About Us - Hip Diggs

Welcome to Hip Diggs

What’s Hip Diggs about? It’s simple.

Hip: Beyond all trends and conventional coolness.

Diggs: A home, place of residence, or place of business.

Simple life tips

Better living

Stay happy

Hip Diggs’ Services

Uncluttering: If you need help with simplifying your home or schedule, I’m available for online coaching.
Consultation: If you’re creating or redesigning a blog, I can help you create a beautifully simple blog that reaches your intended audience with impact.
Personal coaching: I provide personal coaching for writers and bloggers. I offer solid advice for both new and experienced writers and bloggers.
Writing, speaking, and message coaching and designing.
Public appearances: Speaking events and conferences.

Welcome to Hip Diggs

Live simple

What’s Hip Diggs about? It’s simple.

Hip: Beyond all trends and conventional coolness.

Diggs: A home, place of residence, or place of business.

About Hip Diggs

My name is Dan Erickson. I’m a moderate minimalist. I’ve spent most of my life trying to simplify. I reject the ways of consumption and waste and prefer to produce and renew.

Dan Erickson

Live really simple

Want more?

Podcast Interviews

The Happiness Of Simple with Dan Erickson @ Starve The Doubts

Letting Go Of The Past To Start A New Future @ The Grass Gets Greener

Hip Diggs & Simple Living @ Vroom Vroom Veer

Dan Erickson Returns: Creative Expression As Self-Therapy @ Vroom Vroom Veer

More About Me

Education: M.A. in communication
Work: education, radio, television and journalism
Status: single dad to 11-year-old Annie
Pets: Border Collie, Shep
Music: guitar, piano, drums, mandolin, banjo, ukulele

Links To Hip Diggs’ eBooks

The Happiness Of Simple: Making Connections Between Happiness, Simplicity, And Productivity

Simple Instructions – How To Write Like It Really Matters

Get Back To Where You Are: A Guide To Finding Yourself In The Present Moment

Finding Our Way Back Home: Reclaiming A Sense Of Peace In A Chaotic World

Links To My Fiction And Poetry

A Train Called Forgiveness

At The Crossing Of Justice And Mercy

The Track To Redemption

Incandescent Man Walking

Amazon Author Page

Hip Diggs Focuses on simple living.

I’m an advocate of minimalism, small living, and self-sufficiency. I believe that living with less leads to creating more. I post two or three times a week and share from my experiences, reading, and research.

Hip Diggs is a simple blog. I’ve been blogging for several years and I’ve learned the best blogs are the simple ones. Zen Habits is a favorite.

I’m an author, poet, songwriter, and teacher. I’m currently teaching writing and speaking courses at Yakima Valley Community College in Washington State. I’ve written several books including, A Train Called Forgiveness, based on my unique childhood experience living in an extreme cult.

Learn more about me and my childhood experience in a cult.