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Category Archives: Simple Living
Slacking Ambitiously
If you are like me, you have all these goals you want to accomplish and all these paths you want to take. It can be overwhelming. You move one way and feel the tug to go another, just as you are picking up momentum an obstacle rolls right in front of you, you finally get to where you think you’re going only to find out that’s not where you wanted to go at all.
Plans fall apart. Things fail. That’s life.
No matter how much time we put into preparing, it’s not going to work out 100% of the time. It’s a lesson I’ve learned many times in the last two years as a freelancer and was reminded of today. How good things are today is no indication of how good they will be tomorrow. You have to learn to deal with it all quite stoically or you run the risk of doubting yourself or thinking you’re crazy or ruining what you’ve built or giving up.
This is when I like to step back and do something I call “Slacking Ambitiously.”
The Minimalist Road to Location Independence
Temptation is rampant along the road of life. Billboards selling the flashy new toys and restaurants offering the tantalizing tastes. Too often, we detour from our goal-driven path to these beckoning road stops. When we finally leave these destinations of luxury, we are weighed down by unnecessary stuff and bloated stomachs. All the while, we have just added distance between us and our goal. For a lot of people today, Location Independence has become the desired destination. Unfortunately, the materials along that path have distracted, discouraged, disappointed many and kept them from that Location Independent lifestyle. However, if we ignore the turnoffs and drive straight ahead, reaching our goal is realistic. The lifestyle that can keep you from meandering and get you to the goal of a Location Independent Lifestyle is that of minimalism.