Life is very complicated and that can make us sad.
What have you done, which has successfully simplified your life and made it better?
Deleted Facebook, instagram, 14 years ago, twitter in 2019, reddit during the api bs, stopped being the only one maintaining relationships, and finally, stopped caring about most things and people/dram I have no power to fix or change.
Theoretical: Stopped comparing myself to others. Instead, I compare the me of now to the me of yesterday.
Immediate Practical: Stopped social media
Immediate Practical: Stopped social media
I didn't want to make the conversation about this by mentioning it in the post but it was definitely one of the things on my mind.
I grow a garden. I have an emergency fund and paid off debts. I give my cat hugs. I take walks around the block.
I have really bad anxiety issues. So, it's not fun.
Realised I'm not important. Life is less stressful with no stakes.
I used to live in a big city and was bicycling or bussing a lot. When my apartment lease ran out, I was able to find a place where I could walk most of the time. That was great for several years. Of course it depended on the specific location.
Another thing is owning less. If you own things that you don't use at least once a year, maybe get rid of them. It's easier to clean, to move, to organize, to find things. Of course this also depends on preference. Regardless, owning things has its own mental and financial costs, so find an amount that is good for you.
Getting rid of a TV made my life better. Similarly, getting rid of a microwave. But the latter depends on your cooking habits. For example, my work has a microwave, so I heat food up there regularly, and at home I cook things.
Keep fewer clothes. Makes picking something to wear much easier
Recognizing the difference between complicated and complex. Complexity comes from multiple layers or interconnections. It can be elegant, efficient, sophisticated. Complicated is needlessly confusing. A tangled web. Unfathomable. My relationships are often complicated, but they are seldom complex.
I mention this not to be (very) pedantic or to take shots at the op. Rather, to the question, appropriate specificity, simplifies and improves your life. Remember those complicated relationships? More than half of my arguments started with disagreeing on what 'it' is. How many of yours?
