Get Involved with Others Learning to Lead a Simpler Life

New to Voluntary Simplicity?

We invite  you to attend a meeting of the San Diego Voluntary Simplicity Group. The San Diego Voluntary Simplicity Group meets monthly to explore together what it means to live a simpler life. We are a diverse group of people with varied interests. A group member's focus may be walking lightly on the earth, a desire for inner peace and personal development, improving health, reducing stress, seeking financial freedom, reducing clutter or consuming less of the world's resources. Group participants are united in their desire to thoughtfully choose how to live their lives. You are welcome to join us!

• Attend a meeting of the San Diego Voluntary Simplicity Group
  • Day: The group meets the 2nd Monday of each month
  • Time: 7:00-9:00 PM
  • Place: First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego, 4190 Front Street, Hillcrest (across from UCSD Medical Center)--see a map
  • Cost: $2 suggested donation
  • Meeting Format: What do we do at a voluntary simplicity meeting?
  • More Information: Send an email to info@simplesandiego.org
• Learn more about Voluntary Simplicity in general by reading some of the materials listed in our resources page.
• Get on our email notification list to receive a monthly reminder of our meetings. Send an email to meeting-announcement-subscribe@simplesandiego.org from the email address where you wish to receive the email

Been coming to our meetings for a while?

We encourage you to get more involved. Here are a few ideas:

• Volunteer to help out with a Voluntary Simplicity meeting - you can get to know others in the group by volunteering for any of the following activities for one of our meetings
• Serve as a greeter - greet newcomers as they arrive at our meetings. See our greeters guidelines to see what a greeter does.
• Facilitate the meeting - introduce the speakers, keep us on time. We've prepared a facilitators guide to show you exactly what to do, and make it easy.
• Prepare a closing reading - read a short inspirational reading at the end of the meeting.
• Serve as a speaker or workshop leader. See our topic planning guide for more information.
• Share your experience - participate on a panel discussion at one of our meetings. See our panel guide for more information on what a panel does.
• Share your personal testimony - tell the group how VS has changed your life or where you are in the process. See our personal testimony worksheet for some ideas on creating a personal testimony.

• Participate on the San Diego Voluntary Simplicity Group Steering Committee - contact the steering committee at steering@simplesandiego.org to join us.
• Share with others about Voluntary Simplicity by staffing the information table at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego on Sunday mornings.
• Join or start a "Simplicity Circle"
• What is a Simplicity Circle? Check out Simplicity Circles are Rippling Out to Thousands by Cecile Andrews for more information.
• If you're interested in joining a Simplicity Circle, or in starting one (it only takes one person to get a Circle rolling!), post your interest in joining a circle at our Discussion Boards.
• Many circles start off using the book The Circle of Simplicity: Return to the Good Life by Cecile Andrews.  Part 7 provides background information, suggested format and a 10-week schedule of simplicity circle topics.
• Here are some additional Simplicity Circle Topic Ideas
• More Information: Send an email to info@simplesandiego.org