{"id":836,"date":"2005-04-09T11:02:41","date_gmt":"2005-04-09T19:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/2005\/04\/09\/guidelines-for-simplifying\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:23:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T00:23:19","slug":"guidelines-for-simplifying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/2005\/04\/09\/guidelines-for-simplifying\/","title":{"rendered":"Guidelines For Simplifying"},"content":{"rendered":"

I found this list at the house where I was recently a guest. It was from the Unitarian Universalist church (my host is a minister). It’s so good that I’m putting a copy on my refrigerator to help me to be a mindful consumer.<\/p>\n

Strive for Simplicity – Think Before You Buy<\/cite><\/p>\n

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  1. Do I really need it?\n
  2. How much will I use it?\n
  3. Can I borrow it from a friend?\n
  4. How many do I already own?\n
  5. Was it made by a child?\n
  6. Did it harm the environment?\n
  7. How long will it last?\n
  8. How will I dispose of it when I am finished?\n
  9. Can I relax and wait until tomorrow?\n
  10. Can I picture a happy life without this?<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I found this list at the house where I was recently a guest. It was from the Unitarian Universalist church (my host is a minister). It’s so good that I’m putting a copy on my refrigerator to help me to be a mindful consumer. Strive for Simplicity – Think Before You Buy Do I really […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16,31,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humanities","category-nature","category-social-science","category-technology"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=836"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12624,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836\/revisions\/12624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}