minimal
I think I’ve secretly wanted to be more minimalist for a long while. While I won’t deny I feel the urge for more, shinier, newer I think I’ve never really completely embraced it. At the back of my mind there’s been a thought that says – it’s just stuff, it’s not going to make you happier, or enjoy life more. It’s the same with Xmas especially, the gifts I’ve liked most are the ones delivered with thought and not pounds. The ring I got off mum a long time ago and the bracelet Han got me from her travels.
Eliminating clutter and streamlining processes to free up time and focus on my passions.
The thing is, from the few blogs I’ve been reading (http://mnmlist.com/ is good) it’s not just about cutting down on the things you have, it’s about making more of what you do have, especially time.
This last couple of weeks, I’ve tried to just take more time to myself. In my job it is so easy to be swallowed up by it. To spend each and every spare minute thinking about it or doing work towards it. I’ve realised that while I love my job (mostly!) I am not prepared to give all time and energy to it. I’m just not. There are other things that are equally deserving of my time. At the moment, it’s a work in progress but I’m starting to spend more time cooking and just taking 20 minutes to walk to the shop down the road and less time on the computer or phone.
The power of minimalism lies not in adding to the things you own and do for the sake of improving your life. It’s about enabling you to subtract clutter and noise and focus your time, energy, and passion on whatever makes you most happy and alive.
Now it’s getting late and I need to get up early.
This post started because of this quote>
“I believe the key to success is being flexible enough in your life to be able to search out that which you can be successful at. A lot of people build up their lives to a level where they’re just not sustainable unless they ’settle’ for a job that they aren’t happy with.”
It’s easy, as you earn more to end up spending more but not necessarily being happier with it. I just want to be confident, happy in my own skin. That’s all.
posted: 10 February 25
under: thoughts