At the heart of living a simple life are humility, gratitude and clarity of mind. People often make the mistake of suggesting that simple means easy when it clearly doesn’t. What simple does mean however is the stripping away of all the non-essentials. On being able to differentiate between needs and wants. On focusing only on the things that actually matter. And what clarity of mind gives you is a sense of resolution. Understanding where you stand and having an ability to pu

Why do we choose to make life so complicated? Life as we know it is pretty straight forward, once you’ve got some clarity around the fundamentals, it’s really then just about navigating the challenges and staying on that path. There are several layers to this point of view, but I believe it’s pretty obvious that things begin to get a little more complex when our focus and attention is shifted away from what’s important. So what is important? Everyone has to ultimately answer

I know I have written about this before, but I think it’s really important to get at least one thing very clear. Simple doesn’t mean easy. It never has, it never will. In many ways, simple is actually difficult. It’s difficult because it requires great clarity. It’s difficult because it requires you to omit all non-essentials and we all know that there isn’t anything easy about letting go. It requires you to be able to think clean. It requires some soul searching and it requi

Life is simple, but life is not easy. No one ever said life was meant to be easy. If you look at nature as your ultimate example, it’s beautiful, but also harsh. Nothing about nature is easy, but everything about nature is simple. You see, nature has an order and everything knows where everything else fits. You adapt to the order of things, or you die, simple. Nature sticks to the essentials; it’s a need, or its useless excess – everything serves a purpose. There’s nothing co