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Title: Complete Idiot's Guide to Simple Living by Georgene Lockwood ISBN: 0-02-863907-3 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: 21 July, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: One of my favorite books on the subject
Comment: Even after a decade and more of simple living I love reading books on simple living issues and one thing I like about The Complete Idiots Guide to Simple Living is where the author Georgene Lockwood notes in the section on The 10 Laws of Stuff that:
1. Stuff breeds. The more you have the more you need.
2. The useless stuff crowds out the good stuff.
3. Dust, bugs, rodents and moisture all love stuff. The more the better.
4. Stuff tends to stay where it lands.
5. Stuff expands to fit the space available. The more space the more stuff you think you need.
6. Over time stuff becomes invisible After living with stuff we don't see it.
7. Stuff costs you money more than once.
8. Stuff has a powerful effect on your state of mind. Useless stuff is a burden. It weighs us down.
9. Stuff takes value only when it is used.
10. Stuff doesn't make you happy, you do!
She also discusses the issue of quietness. That people who are afraid of quiet often have the most stuff because they need to always be doing something. So if we need noise and activity what is it that we fear?
And she offers great advise that when you read it you tend to go DUH ...of course that makes sense...why didn't I think of that. Like instead of six knives whose total cost is thirty dollars, and which won't hold an edge, how about buying one top quality knife that when sharpened holds an edge and is a gem to use? That the less we own the less time we spend cleaning. That when we buy a tool or appliance don't buy one that isn't multi task. As an example I bought a top dollar KitchenAid processor and it gets used all the time. Whereas the variety of cheaper tools that I had to dig thru a drawer to find were more a frustration and rarely used.
She notes in Abundance, not Excess that Paring down and living simply doesn't mean being poor. The simple life is abundant; you have everything you truly need and the time to satisfy your true, inner wants. This isn't deprivation! This is true abundance. Excess, clutter and useless stuff are the true deprivers.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Vehicle For Change
Comment: "The Idiot's Guide to Simple Living" can be enlightening and/or helpful to those folks who are new to the idea or action(s) of living more simple, more frugally, or enjoying one of the most precious things we have: time.
A former techie who went down with the dot.coms in 2001 gave this book to me. Having earned a rather high income during the mid to late 1990s this person has--absolutely nothing to show for it, except debts. Of which, won't be eradicated, or even significantly reduced for several years. As with most Americans today statistically, as their income increases their debts increase (and proportionally as well). The more money one makes the more debt they have. And, most of this debt is for things that depreciate: cars, the latest-gotta-have-electronic gizmos, and other things that show a mundane and unfulfilled life and/or banal socioeconomic status. (As Robert Kiyosaki states so adroitly, there is good debt and bad debt.) Don't buy "stuff."
For the nuts and bolts of the book, there is a convenient summary of major topics, that includes two tables of contents. A condensed table of contents as well as a detailed table of contents, for quick referencing. There is also a comprehensive index, and a list of further recommended readings.
The information in this guide will be known already for those who've chosen to live simple and for the most part debt-free. For the stereotypical American, whether earning [low or moderate incomes] this can be a vehicle to make a change to this attitude much more easier, practical, and yes--enjoyable.
Rating: 1
Summary: terrible - bleh
Comment: browse this book in person rather than buying it online sight unseen. this author has a whacked idea of what simple living means, and in many ways promotes a more complicated life... not relying on modern conveniences for instance, perhaps taking cues from the amish? yeah that really simplifies my life.
she seems to think its hip or trendy or something and although she mentions some spiritual and mental/happiness benefits, she never expounds. she's just following some -- or promoting some -- lifestyle to follow the trend. you're a fool if you fall for it and i was a fool for buying this book and further financing her endeavors.
she spends a lot of the book talking about her glorious self and her wonderful success at living simply, and her wonderful avante garde community. i guess income from being an author helps her do that, and the irony is her writing is horrible. the !...'s interspersed throughout alone drove me nuts. also i got to know about some of her dear friends as she recommended books that they also wrote.
unfortunately in addition to recommending her friends' books, she recommends other sources out of print or no longer up on the internet. great thanks i love supposed wealth of inaccessible information.
i thought i would take an open minded approach trying to just X out what i didnt like in the book and then leaving sections that were passable to peruse and contemplate... my pencil got dull fast. and i can't emphasize enough how poorly the book is written and how annoying her infomercial aerobacize-your-life pep-talk style and tone is to me. bleh.
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Title: Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship With Money and Achieving Financial Independence by Joe Dominguez, Vicki Robin ISBN: 0140286780 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Organizing your Life (3rd Edition) by Georgene Lockwood ISBN: 0028643186 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: 29 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Simple Living Guide by Janet Luhrs ISBN: 0553067966 Publisher: Broadway Books Pub. Date: 03 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Choosing Simplicity: Real People Finding Peace and Fulfillment in a Complex World by Linda Breen Pierce, Vicki Robin ISBN: 0967206715 Publisher: Gallagher Press Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Voluntary Simplicity (rev) : Toward A Way Of Life That Is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich by Duane Elgin ISBN: 0688121195 Publisher: Quill Pub. Date: 04 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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