Summary of Mary Conroy's Simplify Your Life

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#1 The desire to live in a comfortable home is one of the most basic and fundamental urges we have. We spend much love and attention on making our home as comfortable and aesthetically pleasing as possible.

#2 The war of attrition on any living space that isn’t perfect has become more and more common in recent decades. We feel under pressure to have the most up-to-date kitchen, the most upscale waterfall shower in our bathroom, and the very latest swing set on our patio.

#3 The essential task of keeping one’s family warm and sheltered is already achievable within the confines of the average kitchen, even if it doesn’t have a five-burner stove. However, sometimes our kitchens are turned into fashion statements or pawns in our family’s rivalry with the Joneses.

#4 The industry of making consumers feel they should buy more and more things has developed around the idea of making us feel we should own more and more things, whether we need them or not.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 14, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822519008

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The desire to live in a comfortable home is one of the most basic and fundamental urges we have. We spend much love and attention on making our home as comfortable and aesthetically pleasing as possible.

#2

The war of attrition on any living space that isn’t perfect has become more and more common in recent decades. We feel under pressure to have the most up-to-date kitchen, the most upscale waterfall shower in our bathroom, and the very latest swing set on our patio.

#3

The essential task of keeping one’s family warm and sheltered is already achievable within the confines of the average kitchen, even if it doesn’t have a five-burner stove. However, sometimes our kitchens are turned into fashion statements or pawns in our family’s rivalry with the Joneses.

#4

The industry of making consumers feel they should buy more and more things has developed around the idea of making us feel we should own more and more things, whether we need them or not.

#5

We get so sentimental about our wedding photographs, concert tickets, and humorous presents from coworkers when we move on from our first job. But these things may have little monetary value, and they may mean the world to us because they represent a relationship with a loved one or a special experience.

#6

possessions retain a power over us because of our association with them. We should be careful not to attach the same level of meaning to a CD by a band we passedingly admired a decade ago as we do to our child’s first pair of shoes.

#7

The urge to accumulate is strong. We may hang on to things because they give us a sense