Free E-Book
Leo Babauta, the author of “The Power of Less: the Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential – in Business and in Life.” has made available on his website a free e-book: Thriving on Less: Simplifying in a Tough Economy. To download, click here: http://thepowerofless.com/2008/12/free-ebook-thriving-on-less-simplifying-in-a-tough-economy/
from the Power of Less:
With the countless distractions that come from every corner
of modern life, it’s amazing that we’re ever able to accomplish
anything. The Power of Less demonstrates how to streamline your
life by identifying the essential and eliminating the unnecessary —
freeing you from everyday clutter and allowing you to focus on
accomplishing the goals that can change your life for the better.
This is a book I am interested in reading because I sometimes feel the unimportant is taking over my life, crowding out what’s really important-relationships. It’s okay to let myself off certain hooks – i.e. no-one will really care if the food I bring to our weekly potluck is home made or from a store except for me. It’s perfectly fine not to go into a baking and cooking frenzy at Christmastime — we don’t need the extra calories from Christmas baking anyways.
There’s only so much energy in the energy bank for me –the trick is to not feel guilty when I say no. I will get phone calls from organizations that know me asking me to volunteer my time and I wonder sometimes if people often think that just because I work from home I have the time and energy to volunteer. My days are pretty full already.
Simplify, simplify, simplify–my new “mantra” for 2010. That requires a sea change from my current thinking. I need to find more hooks to let myself off of and hopefully this book will help me to do that.
