He who is contented is rich. - Lao Tzu
I’m participating in The Best of 2009 Blog Challenge. Are you?
Q. What’s the best change you made to the place you live?
A. Downsizing my personal things.
I wrote about this topic in more detail a few weeks ago. Enjoy the post peeps…
Our simple living journey has taught me that less is more. Having less stuff in my life has helped me establish the priorities of building solid relationships, being debt free and living lightly.
Success is not defined by how much stuff you own. In fact, I think it’s just the opposite. The intended function of stuff is comfort and convenience. However, stuff represents an enormous amount of time and money. When I had excessive stuff I felt both uncomfortable and inconvenienced. By minimizing stuff, I now have more time and money. A surprising side effect of the 100 thing challenge was becoming debt-free.
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The best change I made to the place I live wasn’t so much of a change to the space itself, but a change of how I use that space. When my son moved away, we swapped the beds around. His twin sized now resides in what used to be our bedroom, and our larger bed resides on the enclosed back porch. It fits as if it were built in! It feels as though we’re sleeping in a cocoon, and hearing no traffic/street sounds is so relaxing!