How to simplify your life
-seven practical steps
to letting go of your burdens and living a happier life, Tiki Justenmacher with Lothar. j. Seiwert
we think the word, simplify, positive, for we suffer because of the growing demand of ‘more and more’ in our environment. human basic need is simplification, which means they do complex activities, inventions and so on for simplicity. However, the aspiration for simplicity turns into a process of complexity.
step pyramid model: your things, finance, time, health, relationships, partnership, yourself. this is based on a simple principle: less is more.
Get out of your cocoon: the butterfly phases of your life
P243 After the arduous existence of a caterpillar in which you spend most of your time taking things in (e.g., education and training), you first experience a painful intermediate stage of pupation (e.g., crisis), and then a relaxed new life with new butterfly wings (e.g., higher position at work). You will go through such butterfly phases several times-not on every step of your life pyramid, but on those that are the most complicated for you. the life of butterfly is not short compared with life as a voracious caterpillar. The life of a caterpillar is extremely pleasant and satisfying in its own way. It has its own dynamic. You will certainly know people who warn you against dreaming big. They want to make you see that the different, freer life of butterflies in meant only for a few chosen caterpillars.
The way of simplification ensures that you do not die as a caterpillar. That’s why it is important that you discover your potential for getting butterfly wings. phases of it: from a small caterpillar to a big one-big caterpillar to pupation(3rd phase is about your decision. many people remain caterpillar, for they are afraid of change. They don’t want to leave the comfort zone. A caterpillar has only one chance of becoming a butterfly: the great crisis, the small death. Only those who dare venture into the darkness achieve the goal of life, those who let go and enter the pupation phase. -emerging butterfly-and eggs: butterfly come into the world to lay eggs. it is not the caterpillars that lay eggs; it is the grown, developed insects that have gone through the big crisis that master the art of flying. That is the great secret of our life, which makes it so exciting and unpredictable.
<butterfly principles>
active instead of passive, be a director, not an actor, feel the wings(have faith that there are undiscovered capabilities lying dormant within you, your butterfly wings, which you can develop and use), include your partner, pay the price(there is no reward, except through effort, but the effort always brings reward).
