Leo? Leo Babauta is the blogger of TOP50, a world-famous blog. Once an American workaholic, he decided to live a simple life, and then moved to Guam, far away from Meitu, to live in seclusion, spend more time with his family and concentrate on running his blog "Zen Habits". In less than half a year, his monthly average click-through rate exceeded one million readers and his subscribers exceeded 20,000. A year and a half later, he became a writer and published the book Less Power. The book runs through the six guiding principles of "self-restraint, eliminating the rough and keeping the essence, simplifying the complex, concentrating, forming habits and starting small" to help readers put the concept of "less" into practice in their work tasks and personal lives, thus improving efficiency and simplifying their lives. Although the article focuses on objectives and tasks, time management and office arrangement, which may be more valuable to friends who are struggling in the workplace, the two simple basic principles summarized by the author, "setting limits" and "choosing weight", still give me great inspiration in rural life, or let me think and refine the current state, which can make my future life more relaxed and casual.
Indian poet Tagore once wrote: "When a bird's wings are plated with gold, she can't soar in the sky." Similarly, when modern people's lives are filled with too much work, too much entertainment, too much information and too much desire, they will become confused and even collapse. What about Leo? Babetta pointed out that "the most serious defect in our life is the lack of restraint" and "without restraint, we can never be strong" because "we don't have enough space to accommodate everything, and we can't bear the pressure of doing too many things. No matter how good your wishes are, you won't get what you want. " It is true that no matter excellent or ordinary, everyone's time and space are limited, and it is unrealistic to grasp everything in the world, so we must know how to choose and learn to exercise restraint. The five years of moving from a bustling city to a secluded village was thought to be a stage of life accumulation and precipitation, but it turned out to be a process of abstinence and abandonment. There is less material desire, less social intercourse, and even my favorite trip has stopped, but I have time and leisure to wait for bloom's flowers to sit quietly and watch the clouds roll and relax, and I have freedom and leisure to travel in the sea of books. A friend once said that I can't stay in Dada without the internet, because the life of modern people has long been cut by the internet and mobile phones. Social media such as Weibo WeChat also fragmented our words and thoughts. However, after joining the book club, we deliberately shortened the online time and reduced the frequency of using mobile phones. The result of the restriction is to read more books and resume writing, which is not necessarily a big talk, but a crystallization of calm and rational thinking, and will not waste time every day. (PS: I still believe that the development of science and technology will bring convenience to mankind, not make us slaves. Internet and mobile phones have shortened the space distance between them. I will still share the beauty of life with my friends through such a platform, but I will be modest. Please forgive me. )
When we want to set limits for ourselves, "we don't want to get rid of something at will, but we need your practical experience and careful consideration before we can draw a conclusion." At this time, "choosing its weight" is particularly critical. Leo? According to Babetta, the most important methods to guide our choice are: values, goals, love, importance, influence, long-term value, what we need, what we think, getting rid of trivial matters and constantly screening. Different life stages or different opportunities will affect our value orientation and goal orientation, resulting in different choices. There is no need to assert right or wrong. Everything that follows our inner choices is worthy of respect, but setting too many goals unrealistically will only make us feel overwhelmed and exhausted, and we can't do it if we want to catch them all. The so-called "simplification doesn't mean hollowing out your life, but making more space in your life and giving you a chance to do what you really want to do" with less power. Therefore, we must find our most important needs among many options in life and focus on our goals in order to succeed. It may be inevitable to pay attention to your career, study hard and work hard when you are young. When people reach middle age, it is understandable that they should pay more attention to their families or care about themselves after their material and spiritual accumulation reaches a certain level, because no matter how brilliant their career achievements are, they may not be as warm as a happy family, let alone their physical and mental health.
People's life is short, behind the glitz, flowers fall, and life is actually only between breaths. Grasp every minute, cherish your own possession, and put "less" power into life, in order to firmly grasp the happiness of the moment in the noise.