Archive - Simple and Straightforward

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And five rules to help you build your own

Jan 31

On what lowering your expectations can do for your contentment levels

Feb 10

Weird, out of the ordinary things

Mar 14

How living online has exacerbated aspirational living (and what we can do about it)

Feb 17

An essay (and a quick lunchtime recipe)

Feb 22

Real examples of how great life can be when you prioritize living over stuff

Dec 13, 2022

Many of us said we would live a simpler existence from 2020 onwards. Did we manage it?

Feb 24

Paid subscribers, listen the audio version - narrated by me - here When I read Marie Kondo has “kind of given up tidying,” my heart sank through the…

Feb 3

Not simple. Hardly straightforward.

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Jan 17

A messy Catalan tradition given the Capsule Pantry treatment

Feb 8

This is how it happened

Jul 15, 2022

An alternative housing solution that is scuppered by zoning, planning permission and lifestyle aspirations

Mar 3

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