Simplify: Edit Your Life

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I read this post today about editing things out of your life. This could not have come at a more interesting time. For the last three months, I have been in a “Simplifying” mode. So what does that mean? Well…..

• Losing weight: What does that have to do with simplifying your life? For me it meant out with the excess - food, etc. It meant taking out things that aren’t helping and putting in things that do.
• Less “yes”: I learned an important lesson a while back: if you say “no” more than you say “yes”, your “yes’es” mean so much more. Doing more than you should doesn’t make you nicer, cooler, smarter or better - it just makes you tired and bitter.
• Getting rid of stuff I don’t need: We’ve all got stuff and still now, 7 years after I started simplifying my life, I am working thru the layers of “stuff” I have. It’s still amazing to me how stuff gets in the way. It clutters up our minds and our space. A willingness to part with it, even a little at a time, moves us forward.
• Not giving into pressure: Think peer pressure goes away when you’re an adult? Nope. Not only that but the obligation or personal pressure we put on ourselves to perform, go to things, do things, buy things, eat things - whatever. Life is too short to do things on other’s terms - own your own life! Get rid of the things that aren’t taking you higher and focus on the things that are.
• Asking for help. Sometimes you need help to take the next step. Whether it’s a coach, friend or loving spouse, everybody needs encouragement and help. Reach out and grab it. If someone in your life is dragging you down, it might be time to re-evaluate.