by something just to make oneself available to get bound by something else; there is a difference between 'free' and 'free to...' and there is no difference between 'free to do X and free to do Y'- the value of X or Y are just prejudices reflecting the culture of the society one lives in, and personal preferences [that are also subject to change wiht time]

it was great until they HAD to bring God into it.....

This book helped shape my family's life. After sitting down and realizing that we didn't want or need a lot of money to live the life we wanted....in fact that sitting at a desk for 9+ hours a day was opposite of our values, my husband and I drastically changed our life. We started living on A LOT less, sold most of our belongings and our house and moved into an Airstream travel trailer. Next year we start traveling full time and working at our passions rather than our desk jobs due to having achieved financial independence. The idea that every dollar we spend = a certain amount of time doing things we hate really changes our outlook on work and how much is really enough.

Money is misrepresented many times. I quit trading my time. This woman is awesome!

Get rid of your smart phone - that would be a good start.

Wish I found about Vicki Robin years ago but I am glad I know about her teachings now. She's a great author.

Grateful for Vicki and her book!

She is very wise, great author

Most actively managed funds don't beat the market.

"I'm a Sunday Christian..." Absolutely Phuc Inn profound!

Loved this

I find it amusing that speaks about simple living yet has more things in her house than most families of five living in my neighborhood. If anyone is living simple its families in the 'Hood.

So valuable!

yes

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