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Simplicity (and why it's irritating)

Wednesday, February 28, 2024,

Simplicity (in almost all facets of one's life) should be strived for.  Simple relationships.  Simple approaches to problems. Simple ways to work and simple ways to enjoy leisure. 

Simplicity towards one's health is, almost always, the way to go as well (mental health and physcial health, which we all have).  

A simple way to improve one's mental health is to pause, catch one's breath (I.E.- Full even inhales and full even exhales), and then to start thinking of the good things, or blessings, one has in one's life.  Your car, your home/apartment, etc., your family, your fridge full of food, your job, your health (even if it fluctuates), etc.  It's irritating to many people that this simple approach to improving one's mental health is the equivalent of diet/exercise for one's physical (it works and its simple and it aligns ownership to you, the person in charge of your own physical and mental health); that's why it's irritating. 

Enough banter, time to begin...



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