Is your day-to-day life full of stress and chaos?
Are you scrambling for a brief peaceful moment in the day just to relax? There is just too much each day to worry about, keep track off and deal with.
Everyday, we’re plagued with the trials and tribulations of life. We’re put to the test and forced to deliver. If we don’t, we disappoint someone, or worse, ourselves.
Amidst the chaos, it can be hard to find a peaceful moment. So then, what is the solution? It is quite simple – simplify your life.
We’ve compiled some of our best tips to help you simplify your life. We use these on a day-to-day basis and it grants us perspective and allows us some quiet in the chaos.
1) Believe in Yourself
You are your own worst critic. You are your own judge and jury. What you think about yourself directly affects how you feel and act.
Strive for a positive mindset. Look for the good in every person and every situation. Sometimes it’s hard to find. But the harder it is to find, the greater the reward.
However, at the same time, realize that you are just human. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself when you don’t accomplish a goal. There is no perfect person.
Instead, call it day and reset tomorrow. Every day is a new day to start believing in yourself again.
2) Be Grateful
Something we do on our worst days is a ‘Be Grateful’ list. We list all the things that we’re glad to have in lives. We usually aim for 10.
Sometimes it is hard to find things to be grateful for.
But, even through our worse times, there is always something. Dig deep and search. When we have a questionable day, we write down anything that comes to mind.
Here are a few for today. I’m Grateful for:
- The ability to breathe
- The ability to think and feel
- The sunshine that gives me energy and life
- Clean water
We often take for granted the simple things in life. These simple ‘gratefuls’ are often overlooked but they matter the most.
We don’t miss something until it is completely gone. We never know when we’ll lose the ability to breathe or think and feel the sunshine. So, let us cherish it while it’s still in our lives.
3) De-clutter Your Life
Naturally we are simple beings. We grew up knowing only the simple pleasures. It’s not until recently that the latest cellphones and biggest televisions consumed us.
Now, we’re consumed by physical trash. We’re surrounded by more and more clutter that prevents us from every feeling truly happy.
We start to attach our happiness to frivolous items that fade. As the item fades, our happiness fades along with it. Then. we purchase more clutter to attach and sustain our happiness.
In order to achieve some clarity in our lives, we must first de-clutter our space and then de-clutter our minds. We must shed the attachment to shiny items.
We must reduce, cut back and simplify. Throw away anything you haven’t used in the last 6 months.
You’ll start to realize that the less you have, the less you’ll want.
4) Use Everything in Moderation
One time I ate too many oranges (because they are good for you) and I got a sore throat for 2 weeks. Even vitamin c is bad is large doses.
Too much of anything – good or bad – will wear us down. Whether it’s work, socializing, eating, shopping or television, eventually it will take its toll on us.
Practice self-restraint and you will achieve some piece of mind. When we go overboard with anything, the consequences are always negative.
5) Limit Complaints
When were you on the tail end of a chronic complainer? No matter what seems to happen, this person has something to complain about. How did you feel hearing all of his/her complaints?
Complaints are always a negative reaction to a situation. Complainers are chronic negative people that can’t see the positive.
Limit your complaints, or better yet, avoid it all together. Try to avoid complaining for an entire day. When you catch yourself, stop and change the topic.
You can be one of two people: a problem person or a solution person. Are you going to whine about your issues or are you going to deal with or fix your problem?
6) Self-Reflection
Almost everyone has a few moments when they’re laying in bed at the end of the night. But how often do we get lost in our own thoughts.
Use these last moment of the night to reflect. Ask yourself questions about your day:
- Was I the best I could be today?
- Could I have helped someone more?
- Did I do something of importance or significance?
Spend some time today constructing your own meaningful questions. If you fail a question, strive for it the next day. Always aim to improve.
Aim to feel happier, be more fulfilled and grow endlessly.
Until next time, my beautiful readers,
Be bold, be free and love on.
Reblogged this on The Rattling Bones and commented:
This is fantastic advice! Very spiritual in nature and will improve not only your life, but your mental health!
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Thank you so much for the reblog! Your referral was greatly appreciated! I’m happy you found enough value in it to share it with your audience! 🙂
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You’re most welcome 🙂 I found it to be wonderful advice, very spiritual in nature 🙂
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Great post!
There is certainly a lot to think about here. These ideas seem so simple and yet when I consider each one I realize that I rarely allow myself time to reflect back on my life and the wonderful things that I am lucky to be surrounded by (like the beautiful sunshine glowing through my window as I type).
I am in a constant battle with number 3. I seem to go in cycles and as I begin accumulating more and more items I sometimes feel like I grow tense even just looking at the stuff. Yet, somehow, it can be incredibly difficult to part with items. We seem to project an ideal of ourselves onto objects without realizing that they can be the very things to fog our true sense of self. Perhaps a purge is in order…
Thanks for the considerations!
All the best 🙂
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The small things in life are usually what matters most I think. It’s the simple pleasures we often forget in the pursuit of higher pleasures.
Also, I’ve realized that the more items I have, the stronger my attachments grows toward it. The more I have, the more I want. One day, I threw out/donated most of my belongings. But you’re right. We see ourselves in our items. The problem is that we start to project our happiness on it. As we slowly start to depend on these items for happiness, we start to amass more items for more happiness.
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This post was so very helpful & appreciated 🙂 It had every ingredient to simplify life and implementation will really work wonders 😉 so implementation starts from tomorrow 😀
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Awesome! Glad to hear we could help out in some small way! 🙂
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I thought this was great and helpful! 🙂
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Thank you so much for the reblog! Your referral was greatly appreciated! I’m happy you found enough value in it to share it with your audience! 🙂
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“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” ― Confucius
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Exactly! I love all of Confucius’ quotes!
In fact, I just wrote a post on Quotes! Seeing as you always post wonderful quotes here, you should check it out:
http://2helpfulguys.com/2015/05/13/recharge-your-life-through-a-quote/
See you there 🙂
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“As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.” ― Henry David Thoreau
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Thank you so much for the reblog! Your referral was greatly appreciated! I’m happy you found enough value in it to share it with your audience! 🙂
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Nice, helpful and practical. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you very very much. Your kind words truly mean a lot! 🙂
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I love the idea of getting rid of things you haven’t used in six months. Great way to declutter and focus on the essentials.
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Exactly! Every few months we like to reassess our items and donate anything we clutter. Declutter our spaces will declutter our minds.
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I agree with all of this especially the limiting complaints. I once gave up being bitter for lent. 40 days of not allowing myself a single bitter comment or thought. It was so hard to do but at the end of the 40 days my life had changed! My whole perspective shifted and contentment began to filter in.
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That’s amazing! 40 days is a very long time! That’s great. Just a little bit of diligent consciousness and we can limit our complaining. It does have very profound effects on our bodies and minds!
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Thank you so much for the reblog! Your referral was greatly appreciated! I’m happy you found enough value in it to share it with your audience! 🙂
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Thank you for your wisdom! It was much needed and greatly appreciated ☺
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I love every tip on this list, but the one that has changed my life the most is gratitude. I am always encouraging people to make a list of what they are grateful for. It is amazing how powerful a gratitude list can be. Like you showed with your examples, there is always something to be grateful for.
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You’re right! There’s always something simple that we take advantage of. Maybe it’s human nature? But I find that when I’m grateful for the simple small things in life, I feel more fulfilled and energized.
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Great advice ! Thank you.
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Thank you so much for the reblog! Your referral was greatly appreciated! I’m happy you found enough value in it to share it with your audience! 🙂
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I sure found loads of value in it!
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Wow, Leroy did it again!! This is INCREDIBLE advice for those of us who are facing too much stress in our lives.
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Thank you so much for the reblog! Your referral was greatly appreciated! I’m happy you found enough value in it to share it with your audience! And your amazingly kind words. We truly appreciate your support!
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I love this.
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Thank you so much for the reblog! Your referral was greatly appreciated! I’m happy you found enough value in it to share it with your audience! 🙂
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Great tips – sometimes, when someone has irritated me beyond sanity, I try and remember to be grateful that this is an opportunity to be kind instead of grumpy. It often brings me right back to my centre and helps me reset my underlying intention to be kind whenever possible.
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Exactly! Always try and revert back within yourself. Also try and be as center and present as possible. It’s hard sometimes. We’re all humans and sometimes we can falter.
But with a little diligent and consistence, we can improve our lives significantly.
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