Is it possible to live simply in midlife?

The "yeah, buts" of my younger years led to complication creep. So how do I strip down now?

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When I was in my early 20s, I read a book about simple living authored by a couple several decades older than me. Whether they were newly-empty-nesters or retirement age, I can’t remember; all my 23-year-old br…