How To Live A Simple Life

In our daily lives, we often rush through tasks, trying to get them done, trying to finish as much as we can each day, speeding along in our cars to our next destination, rushing to do what we need to do there, and then leaving so that we can speed to our next destination.The first secret to how to live a simple life is to look honestly at how life gets complicated. It is different for each of us, but there are some common principles. The first one is about taking on new responsibilities without fully acknowledging the costs and complexities they add to our lives.

The first secret to how to live a Simple life is to look honestly at how life gets complicated. It is different for each of us, but there are some common principles. The first one is about taking on new responsibilities without fully acknowledging the costs and complexities they add to our lives. You see, when we were young we saw the world through simple, hopeful eyes.

We knew what we wanted and we had no biases or concealed agendas.  We liked people who smiled.  We avoided people who frowned.  We ate when we were hungry, drank when we were thirsty, and slept when we were tired.Over the course of time, we made our lives more and more difficult, and we started losing touch with who we really are and what we really need.

Let’s make things simple again.  It’s easy.  Here are 9 ways to do just that:

1. Don’t try to read other people’s minds.  Don’t make other people try to read yours.  Communicate.
2. Be polite, but don’t try to be friends with everyone around you.  Instead, spend time nurturing your relationships with the people who matter most to you.
3. Your health is your life, keep up with it.  Get an annual physical check-up.
4. Live below your means.  Don’t buy stuff you don’t need.  Always sleep on big purchases.  Create a budget and savings plan and stick to both of them.
5. Get enough sleep every night.  An exhausted mind is rarely productive.
6. Get up 30 minutes earlier so you don’t have to rush around like a mad man.  That 30 minutes will help you avoid speeding tickets, tardiness, and other unnecessary headaches.
7. Get off your high horse, talk it out, shake hands or hug, and move on.
8. Don’t waste your time on jealously.  The only person you’re competing against is yourself.
9. Surround yourself with people who fill your gaps.  Let them do the stuff they’re better at so you can do the stuff you’re better at. Organize your living space and working space.  Read David Allen’s book Getting Things Done  for some practical organizational guidance.

Once you start living in the now, avoiding the dream state created by the mind, you will notice that your life becomes really simple on its own. External circumstance may change but they are not important anymore. The secret to live a Simple life is to realize that “life” is always simple it’s only the “mind” that makes it complex – no mind, no problems.