Simple Productivity

I am back at work! And it feels good. I really appreciated being able to take over two months of leave to address some personal issues and recharge my batteries. However, I have realized I am born to work. Not insane hours with little to no breaks, but I definitely crave the structure that comes [...]

Top Ten Simple Living Tips

This my 100th post. As such, I wanted to make it a special one. I thought about “Top 100 Simple Living Articles,” but then I realized that might take 100 hours to compile. Then I thought maybe I’d embark on a quest to own only 100 things (yeh – that ain’t happening). Finally, I thought [...]

Speaking Less and Doing More

Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of Simply Enough. This is blog post #96. That means, I’ve written on average 1.85 blog posts per week. I’ve read that to keep an audience, you should write at least one post per week, so it looks like I’m good on that front. In the coming year, I plan [...]

St. Lucia Day and Simple Living

Today is a very special day in my home country of Sweden. It is called “Lucia Dagen” (Lucia Day). Growing up, this was one of the most exciting days of the year. We rose early, dressed in our white Lucia gowns, fixed our hair nicely under glitter “halos,” and went out on the town to [...]

What is NOT the Meaning of Life?

I have a hunch that everybody out there has asked the question “What is the meaning of life?” at least once or twice. And, if you’re like me and getting close to that dreaded midlife crisis age, you’re probably asking this question more often than not. As I was pondering this question the other week, [...]