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Title: Inner Simplicity: 100 Ways to Regain Peace and Nourish Your Souls by Elaine St. James ISBN: 0-7868-8097-X Publisher: Hyperion Pub. Date: 04 May, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.23 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Nice little book
Comment: Elaine St. James is the "Queen" of simplicity. Not only does she give you good advice she also gives it succinctly.
One neat way to read this book is a "hint" per day. Then this little book will take you 100 days to read. You will also internalize some of the messages so much better as well. The odd thing about when you do this, sometimes you hit a particularly pertinent hint on the day you need it.
This book is separated in 6 sections and includes a reading list. I especially like books that include reading lists as they help guide you to similarly minded books.
The six sections are:
1. Things you'll want to do: General ideas for getting in touch with yourself.
2. Easy things to think about doing: Ideas to help you become aware of how to simplify.
3. More difficult things to think about doing: Some real hard steps to pare down. Some of these might be pretty difficult for some.
4.The hard stuff: Well, this is the emotional housecleaning part. Some times our heads are full.
5. Some fun stuff: Cool ideas and further tools to try.
All in all a very jam packed useful little book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Buy multiple copies -- you'll want to give to your friends!
Comment: I've bought about 10 copies of St. James' first book, "Simplify Your Life" and have given them to friends. "Inner Simplicity" came along right at the right time for me -- when I'd finally jumped off the consumerism race track, gotten rid of all the excess junk (which had me moving from house to bigger and bigger house so I'd have room for all that STUFF)... and realized it was time to start clearing out some of the internal, emotional STUFF I'd been carrying around for much longer. This book and her first are really remarkably simple, written in a self-effacing and non threatening way. St. James is totally non-judgmental. She talks about her own path in a very personal way, offering with plain sincerity some ideas for people who have started down the path to simplicity, but maybe don't know what the next step should be. I've been amazed at how many people have come into my life recently, since I've read St. James' books, who mention to me that they are sick of being "possessed by their possessions." They want to get rid of the boat, the electronics, all the "STUFF" that is supposed to make us happier, but winds up sucking our life energy. St. James says it all, much better than I can, so I always have several extra copies of both of her books on hand. Don't make the mistake, however, of forcing these books on other people -- you'll learn in Inner Simplicity that everyone has to come to this path at their own pace. If you've read through this entire review, and the books sound intriguing, it's probably time for you to read this book (or her first) and start on your own path toward Simplicity. Good luck!
Rating: 5
Summary: The universe whispers the same hints to us all - simplify...
Comment: When it comes to the art of simplifying one's life it would be hard to find a better practical guide. I highly recommend it- not because I followed it to simplify my own life, but because I found that I had already discovered practically every one of the 100 entries on my own. It was almost uncanny that I had come to the same conclusions and techniques in my own quest towards simplicity (life review, discarding nonsupportive relationships, journal keeping, wisdom literature, listening to one's inner voice, reducing media exposure, discarding useless distractions, practice dieing, weekend retreats, etc., etc., etc.) Of course the author lists Synchronicity as #10, so perhaps I shouldn't have been so surprised. It seems that the universe whispers the same hints to all of us, if we merely quiet down enough to hear.
This is not a trivial, hippy-dippy, New Age title. The author is a former business woman. While it is true that she refers to synchronicity, meditation, yoga, runes, and consulting a psychic, she does so not because it is the newest, hip, New Age fad, but rather because it represents an ancient, effective, wisdom.
One of the hundred suggestions listed is to take a year off from work and do nothing. This is sound advice- I grew immeasurably when I did this. Be cautioned, however, that the corporate world will never forgive you for this. If you try to re-enter the corporate structure this will be a permanent black mark on your work record. Of course, once you internalise the other 99 tips in the book you will probably never wish to return to the corporate hierarchy anyway....
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Title: Simplify Your Life: 100 Ways to Slow Down & Enjoy the Things That Really.... by Elaine St. James ISBN: 0786880007 Publisher: Hyperion Pub. Date: 01 May, 1994 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Living the Simple Life: Guide to Scaling Down and Enjoying More by Elaine St. James ISBN: 0786882425 Publisher: Hyperion Pub. Date: 08 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Simplify Your Work Life: Ways to Change the Way You Work So You Have More Time to Live by Elaine St. James ISBN: 0786885963 Publisher: Hyperion Pub. Date: 02 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Simplify Your Life With Kids by Elaine St. James, Vera Cole ISBN: 0740706640 Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Pub. Date: 15 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Simplify Your Christmas: 100 Ways to Reduce the Stress and Recapture the Joy of the Holidays by Elaine St James, Elaine St. James ISBN: 0836267850 Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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