The Simple Living Guide
Author: Janet Luhrs
List Price: $21.95
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ISBN: 0553067966
Publisher: Broadway Books (03 November, 1997)
Sales Rank: 11,153
Average Customer Rating: 4.49 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 3 out of 5
Intelligent, informative, flexible, soul-searching.
Unlike what other readers have described, Luhr's book is not extremist: in fact, the author gives numerous examples of others who use some basic strategies of Simple Living who are not on the lower scale of income. It seems that the point of the book has been missed for those readers. Rather, Luhr makes us ask ourselves a difficult question: what really IS important to you in life? No answer is definitely given. Instead, Luhr gives us a path in which to explore its possibilities, and the rich and spiritual depths of our own inner nature.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Truly An Excellent Sourcebook
This is by far the best and most comprehensive guide I've read on the subject of simple living. If you're looking for something more in a deeply religious, Zen or philosophical vein, you should go elsewhere. But what I appreciated most about Luhrs' approach was her constant reminder that BALANCE is the key for most of us. She avoids the preachy tone many authors fall into on this subject, and tends to stay on the practical plane. The resources listed at the end of each chapter are worth the price of the book alone, where I found many titles I didn't know about. So if you want to go deeper, go lighter, or in another direction, you'll certainly find something in the resource guides. Very nicely written, too.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Penny pinchers delight
Yes, you will find lots of money saving ideas here, but this book and the lifestyle it promotes, will appeal mainly to miserly types. You needn't beat yourself up for every penny you spend, nor should you reduce your entire life to a mad hunt for additional money saving ideas. If you spend as much time planning a sensible investment approach, you will enjoy life more and come out ahead in the end. And you just might become rich--and guilt free! Similar Products
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