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Tables of Contents for The Complete Idiot's Guide to Simple Living
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Part 1: What Is Simple Living?
1
54
Consuming Passions: How the World Got Un-Simple
3
12
Simplicity and the Spirit
15
10
What's Old Is New Again
25
10
Culture Shock: Lessons from Alternative Living
35
10
Finding Your Own Simple Living Way
45
10
Part 2: Your Money IS Your Life!
55
56
Going Debtless: How to Gain Your Freedom
57
12
Earning a Life, not Just a Living
69
12
Location, Location! The Simple Truth About Where You Live
81
10
How Living With Less Can Mean More
91
10
In the Independent Republic of Finances
101
10
Part 3: Simple Living Basics: Food, Clothing, and Shelter
111
54
Food Fancy: You Are What You Eat!
113
10
Fashion: Trends or Tyranny?
123
12
Seeking Shelter and Keeping House
135
10
Getting Off the Grid: Is It for You?
145
10
Rethinking Getting from Here to There
155
10
Part 4: Family, Friends, and Community
165
42
Simple Living and Relationships
167
10
Raising Kids the Simple Living Way
177
12
When You Know How to Play, Who Needs Recreation?
189
8
Circle of Community: You Can't Do It Alone
197
10
Part 5: What If Everybody Did It?
207
60
The Politics of Paring Down
209
10
New Directions in Education
219
12
Future Planet: Living With the Natural Order
231
8
What's Rich? Redefining Wealth for the Simple Life
239
28
Appendix
Resource Guide
243
24
Index
267