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Effortless simplicity
“Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy”
- Isaac Newton
The world has become a lot more connected, and therefore, much more cluttered and complicated over the past fifty years. For the over forty crowd, you may remember a simpler time where we were not constantly connected to others through our digital devices. Due to the ability to get more done, brought on to us by the information age, many people struggle to organize and live their lives in a way where they do not feel overwhelmed or stretched too thin by their commitments and responsibilities.
I frequently speak with clients who are unable to turn down the water pressure on the firehose of life they seem to be drinking out of every day. Career. Kids. Spouse. Friends. To-do list. For some people, there never seems to be enough hours in the day to attend to their responsibilities while maintaining their sanity and energy levels at the same time. It can be quite the delicate balancing act. The problem I have noticed is some people will pile more things on their plate when it’s already crowded, or have trouble saying “no” to others or themselves when their plate is already full. This is when overwhelm can set in.
One of the very best ways to avoid the feeling of being overwhelmed and spread too thin is to prioritize and minimize our responsibilities and…
