Simple and Free: Guided Journal

Discover the peace found in a radically simpler life using this guided journal featuring prompts based on the joyful, liberating lessons shared by New York Times bestselling author Jen Hatmaker in Simple and Free: 7 Experiments Against Excess. In Simple and Free, first published as 7, Jen Hatmaker described her reckoning with excess through a social experiment, which turned into a spiritual movement. Now, in Simple and Free: Guided Journal, Hatmaker invites readers to examine their own seven areas of excess--from stress to spending to social media--and identify personal practices toward creating a life of "enough." It's one thing to imagine a better story; it's another thing to live one. This guided journal helps readers simplify the excess in their lives in practice, not just wishful thinking. Simple and Free: Guided Journal is a tool to help readers stay attentive, inspect their tendencies thoughtfully, and combat the modern-day diseases of greed, materialism, and overindulgence. It invites readers to deeply explore seven areas of excess: food, clothes, spending, media, possessions, waste, and stress--and create pathways towards a gentler, simpler life. BESTSELLING AUTHOR: For the Love (210k+ sold) and Of Mess and Moxie (86k + sold). Hatmaker has authored a number of other personal motivational books with faith and inspiration peppered throughout, and CHRISTMAS AND LIFESTYLE BOOKS with Abingdon: 7 Days of Christmas (HC October 2019) and 7 Days of Simplicity (Fall 2020). MAJOR PODCAST: Hatmaker hosts the podcast For the Love (11M+ downloads) and engages social audiences on topics of friendship, food, family, social justice, and faith. MASSIVE PLATFORM GROWTH: In the past five years, Hatmaker's platform has grown explosively: her Facebook following grew from 120k+ likes to 780k; her Twitter from 40k to 174.2k; and her Instagram from 16k+ to 494k today. 110K COPIES SOLD OF SIMPLE AND FREE since it was first published as 7 by Lifeway in 2012. ROBUST SPEAKING CIRCUIT: In 2019 and 2020, Hatmaker hosted events with authors Brene Brown, Shauna Niequist, Austin Channing Brown, Richard Rohr, and Kelly Corrigan in major venues across the country. SPECIAL FEATURES: Paperback with French flaps, heavily designed throughout.