Entrepreneur of Small Things:
Jay Shafer lives in an 8-by-12 foot house. He built it from scratch. With no prior carpentry knowledge or experience. "I'm sure there are people out there who think I'm crazy for living so small, but living in this little house has allowed me to totally reinvent my life," he says. With a desire to "escape the rat race," the former grocery-store clerk's intentions were simple: focus on the things he really wanted to do, and not on working for money. Now, he runs a company that builds small homes for others. "I never thought I'd be an entrepreneur in anything, but it's my passion to design small houses," he smiles. "It's been really liberating." [more]

Be The Change:
Brainstorm 5 ways to simplify your lifestyle.

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On Jul 22, 2010 Terry Halwes writes:	The "more" link is broken. This webpage is not available. The webpage at http://vitality.yahoo.com/video-second-act-jay-shafer-20910192 might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.
On Jul 22, 2010 Dhara writes:	Over the last few years I have been simplyfying my life more and more...the simpler it gets, the more peace and joy I feel.  I feel lighter.  This video has inspired me a lot to continue to simply my life more.  The simpler it gets the more time I have left to do what really matters to my soul.   That does not mean to me to give up my desires for material things which I may still crave, to me it means to really fulfill those desires which really matter and really appreciate what I have rather than aquiring more and more and getting lost it all that clutter.
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