For a long time, I have thought about starting my own blog. I have written for BellaOnline.com in the past as the MidAtlantic USA editor. There I would write about travel-related topics and my travels in the United States from New York to West Virginia. While I found the site and all the topics I wrote about interesting, it really was not enough to sustain my interest for long. I knew I would likely have to go out on my own to really find what I was looking for.
Initially, my hesitation was due mostly to my inability to settle on a topic other than travel. I needed something that really seemed to grab my interest long enough to warrant writing on a regular basis. Some days finance would be at the top of my list. Other days, food and cooking. Even more varied topics like relationships, media, fashion, exercise, theater, and even gardening would make it to my list of ideas.
Then it dawned on me that among all those themes was a passion for living well and making the most out of life. I have learned from good friends that simplifying one's life is the best first step toward achieving this goal. The remarkable thing about simplicity, though, it is that in addition to providing the basis of a good life, it also often leaves you with more time, more resources, and more of anything and everything you need. Thus, when you simplify, you also, quite amazingly, prosper. This blog is one of the many expressions of this principle in my life.
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