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A Simple Guide To Eating Healthy
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
A Simple Guide To Eating Healthy

This is not a diet, but you will find yourself healthier if you eat this way. For one month: No flavor enhancers (MSG). No preservatives. No artificial sweeteners. Just pure, wholesome (preferably local), foods. You know you’ve been wanting to do this anyway, right? Well.

Dig
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Dig

If you recently completed the quest Treasure Chest you may feel that this quest is redundant, but it isn’t. There are nuances involved in this quest that are totally separate from Treasure Chest, although it’s perfectly acceptable to do them both at the same time. One

Create a Buried Treasure
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Create a Buried Treasure

Get ready to embrace your inner pirate! Here are the steps to this quest: Pick out a collection of items that you own and that have some value to you. Place them in a container. Now: take it somewhere and bury it. The container you choose can be anything from a cigar box to a Tupperware

55 Fun Activities You Can Do Instead of Exercising
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 24, 2010
55 Fun Activities You Can Do Instead of Exercising

For everyone (like me) who hates the mind-numbing, boring procedure of getting fit (and I believe we are the majority), here’s an idea to make it a little less boring and maybe even fun: don’t do exercises, do fun things instead. Take the following list, print it out and post

10 Steps to Zen [Part 2]: Simplify Your Wardrobe
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 31, 2010
10 Steps to Zen [Part 2]: Simplify Your Wardrobe

If you really want to simplify your wardrobe, just adopt one completely-individual uniform as your own and wear it every day. Fictional characters do it all the time. Santa Claus does it, superheroes do it. Look at Indiana Jones: the hat, jacket, shirt and shoes…all part of

10 Steps to Zen [Part 1]: Minimize Your Vegetative States
Last Updated: Thursday, March 18, 2010
10 Steps to Zen [Part 1]: Minimize Your Vegetative States

Image by I Am Ming This is no crusade against television. But naturally it’s television that comes first to my head when I think of vegetative states. We blame television for many of the ills of society, so this is the first alarm triggered in my head. But… the longer

Cleanse the Earth
Last Updated: Thursday, March 11, 2010
Cleanse the Earth

Have you ever driven down the road and come across a sign that reads: “$500 Fine For Dumping?” And you know how usually there’s a big pile of garbage underneath it? Well: here’s a challenge for you. Clean one of them up. One weekend when you’re trying

Herbal Sun Tea [Brew Your Own]
Last Updated: Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Herbal Sun Tea [Brew Your Own]

Right off the bat, let me say that I realize herbal tea is technically not tea at all. But it’s called herbal tea and for me that’s good enough. I realize they’re referring to the process more than the ingredients when referring to tea. Anyway… According to

Comfort Without Clutter
Last Updated: Thursday, March 11, 2010
Comfort Without Clutter

The world is changing. And it can be very easy to get lost in the ocean of potential impulse buys that lurk at every market, store or mall we walk into. And while there’s nothing wrong with being a consumer, sometimes our purchases own us as much as we own them. We amass clutter.

10 Steps to Zen [The Simple Life Manifesto]
Last Updated: Friday, May 7, 2010
10 Steps to Zen [The Simple Life Manifesto]

There was a time, not very long ago, that when the sun went down people went to sleep. There was no television, no gaming console, no cell phone. There was no one to keep up with every moment of the day, no RSS feeds to monitor. There wasn’t even a good light to read a book

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