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My good friend Leo Babauta from Zen Habits is releasing his new book shortly, and has been gracious enough to share a companion e-book called Thriving on Less - Simplifying in a Tough Economy

From the introduction:

The recent economic recession has a lot of people worried, about their jobs, their businesses, their homes and their bills. When your income is dropping or in jeopardy and you still have a mountain of bills to pay, things can get pretty scary.

However, tough economic times do not have to be a time of struggles! If you look for the opportunity in the middle of difficulty, as Mr. Einstein suggested, then tough economic times become an opportunity to transform your life.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. A Simple Lifestyle
2. Focus on the Essentials
3. Thriving on Less, Not Struggling
4. Focusing on Enough, Not More
5. Make Small Financial Changes First
6. Look at Large Expenses for the Long Term
7. Changing Your Spending Habits
8. A Guide to Getting Out of Debt
9. Tools for a Frugal Life
10. Resources

It is a very interesting read, and I do recommend that you take a look at it. It has been downloaded quite a few times from its original hosting site, so to help share the load, you can get your free copy here (link to e-junkie)