What is the story I want to live? I want to help people along their path. And since they are on their path already, I want to help make it a little easier. For me that means less mental clutter.

Goal: a mind that is open, relaxed, engaged, appropriately responsive, gently focused.

Practically speaking, simplification is the result of an organic combination of structure and spontaneity.

More specifically: flexibly and calmly dealing with ‘stuff’ when it arises, allowing time to contemplate difficult issues, maintaining an organized schedule, taking on/participating in the right amount of activities and responsibilities, taking the time to develop a ToDo list that is gently challenging and doable, including Me on the ToDo list in the form of quiet time in the garden or stream of consciousness writing. The list continues…