I recently watched the documentary and have gotten hooked on the related . This topic strikes a chord deep within me. I feel at peace when I see open, clean and uncluttered spaces. I get overwhelmed by too many things and extraneous stuff. I celebrate . I've felt this way for a long time; as long as I've been a back country hiker. But it wasn't until I biked 1,100 miles from Montana to Minnesota that I felt the true . I ran across this recent article called that I wanted to share with you. It gives some insightful tips to leading a life with fewer things but more contentment. This is how it begins... "Do you sometimes snack mindlessly on mediocre food? Buy clothes that don鈥檛 really fit? Binge-watch TV shows when you really need sleep? You鈥檙e not alone. Our culture has become almost fanatically centered on consumption of all types, and it鈥檚 affecting our health, happiness, and well-being. 鈥淭he average person now consumes twice as much as 50 years ago,鈥 notes Annie Leonard, whose 2007 documentary, The Story of Stuff, tracked the cycle of commodities from production to disposal. In our grandparents鈥 day, she says, 鈥渟tewardship and resourcefulness and thrift were valued.鈥 Read The Art of Enough written by Elizabeth Millard was published in April 2017 by Experience Life Magazine. Image courtesy of Unsplash CC by Categories Natural Leadership Published on May 30, 2017 Tags Consumerism minimalism Sustainability systems thinking