My mind has been simplified 🙇🏻‍♀️

Ever since I discovered this community, I've been looking forward to posting here. I'm excited to do it! As I saw my friend @jemima1996 post, the more I was encouraged to write about me. My life, for some time now, I consider it simple, in a good way. I work consciously to make it so, because I like things, spaces, time, simplified details.

I feel that I enjoy more, and I can feel better when simplicity is part of my daily life.

And whenever I can, I keep simplifying my environment. My clothes, shoes, my kitchen utensils and almost everything around me. My husband says I'm a menace to throw things away 😅

Over the past few years, I have learned that this living a minimalist style life and the state of my emotions and mind is directly related. As is our mind, so will be our environment and vice versa.

The scope of that issue can affect things as important as the way I make my decisions and also simple things like what I will do during the day.

For example, if my closet or my work desk is clean, tidy and stocked with only what I need, my mind will most likely be clean, tidy and stocked with only what I need.

When I discovered the relationship between these things, my emotions and thoughts began to simplify. I began to realize what situations were robbing me of the peace and harmony I wanted.

Physically, something amazing happens to me. When I get rid of (give away or throw away) items or clothes that I don't use or that I simply have what I need, I literally feel something leaving my body. As if the object comes out, not only from my hands, but from my body as well. Obviously I love to feel this ✨ Maybe it's a product of my mind 😂, but I can assure you that it happens to me.

For me, it means taking a weight off, because let me tell you, material things are heavy. They create an emotional burden, which we don't realize. Sometimes positive, sometimes not so much.

I grew up, for better or worse, with a thought that was not satiated, not filled; unless I bought or owned things. And I'm not talking about big things, but objects that today I might categorize as unnecessary and minimal. But the reality is, and I know now, that it was my emotions at the time that did not allow me to feel satiated 🥺 Until I attended to them, it would not be possible for me to see them differently.

The same thing has happened to me on a mental level. When I have managed, at last 😅, to get rid of a thought that is sinking and drowning me, I feel as if I take fresh and deep air, something like breathing again. Will this also be mental? 🙈

Of course, I can't say that I've completely succeeded, because, at times, I myself entangle my mind with thoughts that don't suit me. That goes on. The important thing about it is that I realized that I can do more for myself and my mental health.

I understand that not all people find it easy to lead a life guided by this style (for me, it wasn't for a long time). And, one of the reasons why it is not easy, is because some objects and people are related to emotions and feelings in our childhood. There is a connection between one and the other.

So I think, the best way to convince someone that their life and overall well-being will be greatly improved by following you, is with respect 🤝🏻 Respect for their life, their choices, their decision of when to change, their way of seeing and doing things. This happens because, when you feel respected and validated, you are likely to be more open to listening and understanding what is being said to us for our well-being.

Another thing that could possibly help would be my example. If my own life, environment, decisions and emotions remain stable, this cannot be hidden. And when they ask me what I am doing for my mental health, I will tell them, "I have simplified my life." 💜

Very grateful to @millycf1976 and all the community team for this wonderful place 🤗 I invite my friend @elizpc to participate.