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We have a new year upon us, and while “January 1” is just an arbitrary date, for most of us, it feels like a new beginning. And there’s something beautifully minimalist about this new beginning — it’s a blank slate, where we can do anything, imagine possibilities, become a new person.
By Leo Babauta I am no technophobe, but I do believe in living consciously … and technology has a tendency to overrun our attention and our lives. It’s designed to do that: tech companies are motivated to keep our attention in their apps, their websites, their devices. They’ve found incentives for us to keep using […]
By Leo Babauta Our lives are often spent in a rush, almost on autopilot, drifting from one wave of busyness and distraction to another, adrift in a sea of crises and urges. There’s noise and quick tasks, lots of tabs, messages and requests, demands on our attention, multitasking, mind scattered everywhere. The nature of the […]
“A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.”― Henry David Thoreau, Walden By Leo Babauta Today, millions of people will be shopping, and the gift-shopping spree that is the holiday season will continue for a good month. In addition to the shopping madness (where many […]
By Leo Babauta Many of us are pretty busy, not only with a full plate in front of us, but constantly piling more and more onto the already overfull plate. What’s going on here? Why are we so overloaded? And how do we start to deal with this constant problem? If you’re like me, you […]
Many of us are pretty busy, not only with a full plate in front of us, but constantly piling more and more onto the already overfull plate. What’s going on here? Why are we so overloaded? And how do we start to deal with this constant problem?
Over the years, I’ve come to be very good at letting go of just about anything. In fact, I’ve come to relish the joy of letting go of possessions. It’s liberating and delicious! But most people I know struggle with letting go of the possessions they hold onto most tightly.
We spend our days filling in every available space, cramming in more tasks, responding to messages, checking social media and online sites, watching videos. We are afraid of empty space in our lives.