Life Piles Up January 3, 2013
Posted by nrhatch in Life Balance, Mindfulness, Simplify Your Life.Tags: Distractions, Life Balance, Mindfulness, Simplify, Time
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Life piles up.
We must sort through the pile from time to time to identify priorities, dreams, hopes, and aspirations.
If we don’t clear out the clutter, the path becomes littered and overgrown with weeds.
Instead of seeing our way clear, distractions fill our field of vision.
Give the Universe room to work its magic.
Aah . . . that’s better!
Buy Less. Do More. November 8, 2012
Posted by nrhatch in Home & Garden, Life Balance, Simplify Your Life.Tags: buyers remorse, Clutter, Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Simplify, Stuff
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My life, like most, has had ups and downs, good decisions and bad, and more than my fair share of mistakes and challenges.
But they all led to this door. So, no regrets.
Except one.
When I look at the collective accumulation of stuff in our living space and closets . . . I am filled to overflowing with ”buyer’s remorse.”
Not in specific. Just in general.
If I could go back and tell my younger self or a good friend just one thing, it would be:
Buy Less. Do More.
We travel best when we travel light. The best way to avoid clutter is not to purchase it in the first place.
Aah . . . that’s better!
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Susanna posted the 8 Finalists from the Halloweensie Contest yesterday morning . . . and I’m in the running!
If you want to vote, click this link and Vote for your Favorite!
They’re all in one place . . . so it’s one stop shopping. No clicking back and forth between blogs. Simple, right? And nothing to clutter up your house! 
Distilled Essence October 10, 2012
Posted by nrhatch in Mindfulness, Simplify Your Life, Writing & Writers.Tags: Distill, Essence, Mindfulness, Simplify, Thoughts, Word Play
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When we create whiskey, maple syrup, perfume, and many other sauce reductions, we distill them down to the essence to concentrate the flavor.
The distillation process emphasizes the tastes and aromas.
The extraneous evaporates, leaving only the essential essence behind.
Less is more.
The same is true with our thoughts.
When we distill them down to the essence, we concentrate the flavors, textures, tastes, and aromas.
We let others read between the lines.
Quote: When we relinquish or renounce the extraneous, we are left with the essential, which cannot be lost. ~ Lama Surya Das
Aah . . . that’s better!
Which do you prefer . . . reading a treatise where everything is spelled out, often in excruciating detail? Or a more broadbrushed approach which challenges you to put on your thinking cap and think?
