What is the beauty in simplicity?
Have you ever wondered why there is beauty in simplicity?
Why is it that something that’s so simple can be so spectacular?
When there’s too much going on, we get lost in the fray and can’t seem to find our happiness. Stuff, including our thoughts become messy.
Daily life offers plenty of opportunities for complexity and stress. Think about your morning routine, or if you’re like most people, your morning rush. Could it be simplified? How about your wardrobe, commute, meal preparations, work schedule, social commitments, relationships…
How much of these aspects of your life are complicated?
Keeping up with the Joneses
Trying to “keep up with the Joneses” is an exhaustive effort that many people struggle with.
It takes up an incredible amount of time, energy, and money to keep up with the newest trends.
Unfortunately, using friends, neighbors, colleagues, strangers and even celebrities as benchmarks to measure your success is a proven recipe for disaster.
Our mental climate has become one that is constantly tempted by the lure of consumerism and acquisition. Not only is the consumer mindset a key driver in our modern economy, but also a vital contributor to the destruction of the Earth and depletion of its resources.
Over-consumption by the rich is contributing to some of the planet’s most urgent issues such as poverty, environmental degradation, exploitation, pollution, and immense suffering.
Transitioning into a more sustainable future will require that individuals living in affluent nations reduce their consumption habits and learn to live with a little (or a lot) less.
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