The benefits of reading go beyond it being a great escape. The act of ‘losing yourself in a book’ has a variety of physical and mental health perks. Do you know that wonderful feeling of ‘getting lost’ in a book? We often classify fiction reading as a guilty pleasure. However, […]
If you or your partner has been asking, “Should I quit my job?” here are three steps you can take together today toward leaving. A big thank you to Brooke of Happy Simple Mom for sharing her journey today! . . . I quit my well-paid career to stay home […]
The phrase ‘”don’t quit” is a common form of encouragement, but sometimes that’s not what we really need to hear. Below are eight things you should indeed quit shared with permission from UnBusy community member Rachel Pfleegor. . . . So often, people say, “Don’t quit!” They mean, don’t quit […]
The list below written by photographer Bryn Graves is republished with permission from the private Becoming UnBusy Facebook group. This website and the Becoming UnBusy Movement is about families coming together to inspire one another to reclaim life. In this community, no one and everyone is an expert. Want to be […]
“Many people say we’re living their dream, while others say they could not or would not give up their home,” author of the Simplicity Series, Donna Smallin Kuper, shares her insights with us below. Read through seven on-the-road life lessons you can apply to your life whether you’re traveling or not. […]
In America, we often measure success by how busy we or others are. The busier, the better — and extra points for being stressed out and always on the go. It is exactly in response to those things why I decided to settle into a year of not being busy. […]