But wait... there's less!

This is the book we're reading at the moment. The catchy title You Can Buy Happiness (and It's Cheap) sums up the theme that the best things in life don't cost much. By simplifying and focussing on what actually brings happiness, we can do less of the work we hate and live more of the life we love. There are 3 sections - The paradox of stuff (eg. the stuff you own owns you), Finding happiness through simple living, and Buying happiness. Even if you don't want to be exactly like the author, the micro-actions at the end of each chapter can help you live a life that's more "conscious and connected, sustainable and sustaining, heartfelt and happy". I thoroughly recommended it. ..it's easy to accept culturally defined yet faulty ideas of 'happiness' that are based on acquiring material wealth [but the] question isn't 'What do I need to support my current lifestyle?' the question is 'What do I want most out of life and what ...

We first got interested in tiny homes when Christine found an article of this amazing tiny home . It looks great, costs hardly anything, and looks great to live in. There is a full photo gallery of the house, along with a guided tour of the house by its creator Andrew Morrison. But it's not all about the ability to build a well-designed or cute house for a fraction of normal housing cost. It's about an alternative to the "normal" life of working longer and longer hours under more and more stress to pay for a house we hardly get to see, and buy endless amounts of junk to fill it with. That alternative can be very attractive, and the Morrison tiny house is one great example of that.