It offers suggestions for how to live and also includes frequent references to how Leo Babauta has implemented these habits.

He covers topics such as simplifying, living frugally, parenting, happiness, motivation, eliminating debt, saving, eating healthily and successfully implementing good habits.

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] In December 2014, Babauta self-published a book 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.