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The Quest To Live A Simpler Life

Why Simpler Has Been Better for Me

Clifford Jones
5 min readFeb 6, 2020

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If we know our minds can handle a mere fraction of the information that’s coming at us faster than we can hack new YouTube videos, why is it challenging to shut most of the noise out and live a simpler life?

Keeping up with the Joneses is a miserable way to live. I know because I am one. Life-to-date, I’ve been a master at complicating things. But sooner or later, the complexity turned to chaos, and that’s when we choose to resist what persists or surrender and find a simpler way to live.

I’m not the only one on a mission to simplify life. Look at popular YouTube videos calling us into like, Living Off the Grid in Paradise.

Naturally, these videos look great sitting in my chair. Just like you, there have been countless hours wishing I could live a simpler life.

Maybe we don’t need to trek to a high mountain monastery or go into the woods for a way to feel better. Instead, many of us have vowed to live a simpler way of life consciously, intentionally, mindfully, and with purpose.

Simpler Habits

Instead of losing my mind and health again, starting in 2008, I took focused and strategic action to simplify my life.

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Clifford Jones
Clifford Jones

Written by Clifford Jones

Medium stopped paying me due to a technical problem on their end. Their support is unwilling or able to help me. So, I stopped writing. Get a grip, Medium.

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