Tag Archives: simplicity

Day 12: Rest

Posted on January 12, 2014 by joshdaddy

Not a very exciting entry, I realize, but one that is actually pretty hard for me. I’m really good at doing. It’s the not doing that is more of the challenge. So today, all I am trying to do is … Continue reading →

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Day 11: Demote

Posted on January 11, 2014 by joshdaddy

A tool is only a tool if it’s something you use, right? Otherwise, it’s just clutter. Take, for instance, my kitchen tool drawer. Much like my pantry, it’s the sort of little thing that eats at me every day, but … Continue reading →

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Day 6: Stop

Posted on January 6, 2014 by joshdaddy

Today was supposed to be the first day back to school for two out of three of our kids. But a cold front has come through, with a little moisture to go with it–in Georgia, where we live, that is … Continue reading →

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Day 3: Quiet

Posted on January 3, 2014 by joshdaddy

As in: the verb. I think my fifteen minutes of sitting yesterday (which I set aside for myself this morning as well) got me thinking about how pleasant it is to be in the quiet of the house in the … Continue reading →

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Day 1: Read

Posted on January 1, 2014 by joshdaddy

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail…. Simplify, simplify. –Henry David Thoreau … Continue reading →

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