The Joy of Simple Living : Over 1,500 Simple Ways to Make Your Life Easy and Content-- At Home and At Work

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Summary: This is highly worthwhile book.
Review: "Not only does it give dozens and dozens of suggestions on how to simplify every area of your life, it then goes on to simplifying your office, your desk, your commute, your holidays, vacations and so on. What's more, every chapter is packed with stuff that makes it easy to get through the chapter such as a feature called, How complex can it get?, which is a humorous antidote about someone or something that represents the extreme opposite of simplicity. Other features such as boxes and vignettes are all highly readable. Even though the book is almost five hundred pages, it is actually quite easy to get through. If here and there some of these suggestions represent too much of a leap there are dozens of others that offer great value. I highly recommend this book"

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Summary: A Great Help!
Review: I can make my comments about this very simple- this is a great book that will help anyone. There is so much here you can't help but find some highly relevant tips no matter what kind of complexity you are facing. In particular the section about simplifying your bedroom, your garage, and your commute stand but as "must have" information.

Rating:
Summary: A Great Help!
Review: I can make my comments about this very simple- this is a great book that will help anyone. There is so much here you can't help but find some highly relevant tips no matter what kind of complexity you are facing. In particular the section about simplifying your bedroom, your garage, and your commute stand but as "must have" information.

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Summary: the joy of simple living
Review: I got this book as a gift and at first was a little intimidated by its size, about 480 pages. I though to myself it takes this many words to tell me how to simplify my life? Then, I realized that there were so many topics covered within the book that it all made sense. There are ways to simplify your finances, all the rooms of your home, your office at work, your relationships, even your level of fitness. The author draws on practical proven age old advise as well as offering quite a bit of innovative suggestions I have not seen anyplace else. This blend of the old and the new makes for a most enjoyable read. I would recommend this book to anyone who owns a house and/or has accumulated a lot of stuff over the years.

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Summary: A very useful book
Review: Off all the books out there on the topic of simplicity, this one has to take the cake for the range of ideas offered. There are something like 1,800 in total. Don't let that throw you; as the author states at the outset, the book isn't meant to be read cover-to-cover. Rather, it's a compendium of ideas that your turn to as you notice complexity creeping into your life. For example, if you kitchen is a total mess, or your office, or your car, you turn to that chapter and get anywhere from twenty to fifty ideas on how to make things more simple. Mark Victor Hansen, the Chicken Soup for the Soul co-author, is the forward author for this book. That says a lot.

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Summary: Lots of great ideas, easy to read
Review: Thank God I can send this book back. There is not a single new idea in it. The author just repackaged ideas that have been around forever. He even gives credit to a few magazine articles where these thoughts we gleanned from. Since when is a cell phone a tool of simplicity? Once again Rodale Press is the great repackager of common ideas. Terrible book!

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Summary: A Comprehensive Book on Simple Living
Review: The Joy of Simple Living is a joy to read. The whole way through, I felt as if the author knew exactly what I was up against and what I needed to do next. At times, it seems as if his writing was directed solely at me. It is spooky! The really great thing about this book is that once you have it you really don't need any other books on simplicity. This one will do it all for you. You can't try to read the whole thing at once it is too big. By focusing on one room of your house at a time or one aspect at a time, however, I think that you can make great strides. The author offers very practical advise in a very straightforward manner. There is so much here that I think this book will last me for years.

Rating:
Summary: A Comprehensive Book on Simple Living
Review: The Joy of Simple Living is a joy to read. The whole way through, I felt as if the author knew exactly what I was up against and what I needed to do next. At times, it seems as if his writing was directed solely at me. It is spooky! The really great thing about this book is that once you have it you really don't need any other books on simplicity. This one will do it all for you. You can't try to read the whole thing at once it is too big. By focusing on one room of your house at a time or one aspect at a time, however, I think that you can make great strides. The author offers very practical advise in a very straightforward manner. There is so much here that I think this book will last me for years.