Simplicity

I think life has become too complex for most of the people I encounter on a daily basis. At least half of the complexity we deal with is self induced. The other part is split between what I would consider reasonable complexities in life, and those thrust upon us by external factors. Any way you slice it, life is very complex. For most of us it's getting more complex daily.

What can we control in this equation? For starters, if we can agree that there will always be some complexity in life that is biologically normal and reasonable, then we have to assume that it is also manageable in the normal day to day of doing life. This brings us to the point at which we have to evaluate our self induced complexities and complexities due to external factors.

The interesting thing is that the simplest one of these to deal with also represents the largest part of the problem. Life is not that complicated. Jettison unnecessary complexity in favor of simplicity. So many people that I talk to are overwhelmed by how complex their lives are. They don't recognize that they're causing most of the problem themselves.

The complexity of one's life is not an indicator of status, importance, ability, or favor. It's an indicator that people aren't self aware and haven't set reasonable boundaries. Slow down, grasp simplicity.