Constantly Refocusing
Everything is 20/20 in HindsightArchive for June 30, 2010
Focusing on Simple
Sometime it is hard to keep things simple in our complex world. In our attempts to “wow” “out do” “be safe” & “analyze” we often build complexity upon complexity instead of just getting to the point. It has become hard for us in our daily lives to see the forest for all the trees.
Complexity has become the antagonist of my life. I recently tried to network my home and am happy to say that I was mostly successful. The fact that I could even be “mostly successful” shows just how complex something like networking a home is.
Complexity has crept into every area of our lives. You only need to look at your pay stub or work on your taxes to be reminded of how complex our world is. Just stop and look at your online checking account or stop and watch TV and see what they are selling you in order to “simplify” your life.
Complexity is the natural result of capitalism. One of the best business models has to be “create the problem and then sell the solution.” In a way this is the very model of capitalism. Our capitalistic society wants to own and do everything. But that makes life busy and complicated. So the solution is to sell you more things that “simplify” your life and give you more time. Which means you have to earn more money and have less time in order to have more time. It really a vicious cycle when you stop to think about it.
What’s my point in this anything but simple post? Find some simplicity in your life and enjoy it. Don’t over schedule your vacation this summer. Keep your home life simple. Keep your work as simple as possible. Make your designs or marketing programs simple. Live in this moment and not for the 50 things you have to do later today. Enjoy simplicity now not later.
