224: How to Welcome Simplicity Into Your Life: Live Differently for One Month (top episode from season 5)
The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style
Shannon Ables
4.7 • 944 Ratings
🗓️ 20 July 2020
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Desired change in our lives can be seemingly elusive when so much of what needs to happen requires more energy, more time, more focus. With already full lives, the desired change remains just that - desired.
However, what if you set aside just one month. Why not for only one month institute the change you seek, and then should if it does not work out, you can return to your old ways? Part of this approach is a bit of a trick of the mind, but the other part is to reduce the stress on your schedule as you can shift your priorities temporarily and only permanently if you choose to at the month's end.
In today's episode, the top episode which kicked off Season #5 of the podcast, discover specific ideas for welcoming simplicity into your everyday life.
You can view the full Show Notes for episode #224 here.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the simple Sophisticate Podcast, where intelligent living is paired with signature style. |
| 0:16.3 | I'm your host, Shannon Ables. |
| 0:18.8 | And whether you're listening on your commute, exercising, working in the garden, or sitting down with a hot cup of tea or a |
| 0:25.0 | cafe ole, thank you for tuning in. Let's get started. Welcome to the Simple Sophisticate Podcast. I want to begin today's episode by expressing |
| 0:48.7 | my support for everyone coping with the impact felt on their and their loved ones lives and livelihoods |
| 0:54.3 | due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as all of those striving civilly for justice |
| 1:00.5 | and equality in our world. |
| 1:02.6 | Today's episode, episode 224, |
| 1:05.5 | is an episode that was a top episode from season five, |
| 1:08.8 | but I've chosen it because I think |
| 1:12.0 | we have an opportunity to make awesome change in our individual lives but obviously the world and this particular episode is more focused on the individual on you but as we know collectively we can all make a difference |
| 1:25.8 | when we see change in ourselves and thus our thinking and our actions and the way we |
| 1:29.7 | go about our lives. But this particular episode is titled How to Welcome Simplicity |
| 1:34.0 | into your life, live differently for one month, because I really think for me at least, |
| 1:38.8 | and I wrote about this in today's Monday motivational post if you want to stop by the blog today, there is an opportunity |
| 1:47.2 | to reflect on what really is working and what really sits well with us as far as how we go about our routines and our stress levels |
| 1:57.5 | and what we think we have to do, what we really should be doing, or simply just being. And this is going to be a unique journey for each of us. |
| 2:05.0 | It's going to be individual to each of us. |
| 2:07.0 | Which is why I chose this, because it's just an ask of one month. |
| 2:11.0 | And it doesn't have to be this month, it doesn't have to be next month but to consider taking one month |
| 2:15.8 | of changing things in your life and seeing what it's like at the end of that month |
| 2:20.5 | is there the positive change that you had hoped? Is there a |
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