Monday’s Meditation: On A Little More All The Time
It’s Memorial day here in the States, meaning that everyone is off having barbecues or remembering loved ones lost in service, or both, I guess.
Meanwhile, my best friend got engaged last night and I got a new couch on Saturday, and for many of you reading today is just a normal Monday.
Life proceeds as always, then: varied, exciting, ebbing and flowing and life-ing as it does.
And so I offer you this somewhat abbreviated notion wrapped in an anecdote.
Last week I met with a woman very (understandably) overwhelmed at the task of having to move cross-country. At the end of the appointment she pulled out her checkbook and asked to whom she should make it out. I said the name of my company and she started to laugh.
“My friends are going to get a kick out of this,” she told me. “They’re going to say, ‘You do many things, but you definitely do not live simply.'”
“No reason you can’t start,” I said. (It hardly being the first time I had gotten that response.)
“You think?”
“Sure,” I said. “Every decision is a chance to live a little more simply.”
I don’t know whether or not she believed me, but I hope she did. I hope you do.
It might not happen for you all at once. In fact, it probably won’t. Clarifying your priorities, living with intention, and creating an environment that supports your best self is no easy feat.
But consider the fact that every individual decision you make has the power to shift your whole world in any respect. Every choice is one that adds or subtracts, that affirms or undermines, that fuels or sabotages.
Your Living Simply, like anything else, is composed of a myriad of individual decisions.
If you want to Live Simply, choose the option that keeps it most real.
If you want to Live Simply, pursue that which feels most alive.
If you want to Live Simply, enable awareness.
If you want to Live Simply, be consistent with your choices.
You, master of your calendar, controller of your dominion, royalty of your life–you, my friend, are nothing if not the boss of your every decision, meaning that your ability to Live Simply lies right in the palm of your hand, the nib of your pencil, the stripe on your credit card.
Deciding to support your happiness and wellbeing is one thing you won’t ever regret (promise).
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on May 25, 2015 at 7:21 am
Hi Annie! Thank you, thank you, thank you for everything you do and write. I would LOVE to see your blogs on my Facebook news feed, but I don’t know if you have a public page. I would love to share this goodness with my FB friends! Have I just missed you on FB? How can we connect there?
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on May 25, 2015 at 10:30 am
Hi Jenseeme,
Thanks so much for the lovely comment! Please do share away on FB if you like! As of now, you can find LS posts through a reader like feedly, bloglovin, etc., or by subscribing to email updates, and then of course on Pinterest, Instagram and Twitter (all those accounts linked at top of page).
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on May 25, 2015 at 11:00 am
I appreciate your blog and especially the Monday meditations very very much. Your thoughts and assignments have been part of a huge 6 month transformation for me and my family. Thank you Annie!
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Thank YOU so much for this comment and for reading. Means everything to me. 🙂
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on May 25, 2015 at 2:23 pm
Annie,
I was determined to do at least a little purging and organizing this weekend. If only 30 minutes I was going to do something. So yesterday morning I found myself reading through some of your okd blog posts on purging (must have needed motivation) and I came accross one where you talk about organizing rules that are rubish and ones to start practicing. And you mentioned getting a donation bin. So in my quest to EMPTY one of my bins and use it for donations I came across a barely used camping chair & backpack when I was in my storage. One of neighbors was outside and I offered them go her. She was SO excited. Said her daughter would love them.So thank you for the motivation! Past & present! Here’s living more simply one small step at a time!
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Love this!!! Way to go Jen!!
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on May 26, 2015 at 4:10 pm
Thank you so much – this is exactly what I needed to hear (read!) today as I’m getting ready to move my family of five for the ninth time in a couple of weeks. Feeling completely overwhelmed, your words are always soothing and helpful. Now if I could just have you here in person to help me get through the chaos!!
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Oh woww. Elaine, I am so there with you in spirit. I’m guessing that after this many moves you are a total pro at it though (even if you wish you weren’t).
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[…] Maybe you’re worried that you aren’t making progress, and you’re beginning to doubt the power of each choice you make. But guess what? Every decision is a chance to Live a little more Simply. […]
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Hi Annie! Thank you, thank you, thank you for everything you do and write. I would LOVE to see your blogs on my Facebook news feed, but I don’t know if you have a public page. I would love to share this goodness with my FB friends! Have I just missed you on FB? How can we connect there?
Hi Jenseeme,
Thanks so much for the lovely comment! Please do share away on FB if you like! As of now, you can find LS posts through a reader like feedly, bloglovin, etc., or by subscribing to email updates, and then of course on Pinterest, Instagram and Twitter (all those accounts linked at top of page).
I appreciate your blog and especially the Monday meditations very very much. Your thoughts and assignments have been part of a huge 6 month transformation for me and my family. Thank you Annie!
Thank YOU so much for this comment and for reading. Means everything to me. 🙂
Annie,
I was determined to do at least a little purging and organizing this weekend. If only 30 minutes I was going to do something. So yesterday morning I found myself reading through some of your okd blog posts on purging (must have needed motivation) and I came accross one where you talk about organizing rules that are rubish and ones to start practicing. And you mentioned getting a donation bin. So in my quest to EMPTY one of my bins and use it for donations I came across a barely used camping chair & backpack when I was in my storage. One of neighbors was outside and I offered them go her. She was SO excited. Said her daughter would love them.
So thank you for the motivation! Past & present! Here’s living more simply one small step at a time!
Love this!!! Way to go Jen!!
Thank you so much – this is exactly what I needed to hear (read!) today as I’m getting ready to move my family of five for the ninth time in a couple of weeks. Feeling completely overwhelmed, your words are always soothing and helpful. Now if I could just have you here in person to help me get through the chaos!!
Oh woww. Elaine, I am so there with you in spirit. I’m guessing that after this many moves you are a total pro at it though (even if you wish you weren’t).
[…] Maybe you’re worried that you aren’t making progress, and you’re beginning to doubt the power of each choice you make. But guess what? Every decision is a chance to Live a little more Simply. […]