Refocusing, reassessing, re-energizing...

So here I am, cruising along, doing what I do, living my life in the moment, day by day. Occasionally getting bogged down with the doom and gloom but mostly feeling the amazement and wonder at the simple pleasures in my life.

But for whatever reason, I get a jolt, a reality check - it'll throw me, it'll stop me in my tracks, it'll immobilise me.

Then I move into the analytical stage - I think, I wonder, I rationalise, I reassess.

Then I begin to take action again - I research, I re-energize and find motivational articles or quotes, I move on and look onwards and upwards. I once again know I am on the right track for our family and fully embrace it.

Being one who has tended to make alternative choices in so many parts of life (in particular since I've become a parent), I'm used to going against the current, sometimes defending my choices and other times putting my head down to avoid the attention.

I recently came across an old post of mine right back from my early days of blogging entitled Voluntary Simplicity. It's an interesting and such a diverse topic that means so many different things to everyone. I also wonder about how I get to make that privileged choice when so many in the world don't.

I wanted to re-post an excerpt from the book called The Lilypad: 7 steps to the simple life I linked to in the post as it summed up what Simple Living means to me. But I've just noticed that it's no longer available. From what I recall though - the author's idea of living simply is not driven from a place of fear, nor all about penny-pinching but from finding enjoyment and satisfaction in being free from consumerism, treading lightly on the earth, enjoying the moment and making your home and environment your sanctuary.

I still also really like and identify with The Worsted Witch's post and the definition she writes about.

So, a post made up of random ponderings, but I find it quite empowering to go through this sort of process periodically and come out the other side stronger.