Hi everyone!
I know you will agree with me that nothing beats mental freedom. We are in a busy world characterized with struggles, friendship, relationship, enmity, chaos and struggles to survival. Literarily, everyone has more than enough to deal with. We all have our personal, family and environmental issues, which at times could be so complicated and worrisome.
My minimalist approach has however been of immense help. I do a lot of things to declutter my space and have my sanity. One of them is "not taking things to the extreme or making things to personal". Oh! This has been an ointment to my wound. People do ask me how I am able to smile in this harsh economy, while others get worked up and frustrated. I will just say it is because I don't take things too personal. I believe whatever is happening in the country is not only happening to me. So, I see no reasons to saddle myself with a general burden. This, I realized I do feel better, become mentally balanced and perform better when I don't take things to the extreme.
I also discovered that my mental space most times get cluttered by hearsays. No one gets happy when there's false narrative about them. Nothing angered one like when fake rumours are flying around about them like a wild fire. Then, you will hear, "she said" , "He said" "They told me ..". which could cause emotional breakdown for the victim. All I do as a minimalist to overcome this and be lighter in this life journey is "not listening to hearsays". No matter how intriguing anybody's report could be, I wouldn't give a damn, until I hear it directly. To also reduce the noise around, I reduce my number of friends. They say, too much of everything is bad. I realized to travel light, I really do not need a multitude of friends that will clutter my space or disturb me mentally. I became so selective when it comes to choosing my friends and of course, I choose and have few ones with positive vibes. Having few close friends have also helped me to declutter my space.
Forgiveness is my highest approach to travelling light. Since no one can live in isolation, we will definitely step on each other's toe. So, how many people am I going to hold grudges against. It will even mess up my mental space. So, to have my mental sanity, I don't keep record of wrongs but forgive easily. This has really helped me. Now, I worry less and have my peace.
Thanks for reading.
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STOPRecently, I have made a resolution to apply this mindset to my life as well and might I say, it's been most rewarding. I just try to tell myself as often as possible, "it's not that deep". This helps me to not take people or situations or even myself, way too seriously, it really does help to simplify life. Thank you for sharing this tip!
Thanks so much for your comment.Yesooo @whatmidesays