A Minimalist’s Playbook: Keep Only What Brings You Joy!

Thought for today: This blog is about achieving abundance – time, money and love.  Minimalism is one way to get there. Want to find more time to enjoy things?  Want to find more money for more independence?  Find more love for a more joyful life?  Here is a great place to start: Remove joyless clutter from your home and workplace.  It clears […]

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Simplicity and Minimalism as Spiritual Tools

Thought for today: “Simplify, simplify!”  Thoreau said.  Living simply is liberating and profitable, if you release belongings on your terms, and you value what is left. A member shares: “I used to collect clutter.  Paper copies of every utility bill I had ever gotten filled several cartons.  Books I never even liked, and would never read, piled up in my closet. […]

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March 8, DA Promise Seven: “There Is Enough”

Thought for today: Although it is try that time and money are finite, we should always remember that there are almost infinite possibilities for how we spend them.  And we have the power of choice. DA promise Seven: “We will recognize that there is enough; our resources will be generous and we will share them […]

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February 8, Sponsoring Is Gratitude In Action

Thought for today: Another DA principle we practice is gratitude.  Gratitude for the progress we’ve made in our personal recovery.  Gratitude for the help and inspiration we’ve found in the Twelve Steps and Twelve Tools of DA.  And, especially, gratitude for being able to give back as a sponsor. As a sponsor we share with someone […]

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Twelve ways that decluttering helps us “live within our means, without our means defining us”.

The third DA promise states that “we will live within our means, yet our means will not define us.” Newcomers find it hard to imagine a life without feelings of deprivation, insatiable binge overspending, or exhausting overwork. But DA experience proves it is not only possible, but likely! Working the program brings about a quality […]

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