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Simplifying..isn't simple....

27/3/2014

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It involves a lot of hard thinking about what exactly your priorities are and a lot of decision making -I'm sure we all know how tiring that can be!

You have to accept that, to coin a phrase, you can't have it all.

Not if you want to live more simply.
 
You can't do it all either, and you can't be it all. But knowing this is so can be a bit of a relief... You have to choose and try to make good choices.

I've done it slowly, mindfully, over four years.

Has it been worth it? Absolutely

Leo Babauta at Zen Habits says it is painful.  See here.  Would you agree?

Picture
on my walk today..
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Swissrose link
27/3/2014 04:14:54 pm

Hm, sad sometimes, or emotional, or even angry, but painful? I don't really think so. But perhaps that depends on how you define pain!

I've actually found that the main benefit is that I don't "want it all" any more. At least, I don't think so! But then we just feel so lucky.
What's that saying, "too blessed to be stressed"!!

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Freda
27/3/2014 05:56:55 pm

Now that is a great saying I've not heard before - I shall pin ti to the wall - now! And yes I'd say uncomfortable rather than painful..

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elaine link
27/3/2014 05:51:00 pm

It seems to be a daily ongoing thing for me - but simplifying does take the stress out of life. I used to run four blogs, plus FB and Twitter, forums etc. All needed constant updating. I learned my lesson and now just have the one blog - life is so much easier now.

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Freda
27/3/2014 06:25:53 pm

Sounds like you made some good decisions there. (Are you feeling perkier yet?)

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rusty duck link
27/3/2014 09:05:58 pm

It's very easy to take on too much, and very hard to let go. Not something I'm good at either.

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Freda
27/3/2014 10:37:40 pm

I'm intruiged at 'Seeking a quieter life. Still' - has simplifying been part of that?

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cath
28/3/2014 03:04:36 am

I can understand why he uses 'pain' and 'painful' in the choices he has recently made. It is never easy to put things on a backburner while other people are involved, who have put their hopes in you. But in general 'pain' is not thé word for me that comes to mind when thinking about simplifying, I think perseverance would come closer.

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