Comments on: Simplicity in action.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:29:13 +0000

I hear ya on the craft thing….I am a highly creative person, but mostly in music. For awhile I wanted in on anything artistic, “crafty”, etc. I thought I had to be good or interested in all these things to be creative. Those art supplies are still sitting in a drawer. Off to the local school they go…..simplify,simplify!

By: Johanna

Johanna — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:24:47 +0000

Monika, I don’t think you can change anyone and often when one gets criticized for doing something there is a knee jerk reaction to do it even more. But maybe you could suggest doing other things together instead, like taking up a mutual hobby or just going for a walk?

By: Monika

Monika — Wed, 28 May 2008 01:28:42 +0000

Here’s food for thought:

When I attended Waldorf School (creativity is one of its big philosophies), my teachers often told us that “TV destroys brain power”. I’ve never forgotten that.

I watch maybe 2 hours of TV total per week. I wish it was less than that. I usually watch 1 DVD per week in addition to it.

My boyfriend on the other hand spends about the average of 15-20 hours (!) a week on TV watching. It is a main cause for our arguments. Does anyone have any suggestions how to make him change?

By: Greta Williams

Greta Williams — Mon, 26 May 2008 00:32:47 +0000

I stumbled upon your site a few weeks ago and have been emailing its link en masse to my friends. You speak from the heart of so many overworked and overconsumerized persons living today. In our attempts to make our lives ‘convenienced’, we have complicated it with fast food high blood pressure and stylized Gap t-shirts.

Thank you for reminding our souls that simplicity is what it truly craves. I have tried to incorporate the simplicity theme into my life these past few years. Yet I continue to find it very difficult to embrace “white space” in my life. If there is available time, then it must be filled with productivity. so.not.true! Sitting back and seeing the refreshing plainness of empty time is a new habit that can be difficult to form; but rewardingly appreciated.

Thank you for a new term in my life: hygge. My friends remind me when I’m getting too overburdened, “Are you living the hygge principle?”

And daily, I am doing better. Giving things away. Reusing and repurposing what I have. Delighting in small symbols of joy and happiness that occur in my life daily. And saying no – to myself and to The Joneses – to the things I don’t need. Because in the end, there is so very LITTLE that we actually ‘need’.

I can’t think of anything that will free us from the world’s pressures of busyness and solidly tie us to our true inner core than that: little is needed; much is to be enjoyed.

By: Hygge House

Hygge House — Fri, 23 May 2008 21:17:42 +0000

Thanks everyone for the lovely comments. Made all the coding at 3AM and hair pulling more worth it Everything just feels lighter all around.