simplifying me, my goals

As the title of my blog suggests I have decided to trim the fat from my life, to remove the clutter and the chaos that has haunted me for as long as I can remember.

The goal?

Clarity… peace… tranquility… serenity… a calmness and sense of order that I have never had.

My life has always seemed pretty hectic. At times bordering on free-fall, everything rushing at me at 100 miles an hour and me doing my best to cope with or avoid whatever came my way.

In order to make this “mammoth” task more manageable I have decided to break it down into separate tasks.

Simplifying my life

• I want my life to be simple, it sounds so easy doesn’t it?
• I want my life to be organised, not rocket science, you would think?
• I want to work in real life the way I do in my visions of how I want to work.

Simplifying my home

• I want to like where I live, at the moment I don’t. I bought the place out of necessity and it shows.
• I want to live in a Yurt or a Strawbale home, NOT a box made out of 2×4s.
• I want to be out of town and off grid. A far cry from the street front utility hog that I can hardly bring myself to call home.

Simplifying me

• I’m a geek who in six short years became a pack rat. If its light shiny and expensive and I don’t have it yet, I want it!
• I have collected way too much stuff in way too short an amount of time.
• The Solution? 100 Things.

Simplifying food

• I gave up milk and felt better for it. Not because I was lactose intolerant or anything but because I read an article and it made sense.
• I don’t agree with modern farming practices, growth hormones and antibiotics have no place in the food chain. So I gave up meat.
• I wanted to simplify things and what better way than not cooking, so I became a raw foodist, raw vegan, whatever you call it, I don’t cook my food and I don’t eat meat, fish, eggs or dairy.

Simplifying blogging

• I’ve always enjoyed writing, so I want to find a way to run a number of blogs at the same time, I know, once you start its addictive isn’t it?
• While I don’t see myself making a living doing any one thing in the future, I want to have money coming in from numerous sources, including writing for an online audience.
• Putting all my eggs into one basket has never been my style, mostly out of confidence issues but also because I love the undeniable safety net that it gives me. Running multiple blogs gives me just that.

So there you have it, as it stands at the moment. This is my mission. No more procrastination, no more planning.

Planning isn’t doing after all.