With this new blog I’m jumping into the deep waters of the blogging world to write about one of my passions — living a happier and more simple life. I am so excited to launch Happy Simple Life, and if you are here, you probably share this passion for living with less and enjoying life more. I’m thrilled you are part of this community.
I want to offer you ideas, strategies, and inspiration for designing your life around what truly matters to YOU most. A simple and happy life requires us to clear out the clutter – not only from our physical space, but also from our schedules, our thoughts, our relationships, and our emotions. Easier said than done, right? But together, we’ll learn from each other and share ideas and meaningful tips on how to improve ourselves so we can experience the happiest life – as we define that for ourselves.
And some of the best strategies come from experts who have written extensively about simple living and happiness. As my way of celebrating the simple, happy life and sharing it with you, I have selected 16 of the best writers around the web who focus on this topic and offer inspiration for enjoying more of life with less stress, less stuff, and less worry. Hope you enjoy them!
Best Simple Life Blogs
Joshua Becker- becomingminimalist.com
Simple living is against the grain of western lifestyle. The Become Minimalist blog shares the benefits of having fewer possessions and experiencing a happier life. Josh does a great job serving his large and growing audience of followers with inspiring them to pursue the happiness found in owning less. His list of 21 benefits for living with fewer possession is compelling and sensible.
Brooke McAlary- slowyourhome.com
The Slow Your Home website is about simplifying your daily life, decluttering, and having less stuff. This is a beautiful blog with tons of practical information. Brooke is a wonderful and authentic writer, mom of two kids and published author. She writes personally about how living more simply and more mindfully and impacted her family.
Barrie Davenport- liveboldandbloom.com
Barrie is an published author, certified coach and a prolific writer on her Live Bold and Bloom blog. Her wonderful blog posts guide you toward overcoming fear and happier living. Barrie is a certified life passion coach and helps others live happy and self-confident lives through her life coaching and writing.
Steven Aitchison- stevenaitchison.co.uk/blog
Steve has a great blog title in Change your life Change your thoughts. Steven Aitchison is an authentic writer and offers great content for improving and changing our daily life and habits. He has has written 4 books and 5 different guides and has been interviewed on the radio many times.
Leo Babauta- zenhabits.net
Leo is the creator and writer at Zen Habits. He’s married with six kids and lives in San Francisco. Time magazine recognized him as a top 25 blogger and his blog is dedicated to living a minimalist lifestyle. Leo is a top A-list blogger who has inspired so many to pursue their dreams and start a blog.
Tina Su- thinksimplenow.com
Authentic and highly successful blog. Tina Su is a talented writer and professional photographer. She is married and a mom of a toddler. Originally from Canada now makes Seattle her home. Her blog at Think Simple Now focuses on fulfillment and on living a meaningful life.
Erin Doland- unclutterer.com
This is a blog about getting organized and having a simple life without clutter. Erin Rooney Doland is Editor-in-Chief. Erin has appeared on the Rachael Ray Show and has written for national publications like Real Simple Magazine.
Courtney Carver- bemorewithless.com
Courtney writes at this wonderful blog which offers you insights that will help you live on less by simplifying. She is a 43 year old blogger, mom to a teenage daughter and calls herself an aspiring minimalist. She is also a writer and photographer. She has written 100’s of posts and has really grown her fan base.
Tammy Strobel- rowdykittens.com
Tammy has done a great job with her blog and is a writer and photographer. She writes about the tiny house movement and discusses living a simpler life in a smaller space. She writes daily for her own experience and offers tips about her favorite topics:happiness, tiny homes, and photography.
Peter Clemens- thechangeblog.com
Peter has built up a big following since he started his blog in 2007 and has published more than 500 blog posts. He is married and has four sons (10-month old twins, 4 and 6 years old). Peter was born and raised in Perth, Australia and currently lives in Vancouver, Canada. He writes posts on topics related to personal change and great stories.
Dani Dipirro- positivelypresent.com
Dani started her blog, Positively Present, in 2009. Her site focuses on positive thinking and living in the present moment. Her personal development blog has grown to have a global following. She released her 1st book in 2012 called: Stay Positive: Daily Reminders from Positively Present.
Henrik Edberg- positivityblog.com
Henrik has built up a great following on his blog. He lives on the west coast of Sweden. He started his blog in 2006 writing practical posts and newsletters each week about simplifying life, relaxed productivity, self-esteem and happy living. Positivity Blog
Corey Allen- Simple Marriage
Corey is has a Ph.D. in Family Therapy. He has become a big name in the blogging world for married couples. He started his blog in January 2008 with the aim of helping people experience more in marriage and in relationships.
Marc and Angel Chernoff- marcandangel.com
Marc and Angel have created a very popular blog with over 600 articles on happiness, productivity, self-esteem and emotional intelligence. They have published a book called: 1,000 Little Things Happy, Successful People Do Differently.
Jacob Sokol- sensophy.com/blog
Jacob lives in New York City and formally worked in IT before leaving his job 3 years ago to begin his blog. He writes about living a life of passion, purpose, progress and playfulness.
Trent Hamm- thesimpledollar.com
Trent has built a big following as he helps people with being smart financially. His start came from turning around his own financial situation. Within eight months after his financial meltdown he paid off all of his credit card debt, paid off his car, and established an emergency fund.
I hope you visit these great blogs and enjoy the engaging self improvement content from all these authors. Which of these blogs is most interesting to you and why?
I want to inspire you to live your best life in the here and now. I hope you'll join in and be a part of the Happy Simple Life community.
Fabulous collection, Ron! There are so many of us out here yearning for this kind of simplicity and clarity…but few can sort through the clutter far enough to realize it.
Thank you Jeffrey for visiting my new blog. Your comment is poignant but glad we’re both trying to make a difference.
Awesome list. I haven’t heard of some of these people. I’ll check them out for sure. I just started blogging about simple living as well. Living with clarity of purpose, focusing on what’s most important, and getting rid of everything that gets in the way is something that’s been on my mind for a long time. Such an appealing message.
Looking forward to reading more!
Thank you Joelle! I checked out your blog. Looks like you are off to a great start!
Great List!
I have subscribed to a few!
Love the outlook everyone has and would love to share my work too. I have just started a year of not buying anything new 🙂
Keep it coming!
happy reading!
Great post. I will be going through many of these issues as well..
Excellent article! We arre linking to this particularly great ppost on our site.
Keep up the great writing.
Thank you for assembling this wonderful collection of blogs! I only knew a handful of them.
I can’t wait to read these blogs on simple living. I just started my simple loving journey last summer and gearing towards a more positive life. I started a blog to record my journey. It has been such an amazing experience. I would love my blog to be shared with the world! http://www.thisisreallife.co
Simple life is a beautiful lifestyle. Everyone want to live a simple and happy life but there are so many barriers in between the you and simple life but if you continuous trying again and again then all barriers will disappear and you can live a simple beautiful and happy life 🙂
Great collection of simple living blogs. Going to have a look at some now. Being a blogger myself I am always looking for inspiration and to see what others are doing in the niche.
Thankyou
Well well well so much new blogs that I can take inspiration form! I’m only beginning my journey to minimalism as so but I find it fascinating and the way people co working…. I love it.
I would be happy if you could have a look in week or two how my journey goes as I writing about it on my blog.
Thanks again for list!
Ron, though I am not a minimalist, I’ve made it my aim to live as simply as possible for many years now. As circumstances change, I find the simplicity can be brought to a new level. So I never tire of reading about others’ journeys. I found myself writing about it on my food blog this week, so I think I must be getting ready for another level!