{"id":5709,"date":"2011-03-14T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becomingblog.wpengine.com\/?p=5709"},"modified":"2024-03-13T11:02:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T18:02:30","slug":"the-domino-effect-of-simple-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.becomingminimalist.com\/the-domino-effect-of-simple-living\/","title":{"rendered":"The Domino Effect of Simple Living"},"content":{"rendered":"
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Faith Janes of Minimalist at Home.<\/em><\/p>\n “Change begets change.” <\/em>– Charles Dickens<\/p>\n Living simply is not very simple at all in the beginning. Making tough decisions and staying motivated is a big challenge. If you stay focused and keep making an effort, you’ll find that each step that follows comes more easily than the one before.<\/p>\n Simple living is the absence of excess<\/a>.<\/strong> Many consider minimalism and simple living to be focused on possessions. While that is a very practical starting point, the decision to eliminate excess will naturally spill over into other areas of life<\/a>.<\/p>\n Simple living<\/a> does not imply simple choices.<\/strong> It requires a level of awareness grounded in your personal values. You must establish your priorities and judge each choice to be made according to those priorities. As you begin to ask yourself why something is important to you you’ll become more aware of why you make certain choices. That greater sense of awareness will give you a guide to measure all of your future decisions.<\/p>\n Pretty soon simplicity becomes second nature.<\/strong> The domino effect of simple living takes over and you’ll be amazed where it can lead.<\/p>\n In some circumstances, the domino effect will lead to personal change. At other times, the effects will radiate outward and touch the lives of those around you.<\/p>\n A single domino or a single decision may not seem impressive by itself. But combined with the next and then the next, the effect can be life changing.<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n Faith is the author of the brand new e-book,\u00a0Family-Sized Minimalism<\/a><\/strong>. She writes about pursuing Less Mess . . . More Life through minimalism at Minimalist at Home<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n
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