A simple life is more than just living on a tiny budget. You can be a billionaire and yet live simply, free from excessive worries. You can be the president of a major corporation yet live in complete simplicity. You can be a salesperson targeting high sales quotas and still live simply.
A simple life is abandoning most unneeded vanities. It means you will have to give up some things in life that you really do not need. A favorite smart term in business today is “prioritizing.” Abandoning is more than just prioritizing. Abandoning is like disposing of garbage because you do not need them. You do not include your garbage in your priority list — you throw them away for good.
A simple life is different from a meaningless life. The former implies simplicity, yet has a purpose. You must have a mission or a goal in life to live it to the fullest. The latter implies having no direction at all. Research has shown that many employees who retire, die 1 to 2 years later. Although stress is not in the equation, these employees might have lost something very significant – having a calling or purpose in life.
A simple life includes the following seven principles:
1. ELIMINATE SELF-IMPORTANCE.
2. ELIMINATE NEGATIVE STRESS.
3. DESIRE LESS.
4. LAUGH MORE OFTEN.
5. DO NOT BE A PERFECTIONIST.
6. LOVE EVERYTHING.
7. STOP, LOOK, AND LISTEN.
The 7 points above are just examples of what makes a life simple. The basic principle is that, the more you cut down excess in your lifestyle — tossing out everything that doesn’t help in building up good values and character, and eliminating anything that promotes self-importance — the simpler life becomes. In some extreme cases, people who are very serious about having a simple life actually quit their high paying jobs or businesses and retire with their loved ones to their chosen paradise. The idea being that a long, healthy, and happy life is the only thing worth living for. It has been shown that rural folks live longer lives mostly because they are free from the pressures of city life. Simple living often means less, if any, pollution – air, noise, and water. It also constitutes lesser things to worry about. Moving to the city from the countryside has been going on en masse, and people find it more difficult to enjoy a peaceful, quiet, and simple life in the crowded cities.
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