"Lasting personal changes have to come from a deep desire within rather than from threats from outside forces.
Luckily, there are more carrots than sticks when it comes to living more gently. If your efforts to simplify are paying off you should notice some (or all) of the following:
- you are spending less
- you have more time to do things you want to do
- you experience spontaneous moments of creativity
- you are feeling healthier in mind and body
- your cognitive dissonance, or conflicted thinking about the environment, is dissipating
- you are walking, riding, and taking public transportation more often
- you are enjoying cooking and eating wholesome foods
- you are building a supportive community around you
- you are sleeping more and feel rested
- you have a growing desire to unload even more stuff
- your life is slowing to a livable pace
- people are noticing you are living differently and ask, "Why?"
- you are feeling content, and free from the effects of advertising
- your life feels right and natural, and brings you joy (thanks Poortorichadayatatime)
- you feel more in control
- you are thinking, "life is good", more often
- trees, small animals and children wave and sing as you take your daily stroll through your neighbourhood
Are you feeling that your efforts to simplify are creating the changes in your life that you want?"Jeg er helt enig i at personlige forandringer som kommer fra en dyp indre ønskning blir mere bestående. Det er ikke nok å ha en teoretisk forståelse av et råd som kommer utenfra. Defor er det så viktigt med de meditativa øyenblikkene! Vi må ha tid for å gå inn i oss selv for å få kontakt med den ferdretning som man innerst inne føler er viktig for en. Når man hele tiden er aktiv, er det lett gjort å gå på autopilot og å fortsette med ting som man tidligere har valgt. På den måten finns det ikke tid og rom for å oppdatere seg selv. Ikke rart mange føler seg slitne og føler på en indre tomhet. Man fyller ikke lengre sitt liv med det som riktigt her og nå.
Videre kan man lese samme bloggere skrive :
"A growing legion of people are turning away from over-the-top consumer lifestyles and the perpetual busyness that one has to enter to support the pursuit of money and materialism. Fed up, stressed out, and in debt, they are raising the white flag and retiring from the rat race.
It is no wonder we feel burnt out on consumerism - it is an unbalanced way to live. It is uncomfortable, and our natural tendency is toward regaining balance. And we are very unbalanced in most industrialized nations.
A recent study by a group of social scientists looking at duel income American middle class families found that most are stressed out from managing overwhelming clutter, and frustrated by a lack of time. "Reklamekampanjen kan være meget forrædiske! Hvor ofte har man ikke lest "Fordi du fortjener det!" Det er argument som er lett å forføres av.
Hvis man arbeider mye og føler seg sliten er det lett å tenke seg at man vil unne seg det ene etter det andre. Hva man egentlig trenger kan være noe helt annet. Hva er det egentlig man trenger når man har mye å gjøre, stresser mye og er sliten?
Jeg ser det som at sjelen banker på!
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