How to live the simple life?
Everything we allow into our lives has a price. The latest gadget may give a thrilling buying experience, but the cost goes way past the dollar factor; time, space, knowledge, and care - all are necessary to take full advantage of the new purchase. And then there is the house clutter and the mind clutter of so many years of gadgets accumulated.
It is my lifelong goal to simplify my life, my space, and my mind. It has been a longing not much acted on except in spurts every once in a while. The secret I believe it to limit inflow and increase outflow. Make a habit of daily letting go of things.
Example: when I receive a book as a gift, choose two books to give away.
If this becomes my habit, then when I leave this world, my kids won't have to shovel my junk into a trash bin, and feel bad about it. And the best of all, I don't have to wade through my junk every day, wasting my life trying to find something I need.
The simple life - I'm in!
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