427: 15 Life Investments — 10 Daily Choices, 5 Big Moves
The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style
Shannon Ables
4.7 • 944 Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
The bad habits you didn't pick up. The good habits that you did. The thoughts you chose to hold on to and explore further and the ones you let go. The priorities we set and the long-term dreams we said yes to and gradually stepped toward.
Both the simple everyday choices paired with the foundational decisions that require long-range planning and commitment play a role in the quality of our life today and down the road. Generally, we understand this truth, but whether or not we put it into practice depends on how consciously we live our lives. How present we are, how clear-eyed we are (i.e., self-aware), and how brave we are.
When it comes to nurturing dreams into materialization, it is first the awareness of where we point our sails of intention, and then the knowledge of which everyday choices will increase the potential for our eventual arrival. Most real, lasting change happens quietly and goes unnoticed until it suddenly seems to appear, but the truth is, it was built over time by our daily choices and big investments.
Today, we'll explore 10 everyday, perhaps seemingly mundane and inconsequential choices that actually contribute significantly to a healthier daily life today and tomorrow, along with five significant investments that require serious consideration. All 15 choices will strengthen our well-being and lead us to being able to fulfill our dreams.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the simple sophisticate, where in 2014, this podcast premiered, and now in its 12th season, |
| 0:10.0 | the show continues to focus on the same principles it was founded upon, the art of living a life of quality over quantity. |
| 0:18.0 | Topics range from creating an everyday life you love living, strengthening mindfulness |
| 0:22.9 | practices, building a capsule wardrobe, preparing seasonally delicious meals, traveling and exploring |
| 0:29.2 | France and Britain, and living life to the fullest as you courageously honor your true self, |
| 0:34.8 | because living well really is quite simple once we know the skills of |
| 0:39.3 | cultivating contentment. I'm your host, Shannon Ables, and whether you're listening while |
| 0:44.7 | you're on your commute, exercising, working in the garden or art studio, in route or returning from |
| 0:50.4 | that dream destination, or sitting down and savoring a hot cuppa or a cafe au lae. Thank you for |
| 0:57.1 | tuning in. Let's get started. Welcome to the 427th episode of the Simple Sophisticate. And welcome to June. |
| 1:05.6 | As we step into a new month, we have a topic to explore today that That is all about simple choices in our everyday, as |
| 1:13.6 | well as seemingly simple choices, but they involve a bit of investment that pay huge dividends in |
| 1:20.4 | our today and in our tomorrow. We're going to explore all of that in our episode today, |
| 1:25.9 | titled 15 life investments, 10 daily choices, |
| 1:29.2 | five big moves. But before we get to that, let me give you a bit of a hint as to what our |
| 1:34.0 | Pitti Placier is. It is a French find, a Francophile find, and it is a series that I absolutely |
| 1:39.7 | adore. And I think you might too. It is in its second season and I'm eagerly anticipating |
| 1:46.1 | its third as it is set in the southern part of France and has a strong, likable, and |
| 1:52.2 | intelligent lead. All right. We'll chat about that at the end of our conversation today. |
| 1:58.0 | And I also just want to let you know that pre-ordering for the Simply Luxurious |
| 2:03.7 | Life's fourth book, savoring the sojourn, contentment through the seasons as you unearth your |
| 2:09.4 | masterpiece begins on Saturday, June 13th. And the window for pre-ordering runs for about 90 days |
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