Whenever people hear about leading a simple life, the assumption always turns to material possessions.

Indeed, the minimalism movement exasperates the problem by spending inordinate amounts of time talking about how to pare down your possessions, and only a fraction of time about paring down your life.

But really simple living is really just that. Living, simply.

In other words, not being bogged down with 400 things on the go while still wanting to do 6000 more.

Simple living is having a schedule that is stress free, predictable and keeps you content.

Simple living is taking the multitude of things that you want to do, and bringing it down to just a few.

For instance, my day is pared down to its essentials (and still working on it):
Spend time with my family, cook healthy meals, write and read.

Other items that used to be casual ways to spend my time, including playing the occasional video game, has been taken off the list.

I’m still working on it, tweaking it and always reflecting on the essential things I want to do with my time. In doing so, there’s no desire for me to acquire excessive amounts of unnecessary material possessions as they don’t fit with my lifestyle.

A simple life is hard to get, but it’s easy to keep once you’re there.

I still hope to get there.