Simple Living Isn’t Complicated. Modern Life Just Makes It Sound Like It Is

The clue is in the name, my dudes

Charlie Brown
Mind Cafe

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When you strip away everything living simply means, you’re left with one premise:

Do less but better.

You don’t need to invest in a $300 simple living course to tell you this — I just did.

So. Why is it so hard to implement a simpler life?

The problem lies in the fact that modern life has become so pressured and so filled with choices that it sounds like living simply is the most complex choice of them all.

It’s not.

It’s as simple as this…

It’s as simple as knowing where your priorities lie

Do you know? Or are they buried under a million other daily tasks, and commitments? Of what other people expect of you? Of what you expect of yourself?

Mine for many years were totally fucked up, lost in a haze of “it’s just what you do” rhetoric and busyness for busyness' sake.

It was only when I turned 28 and made the intentional decision to live simpler that I realized I didn’t give a shit about half of what I was doing. Like spending time with crappy friends or going to parties with…

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Charlie Brown
Mind Cafe

Writer of opinions. Wine & food pro. Editor of Rooted, a boostable Medium food & drink pub. Niche-avoidant. Also at thesaucemag.substack.com