Life is naturally hectic without including other stressors that may come up. Finding ways to simplify your life is very important for yourself and others around you. Now that summer is coming to an end, this is the perfect time to focus on how you can make your life just a little bit easier. After mastering this lifestyle, you can apply it to the years yet to come. Living simple can make you happier and allows you to take control of your life and emotions. Take these steps to make your life a little more simple.
What’s important?
Make a list of all your priorities and the things that mean the most to you. By creating this list, you can then choose what you want to invest most of your time and thoughts into. By doing this, it helps you determine what factors are holding you back that aren’t impacting your life in a positive manner.
Slow down just a little bit
If you think about your past couple of years, most will say that they flew by quicker than they ever could’ve imagined. By slowing down and taking in what’s going on around you, it will help you live in the moment. If you talk to your loved ones, they will tell you how fast their life flew by. Instead of waiting until the weekend, find ways to enjoy the week.
Organization
Being organized and putting things in order can help you save time and energy. Simply Orderly talks about how being organized can help you in many different ways. They also shared statistics that they found will help motivate people.
- The average person spends 12 days per year looking for things they can’t find.
- Every day the average office worker spends 1.5 hours looking for things.
- In a recent survey, 55% of consumers stated they would save anywhere from 16 to 60 minutes a day if they were organized.
- 23% of people pay bills late and have to pay late fees because they are unable to find their bills.
Use reminders
We’ve all been in the situation where we need to remember something and tell ourselves that we will be able to remember it. After we tell ourselves that, we then completely forget about it minutes later. Creating reminders helps to manage your daily tasks along with scheduling. This way, you don’t have to worry about missing things if you create a reminder for it. Creating these reminders and putting them on your phone is the perfect place. Most people rely on their phones so they won’t have to worry about looking at a post-it note.
Automate your payments
Although many people like to do their finances by hand, there are different applications that you can put on your phone that will do it for you. You can have your paychecks deposited, autopay bills, and even auto pay your monthly payments. You can get Personal Capital if you’re wanting to have control of your finances through your phone. This app allows you to aggregate your accounts so that you have easy access to your finances.
Spend less time on social media
Although social media can be a great way to connect with others, it can also be very time consuming.
Letter.ly states, “On average, people spend almost 17 hours (16.9 to be more precise) every single week on social media. Translated into minutes, this is a staggering number of 1,015 minutes. The fascinating thing is the fact that, with each year, this figure keeps growing”. If you feel like you are spending too much time on social media, I would put a limit on how much time you can spend on them.
Downsize your life
Going through your house and things that you have accumulated throughout the years can lead you feeling refreshed. Going through your things can also save you money, and in some cases bigger homes can lead to higher bills, more clutter, higher insurance, and higher purchasing price. The bigger the house, the more room it gives you to store extra things that you don’t need. Along with having a bigger house, leads to more rooms and more to clean. By living a simple life, it leads to less stress and anxiety.
Emotionally
Being emotionally invested in many different things can be absolutely draining for everyone involved. The one thing you can truly control is how you react to situations. Looking at life from a positive perspective can help you live a simpler life. Instead of dwelling on all the negative things that are happening around you, choose to find the positives and to appreciate what you do have. Use the time you would be negative and turn it into a productive time for you. In addition to this, be sure to say no sometimes. Saying no allows you to have more time to focus on what you truly want to invest your time to.
Taking time for yourself
It is so important for you physically and mentally to take time for yourself. This can look different for every person but just to carve some time out of your busy schedule to relax and reflect. Sitting in silence can help you tap into your five senses quickly. This can help you to sit down and understand what is going on in the world around you. This can help you destress, relax, and clear your mind of all the distractions.
Taking these steps and applying them to your life can help you in tremendous ways. There will always be many things and distracting thoughts that pop up in our heads throughout our lives. Being able to take a step back and look at how you can make your life easier is the first thing to do. Make sure to slow down instead of trying to fit too many things into your schedule. When we do this, we possess far more than we require. Digital distractions play a huge role in our lives especially since that’s how we connect with others. Be sure to create your own oasis, especially since this world can be a very noisy place. Give yourself time to think, reflect, and breathe.
Best,
Danielle Morrow
Marketing Specialist