Simplify Your Life to Create Balance
Living with Simplicity Creates More Time and Ease in Life
Sep 22, 2009
The world continues to grow in complexity. Many people get caught in the busyness of life and feel overwhelmed, over worked and over stressed. One way to create balance and have more time and ease is to explore ways to simplify life.
Living Simply Creates Balance
Life is meant to be simple and easy. Hard work and struggle are paradigms from the past that no longer work in today's world. Having more, doing more and being more only add to this weightiness. When a person is aligned with his or her natural rhythm, they create ease and balance in all areas of their life. Explore ways to balance the mind, body and soul, including:
- Balance the mind. Over thinking and over analyzing create complexity and confusion. Practice letting go of thoughts and move into the present moment where everything slows down. Allow events to unfold instead of planning every detail.
- Balance the body. Overdoing anything with the body including over eating and over activity creates unnecessary stress. Eat foods that are nourishing, do exercises that feel good to the body, say no to activities that drain instead of energize the body.
- Balance the soul. Discover what activities, people and places nurture the soul and devote time there instead of spending valuable energy on time wasters.
When a person gives their mind, body and soul exactly what they need and no more, balance and ease are naturally created.
Simplify Your Life
Doing less, buying less and having less are the three main ways to create a balanced, simple life. Make these suggestions a daily way of life:
- Purchase only what's needed. Watch the urge to over shop and buy unnecessary items just because they look nice or are on sale. Purchase only what is needed as a way to lighten your home.
- De-clutter one space at a time. Removing clutter can seem overwhelming in itself. Choose one room or even one area to de-clutter at a time. Give away ornaments and clothes that are no longer needed. Organize loose papers into files. Store important documents or objects in a closet or basement out of sight.
- Write down to-do lists and ideas. Carrying ideas and tasks around in the mind is very taxing. Have an ideas journal to write down all the insights that suddenly appear, then let them go until it's time to take action. Have a pad of paper to write down tasks that need to be done soon. Organize them into simple categories such as today, tomorrow, this week and next week's tasks.
- Reduce activities. Many people suffer from the compulsion to be busy, saying "yes" to every invitation and project. This of course leads to burnout instead of balance. Learn to set boundaries by asking whether the activity, event or project supports simplicity or not. If it doesn't, learn to say "no," knowing that you are saying "yes" to yourself.
As people learn to simplify their life by doing less, they end up having more - more time, more space, more energy. An individual can give himself peace of mind by living simply.
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