Simplify My Life
One of the frequent comments I hear from people is, �It�s so obvious what I need to do to simplify my life. I could have figured out how to do it myself if I�d just thought about it.�
They�re absolutely right. The changes we need to make our lives are the obvious ones. But we�re often too busy to stop and think about what we need to do to bring them about. We�ve been so caught up in the stress and the pressure and the demands of our days that we�ve gotten out of the habit of thinking.
As you set out and continue along your path of inner simplicity, be sure to set aside time to think on a regular, even daily, basis. Get in the habit of spending a few minutes in the morning before you start your day thinking about how you want to be in your work and in your interactions with the people you come into contact with.
Then, at the end of the day, take a few minutes to think about how you did in relation to how you wanted to do.
Think about the things that may have kept you from enjoying your day, or from living it the way you�d like to. Then think about how you might do things differently tomorrow.
In addition to the daily evaluations, we need to set aside larger blocks of time to think about the big picture. Use some of your regularly scheduled times of solitude to really think about your inner life and outer life, where you want to go with each, and what kinds of things you can do to get there.
Set aside time for weekend or longer retreats, and use the time to question your long-accepted assumptions or beliefs. There are few things as liberating as coming up with your own solutions to your own issues.
All the information we need to know about our lives and how to live them is available to us. Thinking is one of the tools we can use to tap into that information.