Simplification: Catchphrase or Way of Life

Simplification.  Is this a catch phrase or is there logic behind it?  In business, absolutely.  How about in our personal lives?  We add more and more, do more and more, schedule more and more.  Life is short we tell ourselves, we must get the most out of every day.  But seriously...doesn't that wear us down, break us down, and perhaps even shorten that life that is already too short.  Can we do