Simplify Your Life Week

The first week of August is National Simplify Your Life Week! It’s an official, yet little known observance that encourages you to organize and de-clutter your life. I don’t know about you, but I need more than one week during the year to reduce the stress brought on by work, family, bills, commitments…life. We overextend ourselves daily and then try to compensate by taking a long weekend or a week of vacation. But what happens after we return? The same worries, commitments, tasks, and responsibilities are still there – waiting for us to return. Personally, I always dread returning from a vacation, not because the vacation is over, but because I know I will have so many things to catch up on and twice the work to squeeze in when I return.

So why don’t we do things every week, or every day to help alleviate some of the stress in our lives? If we simplify our lives daily, then maybe we wouldn’t feel so stressed and we could enjoy life just a little more, even on vacation. Here are some ideas to help you get started simplifying your life. Read more