How to Simplify Life.
Sam had a busy life and a busy work-schedule which he at times found hard to follow.
For the last fifteen years he ran his Consulting firm.
The Firm ran seminars.
They wrote a book on hazards of Consulting Profession and all that.
Sam got into establishing a Consultation Company because he did not know
what else to do. Once he was in, he never had time to get out of it.
Sam worked for sixty hours a week and could seldom spend time with his family.
Rarely he could find time on his own to relax or took a vacation.
He never thought about how work had taken over his life.
One day while looking at his to-do lists, he realised how rotten his life had turned out.
He decided right there and there to simplify his life.
He got rid of a lot of clutter that had accumulated.
He trained a habit to say no to demands of his time.
He cut back on his work schedule.
By working less, he realised that he was more productive and creative.
He had time to think about what he wanted to do with his life.
Over the next several years, Sam realised that it was time to let go of the
Consulting business.
It seemed insane to spend his time on a vocation doing something he did not enjoy.
He came to a new understanding about his life, his work and reason for working.
He had believed for years that he worked for money.
But now he found that money was not enough reason to keep up the grind.
He was productive, committed and financially rewarded when he loved his work.
So simplifying is not about retreating to a cabin in the woods and be a hermit.
Rather by cutting his unproductive labour, and simplified clarity, and insight in his work,
it gave Sam time to develop a rich inner life and made living easier,
to move beyond society’s demands and expectations about work.
