Simple Living aka Voluntary Simplicity


	Simple Living aka Voluntary Simplicity

egsnyder

5-25-2008 8:38 AM

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simplicity, simple living, voluntary simplicity

egsnyder says:

This is a subject I find fascinating. Often confused, and emotionally charged subject, incorrectly equated, intertwined and entangled other ideas like frugality, miserliness, stinginess.

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