The Effortless Life Paperback – May 9, 2012

I had been scheduling my chores for years, but i was never in the mood to do the chores at the time i scheduled them.Two days ago. After reading this delightful book, i woke up and did what i wanted to do and the freedom led me to do chores i had not been in the mood to do effortlessly. I enjoyed doing them, starting with taking time to make a system backup for my new computer i had not wanted to do a year ago and was fun making it and learning more about Windows 10. Took a walk and napped, etc.Thank you so much for sharing your experience with tips to enjoy life.Barbie Doll

The book is simple and easy to read. It offers you suggestions on how to lead a simple life in all it's areas, from relationship, work, consumption, eating, exercising.I've been practing the simple life for many years, declutting my life from unecessary things - and it's really good to see there is a human current also aligned with this ideas.It's a book to read many times...and to also slow down...Highly reccomend!

I had a tear in my eye when I finished this book. What a joy to read and what wonderfully simple advice to live a simple, effortless life. It is a short book with short chapters, but it is to be savored slowly and mindfully. So much in this book resonated with me and I will work to experiment with some of Leo's practices. The practice of not setting goals feels scary and uncomfortable, which probably means I should try it out. Lovely, lovely book. I'm very excited to read more by this fabulous and wise author.

Great clarity!A notion worth considering: that most of our stress & anxiety & lack of free time come from "invented" needs... If we reduce our overhead & commitments down to the essential, then we dramatically reduce our worries & expand our free time. If we go so far as to give up self-imposed goals & simply do what there is to do for the joy of doing it then we still create for the joy of art & are fit from the joy of sports & are rich because we want what we already have.

We all need reminders of what matters in life. While there are many books and writings to do that for us, I found this book especially relaxing and inspiring. I will be referring to it frequently to keep me on the effortless and happy path of life!

This book gave substance to all my thoughts, Since I was a child, I haven't been able to feel comfortable with the life I had, and after reading this book I understood why. I am tired of expecting the impossible- I can't change anyone but me! - thanks Leo for this valuable gift!

I feel inspired. I feel more clarity about life and how to move in life towards contentment. A must read for any human.

I recommend this book to anyone who wants to stop following the pack and to all the individuals who are already on their own journey. As I thought - Leo helped confirm- there is a better (more peaceful) way.

Confession: I have been a fan of Zen Habits, Leo Babauta's blog, for many years. The Effortless Life perfectly sums up what I am hoping to achieve in 2016 - today is New Year's Day, after all! This concise e-book is an effortless blueprint to guide you towards an effortless life. It discusses home, family, work, commitments and the surprising obstacle to achieving the goal of an effortless life: Goals! It won't take long to read - two cups of tea, sipped slowly - but the ideas presented could change your life.

I owned this book for a long while before actually sitting down to read it. When I did, a few pages in,I was hooked. And, it just got better with every chapter. I especially loved the idea of just dropping all goals & expectations, altogether. This seems like quite a logical and brilliant progression in the authors journey, from his other brilliant book: The Power of Less.

Great book

A very concise book but with some strong messages. 1 or 2 messages were a little too far out there for me but thought provoking none the less.

Wonderful book, highly underrated. Wish he'd republish it with a new cover and binding, though.

É um livro simples, com uma temática simples pra viver uma vida simples. Também é um bom livro para quem tem um nível intermediário e inglês.

Bien

Je n'ai pas suivi Leo Babauta depuis longtemps. Je trouve que son développement vers WuWei （誤為）est une belle nouvelle.Ma seule question est: ces principes peuvent-ils s'appliquer à l'humanité entière? J'ai le sentiment que "ça donne trop facile".Mais ne regardons pas le doigt...David Insaisissable

Le livre direct sur Kindle en quelques clics, super et la couverture est parfaite vue qu'elle est virtuelle!Faites de même!