Plainly put: Linda Breen Pierce is a born-again simplistic person. She’s an individual who has revolutionized her life, moving from a unfulfilling, high-power profile (the 6-figure job, the lavish lifestyle, along with heavy-handed serving of stressful time-management), to that of a streamlined, self-aware soul. 
Since that time, Linda’s delved deeper into the realms of effortlessness, helping people like myself learn the ropes, so that the ship can sail smoothly despite the weathering of a fierce electrical storm. Since 1995, her repertoire has focused upon: understanding how others achieve balance and simplicity in the reshuffling of perspectives surrounding topics like time, money, and health in order to achieve a place of balance and functional perspective in today’s contemporary chaos.
If you’re ever in need a quick how-to-begin guide or if your in search of a more fundamental point of view, a place to go for direction basic directions, check out her rather impressively researched website and supporting links. Here’s just a small sampling of Linda Pierce’s thoughtfulness, she interviewed over 200 people across the US, asking what the adoption of “simplicity” means to them.
Lifestyle Patterns of People Who Live Simply:
- Limit material possessions to what is needed and/or cherished.
- Engage in meaningful work for 30 hours a week or less, paid or not, with a short commute.
- Enjoy quality relationships with friends and family.
- Participate in joyful and pleasurable leisure activities.
- Have a conscious and comfortable relationship with money.
- Connect with their community, although not necessarily via formal organizations.
- Practice sustainable consumption.
- Incorporate healthy living practices in the areas of exercise, sleep and food.
- Focus on their growth and spiritual life.
- Regularly spend time in nature.
- Live in a beautiful environment.
- Live in harmony with their values.