I recently began blogging for the Psychology Today Environment blog. It is really challenging but also fun. Writing in that space pushes me to connect my ideas about simple living with literature and resources that I have been using in my grad school pursuits. Most…
Recently I wrote a blog post for Psychology Today on tiny houses. It received some interesting comments and reminded me how differently we all think about simplicity. I was never attempting to say that tiny houses are the right way to go or that they…
“When Home Is a Campus Parking Lot” NYT 4/10/13 On April 10, 2013 The New York Times printed an article on a grad student who, in order to avoid racking up debt, decided to live out of his van while attending grad school. Ken Ilgunas…
A Conversation about Simple Living and Blogging A couple of weeks ago I had to opportunity to sit down with Tony Mazzocchi to discuss simple living. A couple of years ago, Tony decided to make big lifestyles changes in order to live more simply and…
What Should We Make of Millionaire Accounts about “Living With Less”? Last Sunday the New York Times printed “Living With Less. A lot Less” an op-ed by tech-entrepreneur and millionaire, Graham Hill.
As a grad student at the City University of New York, I am interested in connecting with people who are engaging in simple living lifestyles. I am hoping to better understand the motivations and perceptions of people who have chosen to live simply. I have…
Welcome! The Simplicity Archive blog was created to spread knowledge about my simple living research project and to discuss topics and questions related to simple living. I am hoping the Simplicity Archive website can serve a variety of purposes. Primarily, it is the digital home to…
