Ten Ways to Simplify Your Life
These days a chorus of thousands has taken up Henry David Thoreau’s advice to “Simplify, simplify.” And for good reason. Few among us would deny our lives are too complicated and filled with too much stress.
Simplicity is about eliminating clutter – from your mind, your home, your relationships and your lifestyle. Following are ten ways to begin.
1. Get a clear idea of what you want your life to look like. This picture will help you discover what you must eliminate.
2. Let go of projects, roles or self-imposed obligations that take up time and keep you away from what you really want.
3. Say ‘No’ to what you don’t want in your life. Say Yes to what you do want.
4. Schedule “break” days for yourself where you don’t do anything but what you really want. Don’t cancel them.
5. Make a “to do” day and get all those chores and errands done in a single day.
6. Create space. File away or toss out; give away, sell or trade.
7. Make and return phone calls only during certain hours.
8. Shop only when you have to. Question your purchases. Consuming less is good for the planet, too.
9. Ask for and accept help. Delegate chores. Hire work done when possible.
10. Remember to breathe, to ground yourself and be physically present.
Simplifying means making choices that will improve the quality of your life.
*Bonus* A gratitude list will help you discover what really matters to you. Let’s start a list together! Join the conversation down below in the comments section! I’m looking forward to seeing what you are grateful for!
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Thank you! This came at a right time when I felt that I desperately needed to simplify my life to stress less.