Courtney Carver was stopped in her tracks with a scary MS diagnosis after decades of debt, discontent, and trying to do it all. She had to slow down, prioritize her health, and figure out what was really important in her life. She discovered what mattered most by getting rid of everything that didn’t matter at all. In the end it all came down to love and health. She went from a busy, overwhelmed advertising director to spending 2-3 hours every morning taking care of herself, loving her work, and being present and engaged with the people she loves. Her family changed, too. They moved from wanting bigger closets, nicer furniture, and more stuff to downsizing into a 750 sq. ft apartment with no storage. Courtney has written books, courses, and hundreds of articles to help you simplify your life and work so you can focus on what really matters.
Episode 312: The One Thing Standing Between You and Simplicity by Courtney Carver of Be More With Less (Minimalism & Simple Living).
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the one thing
standing between you and simplicity, by corny, Carver be more with less Stockholm. If you could,
a simple life? You several reasons why you aren't where you want to be the more you think about.
Reasons. The less you think about simplicity is time to think.
About why not and more about how to and why you want a simpler life. The biggest obstacles debt
This is the number one reason that people get stuck in jobs. They don't like an situations they would rather avoid. I know this because this
my twenty is getting into debt and my thirty is getting out of it dead socks lean on x.
Site Dave Ramsay to see the light at the end of the debt tunnel getting out of debt,
it was one of the hardest most rewarding things have ever done, but being in debt
not stand in the way of simplicity,.
Disability or illness not feeling well
what makes everything more challenging
the focus on your limitations. Instead of your opportunities, we ve all suffered from a flu work
old and can recognise how that will slow you down some
even more long term disability. The horse tainted
who is asked for help. Sometimes your great
training is admitting weakness, and I encourage you to let other people help you. I've worked through two to three men
The vertigo and fatigue with Emma Relapses and a full year of harsh, shrug side effects
not feeling well may slow you down, but it does not stand in the way of simplicity. Pressure from
Emily or society. If you like,
I want to be like anyone else and dump the need to justify decisions to friends and family. Your
it will become radically different. Even if nothing else changes,
We all want to be loved, but our differences make us even more lovable. It's nice.
Make your own around you happy all the time, but this is your life
not everyone respect your decision establishing tv or liver debt for you,
lifestyle, but that pressure from fear
society does not
stand in the way of simplicity, teens and other children for law,
time and still today, a theme a teenager
who gets in the way of simplicity and reality
it's my desire to avoid any major changes in her life? The more
I changed the more. I realise how strong she is and how my changes were to her advantage. She doesn't agree,
everything I do, but I have yet to meet a team that things were Mama's perfect, teens
children brain different challenges at the table, but they do not
and in the way of simplicity, procrastination
for he started big project. Face change had on or start to work towards a meaningful goal. The easiest and most common first step is
and make a sandwich and put step too
until tomorrow. There are so many
I can come before the most important thing you need to accomplish: read the little
Guy, too, on programme nation and know that procrastination does not stand in the way of simplicity, time, I'm busy, you're busy,
the world is busy: how will we find
I am to declare and simplify you off.
The time by making the most important thing you have to do. Remember one
couldn't find time to exercise, but when you realise that your help depended on it, you found the time your
health depends on simplifying your life, but figure out how to find
I am to do. It does not stand in the way of simplicity, mental clarity
We need to focus in on your goal. To live a simpler life is next to impossible. If you have too much going on a cluttered, my
can be hard to clear, but with practice it can be done
when you focus on the. Why, instead of the how, when where what you can calm your mind,
We know why you're doing something and recognise the benefits. Things become more clear, lack of focus,
mental clarity. Will make your journey less linear, but it will not
stand in the way of simplicity. Each of these obstacles were suggested to me on Twitter and, interestingly enough
tell with each at different times in my life, while there are
things I can't stand in the way, one per
Hit the nail on the head when she said the only things
between me and a simple life. Is me, yes,
True, the only things too
between you and simplicity. Is you? Here's a great
ample of being confused about what is really standing in the way I used to think that
and get any worked on, because people kept calling or email me. The actual reason
I can get any work done is that I made answering email and phone calls more important than
doing good work. I was in my own way the fact is essential.
This isn't what we really want. We want a side effect,
the simplicity, like health time, space com, confidence, clarity, location independence, world travel for
Adam was interesting. Is that the things that we think that simplicity will give us are some of the same things we think are on the way answer the question?
Why do I want a simpler alive and write down the answers now? Narrowed
onto the top three most important reasons. Those are your wise whenever you
the thinking things are hard or that you don't have the time or clarity go back to the wise, they will fuel you
they will inspire you, they will change you
open the door and get out of the way life did not.
Complicated overnight and it won't become simple overnight, but by simplifying something
every day, as we work towards a simple life you
oh build momentum? You will find
time and space and health and all
tools, you need to pay down. Your debt eat cleaner food spent. I was your family.
Create dream job. Livery
want to live or whatever that. Why is for you the only
Standing between you and simplicity is you
you
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