Just for today, think about how you can simplify your life. Can you clean out some clutter, cancel magazine subscriptions, avoid a phone call from a drama queen friend? The key to having peaceful days is to create inner and outer peace in your life. Inner peace can take a long time to develop as a habit, a function of daily life. We all want to be like Buddha and feel blissful all the time. The truth is, though, life happens and we experience a gamut of emotions, sometimes in the course of a few minutes. However, to create a sense of peace and bliss around your daily routine and external environment, you can take certain measures that you have control of. Develop healthy habits of organization, preparation, and simplification. Some habits that have helped me include the following:
* Keep your checkbook balanced
* Take care of mail daily
* Put clothes out at night for the next day
* Shop for groceries one week at a time
* Freeze extra food from cooking
* Cancel unwanted magazines
* Limit knick knack buying
* Put a list on fridge to mark items for shopping
* Invest in a file cabinet
* Designate one area as a to-do box
* Clean once per week -- sheets, vacuum, mop
Consistently working on a sense of structure and organization on a daily basis can bring peace to your external world. This is what you have control of so take advantage of creating the best situation conducive to bliss and harmony.
I structure and organize my life to create stability, balance, and hamony.
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