Simplicity: Mental Clutter

Let’s take a look at what we value, and, as backward as it sounds (yet again, another paradox) let’s try to care less, in order to care more. Care less about what you value less and care more about what you value more. Care less about people’s opinions of you, care more about people. Care less about being right and more about showing grace. Care less about having an opinion for every issue and care more about giving a voice to the voiceless. Care less about what and more about why. Mental energy is a limited resource, just like money, if you gave $1 to 500 gofundme accounts it would not mean the same as giving $500 to one, it was the same resource provided, but the impact is more profound. Have you ever heard of the Dunbar number? Pretty interesting stuff! What if we cared less about anonymous people online and more about our neighbors?

To answer this, you will have to evaluate your values. Maybe there’s some you need to let go of? Like, do you really value Facebook arguments or being up to date and informed with all the latest trends or news or celebrity gossip, etc. Maybe being perceived as being outdoorsy has actually been more important to you than just being outdoors? *cough* hipsters of 2012 (guilty as charged).

Care less about ___ and care more about ___. Fill in the blanks for yourself.

For additional study and resources check out:

Freedom of Simplicity by Richard Foster

Bridgetown’s series on Simplicity

The More of Less by Joshua Becker

Enough by Adam Hamilton

The Minimalist Home by Joshua Becker

Soulful Simplicity by Courtney Carver

Essentialism by Greg Mckeown

Trail Life by Ray Jardine

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