Learning to let go of things is such a huge key to simplifying your life. Letting go of material possessions to reduce clutter. Letting go of obligations to free up time. Letting go of ideas and goals to reduce stress.
It’s all very important if your goal is simplifying your life.
It’s also extremely difficult.
No one ever said that living a simple life is easy. Well, that’s not entirely true. Living a simple life is easy, but getting to the “simple life” point is not.
As I’ve written countless times, starting small is the key. If you try to let go of too much too fast, you’ll stop, because it’s too hard. You must give yourself time to adjust to the idea of letting things go, slowly. As you get used to letting go, it becomes easier and easier, and your progress will speed up. But if you don’t start learning to let go, you’ll never accomplish the things that matter to you.