Inside-Out Simplicity
My friend Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist has released his second eBook today, Inside-Out Simplicity. I was fortunate to receive an advanced copy and read it over the weekend. It’s a great read as it covers several aspects that are involved in living a simple life, namely our relationship with things, others and ourselves. Here’s [...]
The simple art of kindness
Editor’s note: This article is adapted from Leo of Zen Habits. There’s something powerfully simple, and deeply profound in the Dalai Lama’s quote: “My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.” This single word can become the central tenet of your life, if you let it: “kindness”. Kindness can guide every interaction you have [...]
19 Must Read Blogs for Married People, Plus Several More
Last year I wrote a post about 20 must read blogs for married people. This post included many of the sites I regularly read at the time … but as time has passed, some have gone away or dormant, while others have rocked along and even expanded. What follows is an updated list, and almost [...]
A Frugal Marriage Equals More Passion
Editor’s Note: Originally published March 31, 2008. For the past several months, my wife and I were making preparations to place our house on the market. We weren’t looking to move to an enormous house, but since we have two kids now, we were looking to gain another bedroom and a bit more storage space. [...]
How To Simplify Your Inbox
Alright, since you’re a reader of Simple Marriage, it’s also likely that you’re a frequenter of other blogs (although SM is your favorite of course ) This also means that you’re a person who regularly spends time online; either Tweeting, Facebooking, gaming, chatting, reading, emailing or some other feature offered via the Internet. If you’re [...]
What 39 years have taught me about life and marriage
Today is my 39th birthday. While to many this event may be far too close to one of life’s bigger milestones (turing 40), to me, my 30s have been the best years of my life. As I look back on this time of life, several things jump out. I had no idea what I was [...]
The Most Important Relationship You’ll Ever Have
Do a Google search of the word relationships and you’ll find about 178,000,000 articles, links and sites on the topic. Interestingly though, you won’t find many links and articles on the most important relationship you’ll ever have – the one you have with yourself. The relationship you have with yourself has a tremendous impact on [...]
What If? Ready, Set … Go!
Here’s part 2 of Donald Miller’s What If Challenge post. To refresh yourself with part one, read here, then proceed. Next, gather a couple of friends, some other couples or sit one evening with your spouse, read this post, pass out index cards and have people write down five “what if” questions. Now here’s the [...]
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