Living simply should not be an excuse to quit your job or leave your family. Even more, it brings a willingness to create the life you want. Voluntary simplicity involves choosing to have a 'life' rather than a 'lifestyle'. Nobody can tell you how to accomplish this. Change starts with you and your own attitudes . . .
Voluntary simplicity has to come from personal choice.
Most of us do not suddenly bloom into living simply. Instead we carefully answer soul-searching questions and we create changes to bring us into alignment with our Selves. We do this one small decision at a time. The next article will focus more on outer changes. I found the link to this article in the posting in the Editor's Lounge and am glad I did.