A simpler choice can leave you more room to enjoy what you already have.

GRATITUDE

WHAT THIS MEANS

Adding usually costs more than the price on the label. Every new thing brings maintenance, decisions, storage, and a small ongoing claim on your attention, so a life with more in it often has less capacity for any one part. Simplicity is not deprivation; it is the removal of competition for the same hours.

When the next optional addition appears, ask what it will take from you weekly rather than what it costs once. Try removing something instead and see whether the remaining things improve. Room is a resource, and most people are short of it rather than of options.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

What would you enjoy more if you owned or scheduled less?

MORE IN GRATITUDE & PRESENCE

Free, with nothing to buy inside it.