How Simplifying Your Life Helps You Find Inner Peace and Harmony

Choose simplicity, not multiplicity

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A few days ago I spent the afternoon relaxing by the beach.

It was a real joy to let time fill its sails with wind and flow right past me. It was a joy to let the saltwater kiss the bare souls of my feet as I crouched across the stretch of sand to pick up some seashells–tritons, tellins, cowries, and conches in the many shades of peach, plum, and pink.

But an hour later, I found myself staring at a fast-sinking sun, weighed heavy by a load of shells in my pocket. And much like the waves in front of me that constantly ebbed and flowed, a contemplative thought arose in my mind:

How often do we spend the hours of our days exerting needless energy to collect more memories, more moments, more things, and then drain ourselves as we continue to hold onto them?

Do you really need to add another item to the plethora of clothes in your closet? Do you really need to launch another side project or should you just double down on the one that you’ve been tweaking and procrastinating on for years?

Do you really need to take on more responsibility at your job because everyone around you seems to be doing it? Do you really need to connect with more people or have you…