The Minimalist Lifestyle

The new year started with a lot of hope for making this the year to get my online life organized. This has proven to be a very hard thing to do.

I had my daily strategy ready to go for 2010, and even though I knew it looked impossible on paper, I was determined to make a go of it. But, the bloom is now officially off the rose. Reality has reared its “I told you so” head!

Facing the truth is hard when you have goals. But, reality, and a sane life, dictate that I get in gear and reassess what is really important — or spend the next 11 months floundering as before.

The acronym WIN fits in well here. What’s Important Now? So, I am going to re-group in the next few days. Really see what it is that I want to do and need to do. Yes, what one wants is just as important as what one needs in this case. We don’t want things to be all work and no play, do we?

And this topic fits in so well with a minimalist lifestyle. What things do you really need in your life? What do you really want to keep? How can you keep your stuff organized so that it doesn’t interfere with your inner peace? How can you balance your life? What’s Important Now?

Do you need a second-month reassessment of your goals and strategies? Are you going to let a month’s trying go down in history as another year of not meeting your needs and goals? Is 2010 going to end with just an empty renewal of your last-year’s goals? Or are you going to re-group, move forward, and keep striving?

Think “What’s Important Now?” Keep going. Never give up.

So tell me. How are you doing? Having some doubts? Feeling the overload? Or better yet, are you making progress?