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Are you struggling to simplify your life? Does it feel impossible to do the thing you most want to do or to create the kind of work and life you crave? Maybe, instead of making progress it feels like you are skimming your life, treading water to stay afloat.<\/p>\n

I get it. You’ve got a lot on your plate. You have a bunch of tasks, to-do’s, appointments, interests, and issues. You may also be dealing with fatigue, confusion, uncertainty and other left over pandemic symptoms. Same here. Maybe we can do it all, but we can’t do it all at once. And frankly, maybe we don’t want to do it all. I don’t.<\/p>\n

Everything can’t matter at the same time.<\/p>\n

It can’t all have your attention.<\/p>\n

Seth Godin wrote<\/a> that only ten words of the 1000<\/strong> we write will get attention. I’ve already written more than 140. Are you still reading?<\/p>\n

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If you notice that you’ve been skimming email, books, blog articles, social media or other things in your life, consider what you are allowing in \u2014 into your life, into your brain and into your heart. You may discover you are skimming your entire life because there is too much going on (inside and out) to do it any other way.<\/p>\n

Next, think about what’s most important to you right now. Where does that fall on your list? Is it even on the list?<\/p>\n

If you let less in, could you give more of yourself to what’s most important.? Could you trade some of the time you are skimming your life for a deep dive?<\/p>\n

How might that change your life?<\/p>\n

If you want to simplify your life, dive into the most important thing.<\/h2>\n

Think about the most stressful area of your life. If you could simplify that one thing, it would likely simplify everything else. I haven’t read this book<\/a> yet but I think that’s the premise. Give this one thing more of your attention instead of diluting your efforts by picking away at 50 things.<\/p>\n

Here are a few things that might be stressful in your life. Pick one. If you struggle with all of them, still pick just one.<\/p>\n

Then dive in.<\/p>\n

5 ways to simplify your life, reduce stress and actually make a difference instead of skimming your life<\/h2>\n

1. Consider your health.<\/h3>\n

I probably don’t have to tell you that when you feel good, things seem easier. When you don’t feel well, you may as well be trying to do your life underwater. It’s harder, more frustrating and ironically continues to wear you down. Health includes mental and physical wellness. There’s no difference. They work together. Here are a few articles to help you focus one of the most important things for all of us.<\/p>\n