Simply Live A Happy, Free, And Meaningful Life
“By removing the physical distractions around us, we’re able to look inside ourselves and begin the process of mental, emotional, psychological, and spiritual decluttering.”
-“Love People Use Things” by The Minimalists
Hello, my name is Ted Wind. I am a forty year old disabled veteran with a degree in Organizational Management who would like to share with you an extremely important something that I learned over the course of my life.
I had to learn this something the hard way, through the school of Hard Knocks, so I feel extremely compelled to share what I’ve learned, so that I may prevent a whole lot of needless suffering.
“When life becomes too complicated and we feel overwhelmed, it’s often useful just to stand back and remind ourselves of our overall purpose, our overall goal. When faced with a feeling of stagnation and confusion, it may be helpful to take an hour, an afternoon, or even several days to simply reflect on what it is that will truly bring us happiness, and then reset our priorities on the basis of that. This can put our life back in proper context, allow a fresh perspective, and enable us to see which direction to take.”
-“The Art of Happiness” by Dalai Lama
There is plenty of suffering in life without adding needless suffering to it. Suffering comes from living a life of attachment and living a wholistic, healthy, and free life is the cure.
Simplicity is the Key to living a life that is whole and free. Minimalism is the way to Simplicity.
Minimalism is the practice of being intentional with what we allow to stay in our lives and what we allow into our lives.
“I am not my thoughts, emotions, sense perceptions, and experiences. I am not the content of my life. I am Life. I am the space in which all things happen. I am consciousness. I am the Now. I Am.”
-“Stillness Speaks” by Eckhart Tolle
Like muddy water, life becomes unclear when we have too much clutter. When we get rid of all of the useless mental and physical clutter what is truly important becomes very clear.
If our lives do not match up with our fundamental values (we know when we’re not living a life that is aligned with our fundamental values because we become unhappy with the present moment) we can begin to head in the right direction.
The journey towards our best selves may, at times, seem long and difficult but every step we take will feel right and meaningful.
Minimalism helps clear the path from distractions on our individual journeys!
Minimalism also gives us permission to be happier with less!
Minimalists believe in quality over quantity.
The biggest regrets that many people have at the end of their lives are:
They wish that they let themselves be happier.
They wish they stayed in touch with their friends.
They wish they had the courage to express their feelings.
They wish they hadn’t worked so hard.
They wish they had the courage to live a life true to themselves, not the life that others expected of them.
Minimalism helps with all of these wishes because we have more time, money, and freedom!
Minimalism can also help identify, clarifying, and change negative habitual thinking to positive thinking.
Minimalism can be a path to truly enjoying life!
We will stop being our biggest critics.
We will stop comparing ourselves to others.
We will stop worrying about the future.
We will stop ruminating about the past.
We will stop expecting too much of others.
Instead we will be truly present in the moment, and be Mindful not Mind Full. We can live a life of intentionality.
Minimalism empowers us!
Instead of reacting to things we can proactively create the life we have always wanted!
It may take a good amount of time and effort but it will be absolutely worth it!
Minimalism allows us to live a life with purpose, priority, and productivity.
“Essentialism is not about how to get more things done; it’s about how to get the right things done. It doesn’t mean just doing less for the sake of less either. It is about making the wisest possible investment of your time and energy in order to operate at our highest point of contribution by doing only what is essential.”
-“Essentialism” by Greg McKeown
Like waves eroding a cliff, intentional actions can take down mountains!
The five areas we must work on to live a simple, healthy, fulfilling, and wholistic life are our health, our relationships, our creativity, our growth, and our contributions.
“All big things come from small beginnings. The seed of every habit is a single, tiny decision. But as that decision is repeated, a habit sprouts and grows stronger. Roots entrench themselves and branches grow. The task of breaking a bad habit is like uprooting a powerful oak within us. And the task of building a good habit is like cultivating a delicate flower one day at a time.”
-“Atomic Habits” by James Clear
So let’s get started living up to our Core Values and setting up routines that our future selves will be proud of!
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