A simple life doesn’t come from playing small or diminishing your goals; it comes from clarity about where you want to go and detachment from how you’re going to get there.
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Years from now (hopefully many), when you are at the end of your life, you may still have regrets. But seeking the way of the Essentialist is unlikely to be one of them. What would you trade then to be back here now for one chance—this chance—to be true to yourself? On that day, what will you hope you decided to do on this one?
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
My annual planning process naturally evolved to be a lot less about what I wanted to do or achieve , and much more about how I wanted to be .
I wanted to be present, balanced, and energized with the work I chose to do. I wanted to prioritize other aspects of my life outside of work. I wanted to have a sense of spaciousness in my life.
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I wanted to be present, balanced, and energized with the work I chose to do. I wanted to prioritize other aspects of my life outside of work. I wanted to have a sense of spaciousness in my life.
It’s from this... See more
Less Goals, More Being
Now, I use Absolute Aims (AAs) instead of goals. Aims are set with many paths to choose that lead to them. As long as you move Absolutely in the direction of your Aim, you are on target.
Caren Albers • Happiness Junkie: A 12 Step Program to Find Inner Peace and Change Your Life
There’s a phrase making the rounds online: “The more I heal, the less ambitious I become.” I’ve been wondering if its resonance reveals a quiet fatigue with the constant push for more and a longing for lives that are simpler, quieter, and more self-directed. Not smaller in value, but in volume. To me, that’s not regression. That’s freedom.