Simplify

One of the very best unintended mishaps to happen to me was my TV breaking down last summer. It has not been replaced.

There is a subtle sense of impoverishment that comes about through watching TV. There's all that stuff that you want, all those people seemingly happy and doing things that you would like to do, and then there's your actual life. The gap between the TV fantasy and your life can sometimes produce that uncomfortable sense of impoverishment, the sense that you are lacking and not achieving what is important.

There may be aspects of impoverishment that are good. Perhaps it can motivate you to further yourself in some way.

Setting aside the good side of the issue, and getting back to the unsettled side of the issue, how can your life become more elegant and complete as it presently is.

Its a big question and certainly not answerable by the likes of me. But I can tell you that getting rid of the TV has helped.

Also suppose if the whole gestalt of wanting more and working to collect more was energetically replaced with a gestalt of wanting less and moving to simplify one's life.

Think about it. Instead of owning closets full of clothing, own a few beautifully elegant pieces that are classic and fit perfectly, made of high quality fabric that is appealing and soothing.

Then extend this same idea to all the other components of your life. Reducing your collection down to the things that you absolutely need and that enhance your life. All of a sudden your money becomes even more precious, more valuable, and there's simply more of it because you are no longer investing in extraneous things and objects. Your choices become very very picky from the soap to the car or house.

Its an interesting notion to me and I intend to explore the issue further. It also surrounds the issue of resource usage and conservation, so this aspect of it is appealing as well.

There are many resources dedicated to this idea of simplification and reduction to the elegant basics.

Here is one such website that deals with housing. I am not completely overwhelmed by these particular designs but they do tackle the issue of reduction and they do stimulate the possibilities and they are cute. I mean what about living in a house that is only 100 to 300 square feet in size or less.

Tumbleweed Houses