A simple life is more than just living on a small salary. You can be a millionaire and yet live simply, free from common worries. You can be the president of a big and private-enterprise(a) company yet live in complete simplicity. You can be a dogged salesperson targeting high sales quotas and still live simply.
A simple life is about abandoning most unnecessary vanities and material items. It means you will have to give up some things in life that you do not need. A favorite term in business today is “prioritizing.” Abandoning is more than just prioritizing. Abandoning is like disposing of garbage because you don’t need it. You don’t include your garbage in your priority list — you toss it away for good.
A simple life is very different from a meaningless life. The former implies simplicity, yet has a purpose. You must have a mission or a goal in life to live it to the fullest. A meaningless life implies having no direction at all. Research has shown that many employees who retire, die one to two years later. Although stress is not in the equation, these employees may have lost something more significant – having a calling or life purpose.
A simple life includes the following seven principles:
1. ELIMINATE SELF-IMPORTANCE.
2. ELIMINATE NEGATIVE STRESS.
3. DESIRE LESS.
4. LAUGH MORE OFTEN.
5. DO NOT BE A PERFECTIONIST.
6. LOVE EVERYTHING.
7. STOP, LOOK, AND LISTEN.
The seven points listed above are just examples of what makes a life simple. The basic principle is that, the more you trim down your lifestyle — throwing away everything that does not help in building up good values and character, and getting rid of anything that promotes self-importance — the simpler it becomes. In some extreme cases, people who are dead serious about having a simple life actually quit their lucrative jobs or businesses and retire with their loved ones to their chosen haven. The idea, according to them, is that a long, healthy, and happy life is the only thing worth living for. It has been observed that rural folks live long lives broadly speaking because they are free from the pressures of city life. Simple living often means less, if any, pollution – air, noise, and water. It also constitutes fewer things to worry about. The exodus to the city from the countryside has been going on en masse, and people find it harder and harder to enjoy a peaceful, quiet, and simple life in the crowded cities.
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