Zen Habits
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Zen Habits is one of the most visited blogs on the Internet with 200,000 subscribers, and covers simplifying, living frugally, parenting, happiness, motivation, eliminating debt, saving, eating healthily, successfully implementing good habits, and achieving goals.
Zen Habits was created by Leo Babauta, a blogger, journalist and published author from the United States territory of Guam
who presently lives in San Francisco. Babauta's first post was on February 1, 2007. In February 2009, Time Magazine named Zen Habits one of the Top 25 Blogs for 2009, and in June 2010, it named Zen Habits at the top of its list for the Top 25 Blogs for 2010. Until approximately 2010, the blog focused largely on topics such as productivity and being organized, but Babauta later drifted away from these topics. In a post titled "Toss Productivity Out", published 6 September 2011, Babauta explicitly encouraged his readers to focus on simplifying their lives rather than getting more things done.
Babauta also has a blog for writers and bloggers called Write To Done and a blog focused on simplicity called mnmlist.com. He brought attention to The 100 Things Challenge, which is a powerful method of working toward Simple living
. The challenge is to reduce personal possessions to 100 items or fewer. There is some wiggle room because collections such as books may be counted as a single list item. Babauta subsequently set the 50 Things Challenge.
On November 6, 2007, an e-book
called Zen To Done: The Ultimate Simple Productivity System was made available to purchase. It is composed of some of Zen Habits' popular blog posts.
On January 7, 2008, the Zen Habits blog and Zen to Done e-book were dedicated to the public domain
.
On December 30, 2008, Babauta's first print book, The Power of Less, was published by Hyperion Books. It reached the Amazon best-seller list on its first day and remains one of the top business motivation books on Amazon.
Zen Habits was created by Leo Babauta, a blogger, journalist and published author from the United States territory of Guam
Guam
Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. Guam is listed as one of 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United...
who presently lives in San Francisco. Babauta's first post was on February 1, 2007. In February 2009, Time Magazine named Zen Habits one of the Top 25 Blogs for 2009, and in June 2010, it named Zen Habits at the top of its list for the Top 25 Blogs for 2010. Until approximately 2010, the blog focused largely on topics such as productivity and being organized, but Babauta later drifted away from these topics. In a post titled "Toss Productivity Out", published 6 September 2011, Babauta explicitly encouraged his readers to focus on simplifying their lives rather than getting more things done.
Babauta also has a blog for writers and bloggers called Write To Done and a blog focused on simplicity called mnmlist.com. He brought attention to The 100 Things Challenge, which is a powerful method of working toward Simple living
Simple living
Simple living encompasses a number of different voluntary practices to simplify one's lifestyle. These may include reducing one's possessions or increasing self-sufficiency, for example. Simple living may be characterized by individuals being satisfied with what they need rather than want...
. The challenge is to reduce personal possessions to 100 items or fewer. There is some wiggle room because collections such as books may be counted as a single list item. Babauta subsequently set the 50 Things Challenge.
On November 6, 2007, an e-book
E-book
An electronic book is a book-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, and produced on, published through, and readable on computers or other electronic devices. Sometimes the equivalent of a conventional printed book, e-books can also be born digital...
called Zen To Done: The Ultimate Simple Productivity System was made available to purchase. It is composed of some of Zen Habits' popular blog posts.
On January 7, 2008, the Zen Habits blog and Zen to Done e-book were dedicated to the public domain
Public domain
Works are in the public domain if the intellectual property rights have expired, if the intellectual property rights are forfeited, or if they are not covered by intellectual property rights at all...
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On December 30, 2008, Babauta's first print book, The Power of Less, was published by Hyperion Books. It reached the Amazon best-seller list on its first day and remains one of the top business motivation books on Amazon.