Why do we pursue more when we'd be happier with less? Now in hardcover for the first time, this is the story of how New York Times bestselling author Jen Hatmaker and her family tried to combat overindulgence-and what they learned about living a truly meaningful life along the way.
Jen Hatmaker is the author of the New York Times bestsellers For the Love and Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire. She hosts the award-winning podcast For the Love, is the delighted curator of the Jen Hatmaker Book Club, and leads a tight-knit online community where she reaches millions of people each week. Hatmaker is a co-founder of Legacy Collective, a giving community that grants millions of dollars around the world. She is a mom to five kids and lives happily just outside Austin, Texas, in a 1908 farmhouse with questionable plumbing.
“The 7 experiment was the catalyst for us selling our business and
our house, downsizing from 3600 square feet to 750, and giving
more. I need to use this book as a compass to keep myself focused
on what matters.”—Kristi, lifetime quarantine trainee and fairly
new GIF user
“Simple & Free is my favorite thing an author could possibly do:
revisit her previous work to edit herself in real time. I love the
apologies, the corrections, the humility, and the selfdeprecation.
If we have grown, we all need to have some words with ourselves and
our previously held thoughts and beliefs.”—Allison Pickett, book
lover, loud talker, and, seriously, don’t leave her alone with
salsa
“I’m incredibly thankful for a book like 7, which planted seeds in
me all those years ago. We still recycle. We compost. And we
garden. I enjoy the new commentary and appreciate being able to see
where [Jen] corrects herself instead of changing the language—an
example of how we all make mistakes and how to acknowledge them
with grace and humility.”—Liz, lover of books (especially buying
them)
“7 completely changed the way I thought about my spending and
consumption. I, too, thought that I didn’t care much about clothes,
and then I had to stop counting at 300+ items. Simple
& Free is a must-read; Jen’s honesty, humility, and humor
walk me through how I can love others through my choices.”—Kristi,
Enneagram 1 who prefers to be known as an Improver instead of a
Perfectionist
“When I first read 7, I was a social worker living in my dream
place and following Jesus the best I could. I shopped a lot and
thought nothing of it. 7 revolutionized my thoughts about excess. I
had to let go of all the things that I thought I loved. Simple &
Free is like sitting on the floor reading an old journal with a
dear friend.”—Regina, (mostly) recovering shoe addict
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