I've just come on to join the other mods in simple living.

Just a bit of background....

I've been living simply since 1996 (when I got married). Before that I was a shopper and my whole identity was caught up in what I bought and what I had. It was all about stuff. It's been a journey, but along that journey I've read many books and found simply living friends and my whole life turned around.

There are 37 weeks before 2009. During that time, each week we are going to tackle on area of our lives to simplify (along with everyone else going on in this section). I'll post a thread Monday and throughout the week people can add their suggestions or ask questions. Each week will be an independent topic so there is no need to do the whole thing. Join us on the topics that interest you.

Here is the list so you know where we're heading. It doesn't have to stop in at the end of 2008 so feel free to PM me with your ideas along the way.

I'll sticky the thread so if anyone wants to know what the next topic is, they can plan on joining us.

Here is the list for the next 37 weeks.
1. Simplifying friendships
2. Simple family time
3. A simple date.
4. Simple reading
5. Simple TV watching
6. A simple wallet
7. A simple purse
8. A simple wardrobe
9. Simple kid’s wardrobes
10. Simple birthdays
11. A simple bedroom.
12. A simple morning routine.
13. A simple cleaning routine.
14. Simple grocery shopping
15. A simple menu
16. Simple travel
17. Simple photography.
18. Simple food.
19. A simple diet.
20. Simple exercise.
21. Simple sleep.
22. A simple Sabbath
23. Simple saving.
24. A simple budget.
25. Simple debt reduction.
26. Simple banking.
27. Simple bill payments.
28. Simple gratitude.
29. Simple mindfulness.
30. A simple Thanksgiving.
31. Simple gift giving.
32. Simple Christmas routines.
33. A simple Christmas day.
34. A simple Christmas breakfast.
35. Simple gift-wrapping.
36. A simple New Year
37. Simple reflections.

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Thanks, KathrynHannah for joining us! This a great idea and I'm very excited.

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Wendy~Self-proclaimed hippie momma to Bob and Jamie

Thank you KathrynHannah for this wonderful idea! I love it! I'm excited to start! I'm on this simple path too, but my main problem is that my identity is still caught up in clothing! How did you get past that? I really would love to just have my few favorite things and know that that is enough. It's an ongoing struggle and I realize that I do buy new stuff pretty often.

Thank you!

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All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother- Abraham Lincoln

This sounds really good...I am new at simple living. Been trying to get there for about a year but slowly we are making changes to live more simply....this just seems like a good way to organize our changes!!