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Family, friends, purpose. Emotional honesty, fun, travel, adventure, spontaneity. Stories, creativity, laughter, warmth, generosity. This is what a life well lived looked like for me. The question I had to ask myself was “Am I living a life right now that would look like that if we were to fast-forward about fifty years?”
“Be a curator of your life. Slowly cut things out until you’re left only with what you love, with what’s necessary, with what makes you happy.”
I find so many people get overwhelmed at the idea of “doing minimalism right” that we essentially swap the old Joneses for new.
Clutter is deferred decisions. It’s the physical manifestation of procrastination.
The feeling of lightness that comes from having less is often the best persuasion.
If we want change, we need to learn how to care less and how to care more. Care less about trends, status, and the outward signs of “success,” and more about the important things. And we also need a good dose of gratitude.
1. Not everything in our lives deserves the same weight. Aim instead for the correct weight. 2. Balance isn’t a daily act. Not everything will be given attention every day, and that’s OK.
Balance is finding the correct weight for every area of life and understanding that the correctness of that weight will change over time. Balance is fluid and flexible. Balance is alive and aware. Balance is intention.
I cannot be everything to everyone. I cannot be in all places at once. Saying yes to one thing means saying no to another. Saying no to one thing means I can say yes to another. Perfection doesn’t exist. Let it go. I cannot change people. I have to stop comparing myself to others. They aren’t me. I’m not them. I will never finish the laundry. (Unless we all embrace full-time nudity.) I can’t control everything. Bad things happen to good people and vice versa. My kids aren’t me. Being all in a moment means I’m all out of another. Envy and jealousy are different things. Achievements never look
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