November 2009

Like any bad habit, the best way to defeat a cluttered life is never to begin. If you never overstuffed your life with obligations, and your home with stuff, then you never have to go through the simplifying process. Just like smoking, the easiest way to quit is to not start.

Well, we haven’t quite figured out that time machine just yet. So, what’s a llama to do, give up? Accept that your life will be full to the brim and stressful forever? If you think that’s my advice, then you must be a new reader.

It’s never to late to simplify your life.

So you’re 25, 30, 50 , whatever age, and you have too many obligations. Your house, closets, and 3 storage units are overflowing with things you don’t need or even want anymore. Every day is a mad dash to try to do as much as humanly possible. You’re not doomed to live that life forever, just because you are living it now.

Start small, because you have a lot of work to do. Cut one obligation, clear out one closet. Heck, even a single table is a start. Once you see how good that one tiny change feels, you won’t want to stop.

So it doesn’t matter if you’ve been living the stuffed life for decades. You can change it today, right now. All you have to do it start. Are you ready?