Plain And Simple

Plain and Simple was published in 1989 by Sue Bender and is still relevant today. I was reading it the other day - it is a woman's personal quest for meaning of life through her fascination with the Amish. I thought I would go through her findings and see how they resonate in my new life.
1- Value the process, product
I am working on slowing down. I became aware that I was reacting to internal pressures for speeding things up and have proceeded to change that. In the process, I am paying more attention to the way I am doing things and trying to improve every step.
2- Living in Time
Yeah - see above.
3- Celebrating the ordinary
Again, a conscious decision to do so. I decided to find joy in all things around me. When I succeed, I am less irritable. Nice side-effect.
4- Home
No change, really. My identity is not linked to a place and I don't thnk I have ever "inhabited" a home. I like it bare but can live in clutter. I am easy...
5- Community
Now this one has changed because of Freecycling (as my regular readers know). More virtual than what she refers to but it definitely exists.
6- Life is Art
Haven't given it much thought.I never thought of art as being separate from people or things, just as science is everywhere so - yeah, life is art. It is also science.
7- Limits as Freedom
Personnally, I think you need to free your mind to find freedom. I guess more choices equals clutter and makes the process harder. I think the limits increase your focus and that is valid.
8- Power of contrast
No thoughts on how that one could relate to me.
9- Choice
Here the author is saying how having more choices does not necessarily translate into more freedom. For me, it goes back to Limits as Freedom