Living Simply

' Life is really simple, but we insist on making in complicated’

—Confucius

Living simply is a large part of feeling peace in your soul. This year I am aiming to simplify more, to live more in the moment, to live with less expectations and to live more purposefully and intentionally.    

Like many of you I start each year making plans for the next 12 months.  I make all these grand goals and then feel really disappointed that I didn’t accomplish them all.  This year I realised the reason that I haven’t reached my goals is because I have over complicated my planning and I have written too many goals and made them too big.

This year I have simplified my planning and goal setting.   I have only made one goal and I have chosen one focus word.  It is so much easier to remember what I am doing, what my focus is and it is so much more manageable.

I have broken that one goal into manageable tasks and written these on a master list. Then I prioritised the list of tasks. Each week I am only focussing on one of these tasks and so far I have had much less overwhelm and I’ve been much more productive.

Simplifying my planning has brought peace.

In what ways can you simplify your life?

How can you let unimportant things go?

How can you embrace a life full of your own simple expectations not others unrealistic expectations?