Zen Habits

Until approximately 2010, the blog focused largely on topics such as productivity and being organized, but Babauta later drifted away from these topics. In a post titled "Toss Productivity Out", published 6 September 2011, Babauta explicitly encouraged his readers to focus on simplifying their lives rather than getting more things done.[2]

Zen Habits was created by Leo Babauta (born April 30, 1973), a blogger, journalist and author from the United States territory of Guam who currently lives in Davis, CA. Babauta's first post was on February 1, 2007.[3] In February 2009, Time Magazine named Zen Habits one of the Top 25 Blogs for 2009,[4] and in June 2010, it named Zen Habits at the top of its list for the Top 25 Blogs for 2010.[5]

On November 6, 2007, an e-book called Zen To Done: The Ultimate Simple Productivity System was made available to purchase.[6] It is composed of some of Zen Habits' popular blog posts. On January 7, 2008, the Zen Habits blog and Zen to Done e-book were dedicated to the public domain.[7] Babauta also published The Little Book of Contentment in 2013.

On December 30, 2008, Babauta's first print book, The Power of Less, was published by Hyperion Books.[8]

In December 2014, Babauta self-published a book that was funded on Kickstarter,[9] entitled Zen Habits: Mastering the Art of Change. In December 2015, he revised and re-published a concise version of the book as "Essential Zen Habits".[10]

• Zen Habits
• Zen To Done: The Ultimate Simple Productivity System by Leo Babauta
• Leo Babauta's bio
• Leo Babauta's personal site
• The Power of Less website
• mnmlist
• Zen Habits in audio form