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The Art of Simple Living
by Shunmyo Masuno
A Zen monk and garden designer offers a hundred small practices: wake fifteen minutes early, line up your shoes, exhale slowly. Tiny, calm and Japanese.
Read it if…
you want simplicity in small daily habits.
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Skip it if…
you want philosophy.
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Three things you will actually use
- Small habits, great calm.
- Attention to the ordinary.
- Make space.
Do this first
Do one practice a day.
Our verdict
A hundred Zen habits.
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