Somedays I'm certain that the deciding factor in whether a person has a happy, successful life lies in whether he or she fundamentally believes they'll "be okay," and whether they don't. And most days I'm pretty certain, too, that the former have consciously chosen to adopt such a belief. Which is a sort of roundabout way of saying they've decided to have faith in positivity, rather than faith in negativity. Because if there's one ...

I knew you were at a loss for weekend plans. Somehow I just knew. That's why I've hereby decreed the span of days between now and Sunday night to be Prime Opportunity to De-Muddle The Contents of Your Media Library (you're welcome). This project is so easy your pitbull could do it. So here's what you do: Gather all the movies and cds--the ones in the car, the ones in the binder, the ones still ...

If you want to know the easiest, quickest method to cutting the clutter at home it's this: stop bringing clutter home. Say what?! I know. I realize this rule of thumb doesn't address the clutter that may already be in your house. That's okay; I have a zillion other posts aimed at just that. But Living Simply is a multi-fronted approach; what's coming in is as crucial as what's going out and what's staying. The ...

You might well be apt to mistakenly assume that today's post is merely the latest installment in John Oliver's "How Is This Still A Thing?" Series. Before you do, allow me to assuage your doubt: it sincerely still is. In households all across this fine nation of ours and beyond, whole shelves and walls and nay--rooms!--are currently occupied by disks of the audio or video variety. This might do fine enough for the time being, ...

"Can I help you?" The Lowes employee standing by the door asks me. "Yeah," I say, taking a hanging file frame I had gotten for my client out of its box. "Any idea if anyone here can cut these down for me?" "Oh," He takes them in his hand and examines them. "Hardware. Aisle 40." I snag the attention of the red-aproned man in Aisle 40. "Are you able to cut these down for me? ...