Living Slower: Simple Ideas to Eliminate Excess and Make Time for What Matters

Living Slower: Simple Ideas to Eliminate Excess and Make Time for What Matters

by Merissa A. Alink
Living Slower: Simple Ideas to Eliminate Excess and Make Time for What Matters

Living Slower: Simple Ideas to Eliminate Excess and Make Time for What Matters

by Merissa A. Alink

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Overview

In an increasingly complex and chaotic world, we yearn to live a little slower, a little simpler.

For popular lifestyle blogger Merissa A. Alink, living slower has enabled her to eat healthier, develop stronger relationships with her friends and family, save money by spending less, and have more "in-real-life" time with her kids instead of more screen time. It has given her family more time to plant gardens, can produce, and sit down to wholesome, home-cooked meals. It has allowed her to do what is needed rather than what is expected.

Now she shares the secrets to living a simpler, slower life with anyone who is tired of feeling anxious, frenzied, or disconnected from the natural rhythms of life. She helps you reevaluate your priorities, seek God first, and take small steps toward a life more in line with your values, including decluttering to create space in your home and your mind, making simple and healthy meals, taking a weekly Sabbath, limiting the influence of media, and taking time to nurture your most important relationships.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781540901637
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Publication date: 04/12/2022
Pages: 240
Sales rank: 1,135,301
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Merissa A. Alink is the blogger behind the popular Little House Living, a website that she started more than a decade ago to teach people how to live a simpler and more frugal lifestyle, including DIY projects, from-scratch recipes, gardening tips, and advice on modern homesteading. She and her husband, David, live in the Black Hills of South Dakota where Merissa homeschools their three children.

Table of Contents

1 Our (Not So) Simple Story 9

2 The Benefits of Living a Slower Life 24

5 How to Get Started 41

4 Decluttering and Minimizing 53

5 Planning Simple, Healthy Meals 69

6 Living Seasonally 83

7 Creating a Useful Space 98

8 Creating Routines 117

9 Media and Technology 129

10 Family Togetherness, Hospitality, and Fellowship 141

11 Holidays, Events, and Parties 157

12 You Have Permission to Slow Down 173

13 Living Slower 189

Afterword 207

Appendix 1 Our Family's Favorite Recipes to Make Together 211

Appendix 2 Simple Living Journaling Topics 223

Notes 230

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