If You Think You’ve Simplified Your Life, You Need To Simplify It Even More.
By: Laura Gulbranson
Tags: Life Lessons, Simplicity, Life, Inspiration, Minimalism

We don’t want simple.

This really is the answer to why we make things so complicated.

We want things like nice homes, vacations to faraway places, dogs, Nutella, and sufficient funds to pay off bills.

We claim to want the simple life but do, act, and say things that contradict the simple life.

It’s Not Complicated

The best way to describe simple is its antonym: it’s not complicated.

Seriously.

We wouldn’t have the amount of anxiety that we already do. We would have no problems making decisions or prioritizing what truly matters in life.

Simplicity is taking away all those distractors to see what you’re left with.

Someone can have a small amount of material goods by society’s standards and have as complex of a life as someone who lives with excess.

Simplicity can’t exist without gratitude.

You can be simple with abundance and simple with little when you know that the material is material.

What would happen, if today, everything you have was taken from you. How you would respond is the answer to how simple your life really is.

True simplicity is just sitting alone and bearing your soul to your own self.

What would you find there?

Would it be whole?

Are there missing pieces that fell between the cracks of pavement?

Have you lost part of your soul on the crowded streets? Has it been swept up with the crowd of contradictions?

It sometimes feels that way when we think too hard about simplicity.

We see someone else’s simple and think that “our simple” should look the same.

However, if asking the question:

How do I make my life simpler?

You Need To Be Prepared To Face The Reality:

Simple is very simple to live out, but most people don’t want it.

Most People Don’t Want Simple

Simplicity is to give away all that is material until all that’s left is your soul and spirit. It’s sacrificing all that would conflict with your moral compass — all that contradicts your purpose.

That’s a lot to do for the sake of simplicity, but the solution really is that simple.

Once you get rid of everything that is holding back, you are left with very few obstacles of achieving your dreams… of living life with purpose.

If you really want simple, you’ll have to be willing to make the sacrifices of material goods, prescribed mindsets, and lifestyles that you have been used to your whole life.

It will take courage.

It takes courage to turn away from the people or things we have clung to for so long but have only served us ill.

If we’re ready to make a leap of faith… to do the simple yet extraordinary thing — it’s there for us. It’s waiting:

The inheritance of success.

People say they want it, but the sacrifice is high. Success in relationships, with pursuing purpose in life is always high sacrifice.

But if you’re ready to living a fulfilling life, you know the answer.

Yes. It’s that simple.

Laura Gulbranson is a writer and teacher who is a lover of God, secretly addicted to puppies of Instagram (okay, it’s not a secret) and is committed to being a lifelong learner. She enjoys traveling in her spare time and is currently working on her first fantasy-adventure novel. She currently resides in the deserts of Arizona.

Thank you for reading!

With love. ❤