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Hello	dear
dear	friends
friends	I
I	m
m	so
so	excited
excited	to
to	announce
announce	that
that	I
I	have
have	a
a	brand
brand	new
new	e
e	course
course	up
up	and
and	running
running	called
called	Adventures
Adventures	In
In	Simplicity
Simplicity	You
You	can
can	check
check	it
it	out
out	on
on	my
my	E
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I	offer
offer	all
all	my
my	email
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courses	on
on	a
a	donation
donation	basis
basis	so
so	just
just	pay
pay	what
what	you
you	can
can	This
This	course
course	is
is	all
all	about
about	finding
finding	your
your	zen
zen	in
in	different
different	aspects
aspects	of
of	your
your	life
life	and
and	I
I	hope
hope	you
you	love
love	it
it	As
As	sort
sort	of
of	an
an	intro
intro	preview
preview	of
of	the
the	idea
idea	of
of	finding
finding	zen
zen	I
I	wanted
wanted	to
to	share
share	this
this	post
post	with
with	you
you	and
and	give
give	you
you	four
four	simple
simple	principles
principles	to
to	start
start	bringing
bringing	your
your	life
life	back
back	into
into	balance
balance	So
So	without
without	further
further	ado
ado	Take
Take	a
a	moment
moment	to
to	think
think	back
back	over
over	the
the	past
past	week
week	of
of	your
your	life
life	How
How	have
have	you
you	been
been	using
using	your
your	time
time	How
How	many
many	emails
emails	clogged
clogged	up
up	your
your	inbox
inbox	The
The	spaces
spaces	that
that	you
you	ve
ve	been
been	in
in	were
were	they
they	clean
clean	and
and	spacious
spacious	or
or	were
were	they
they	dirty
dirty	and
and	cluttered
cluttered	How
How	much
much	time
time	did
did	you
you	spend
spend	running
running	errands
errands	or
or	tidying
tidying	up
up	the
the	house
house	Did
Did	you
you	have
have	time
time	and
and	energy
energy	to
to	prepare
prepare	healthy
healthy	meals
meals	meditate
meditate	exercise
exercise	or
or	invest
invest	in
in	your
your	self
self	care
care	If
If	you
you	re
re	starting
starting	to
to	get
get	a
a	not
not	so
so	nice
nice	picture
picture	of
of	this
this	last
last	week
week	don
don	t
t	worry
worry	You
You	re
re	not
not	alone
alone	We
We	live
live	in
in	a
a	fast
fast	paced
paced	overburdened
overburdened	overworked
overworked	and
and	jam
jam	packed
packed	culture
culture	We
We	work
work	long
long	hours
hours	to
to	make
make	more
more	money
money	to
to	buy
buy	more
more	things
things	to
to	clutter
clutter	up
up	our
our	houses
houses	We
We	waste
waste	time
time	with
with	unnecessary
unnecessary	correspondence
correspondence	social
social	media
media	notifications
notifications	and
and	getting
getting	stuck
stuck	in
in	traffic
traffic	We
We	feel
feel	like
like	we
we	re
re	on
on	this
this	never
never	ending
ending	treadmill
treadmill	to
to	nowhere
nowhere	feeling
feeling	disconnected
disconnected	and
and	frazzled
frazzled	each
each	and
and	every
every	day
day	We
We	re
re	sleep
sleep	deprived
deprived	overweight
overweight	and
and	stressed
stressed	out
out	When
When	all
all	we
we	really
really	want
want	is
is	to
to	get
get	some
some	zen
zen	So
So	what
what	does
does	living
living	a
a	life
life	of
of	zen
zen	look
look	like
like	Traditionally
Traditionally	the
the	word
word	zen
zen	has
has	been
been	associated
associated	with
with	the
the	quiet
quiet	and
and	austere
austere	Buddhist
Buddhist	sect
sect	which
which	emphasizes
emphasizes	silent
silent	meditation
meditation	and
and	personal
personal	inquiry
inquiry	However
However	as
as	the
the	word
word	has
has	leached
leached	into
into	modern
modern	everyday
everyday	life
life	it
it	has
has	evolved
evolved	to
to	mean
mean	something
something	less
less	esoteric
esoteric	and
and	more
more	practical
practical	You
You	don
don	t
t	have
have	to
to	become
become	a
a	monk
monk	to
to	be
be	zen
zen	but
but	it
it	will
will	probably
probably	require
require	some
some	major
major	life
life	changes
changes	since
since	we
we	can
can	all
all	agree
agree	that
that	today
today	s
s	world
world	is
is	decidedly
decidedly	not
not	zen
zen	In
In	essence
essence	the
the	art
art	of
of	zen
zen	is
is	all
all	about
about	spaciousness
spaciousness	intention
intention	and
and	peace
peace	And
And	we
we	can
can	apply
apply	this
this	wisdom
wisdom	to
to	every
every	aspect
aspect	of
of	our
our	lives
lives	simplicity
simplicity	jpg
jpg	simplicity
simplicity	jpg
jpg	While
While	it
it	s
s	somewhat
somewhat	challenging
challenging	to
to	define
define	exactly
exactly	what
what	zen
zen	is
is	it
it	s
s	easy
easy	to
to	notice
notice	when
when	something
something	isn
isn	t
t	zen
zen	A
A	cluttered
cluttered	workspace
workspace	is
is	not
not	zen
zen	A
A	overpacked
overpacked	schedule
schedule	is
is	not
not	zen
zen	A
A	phone
phone	or
or	tablet
tablet	that
that	is
is	constantly
constantly	chirping
chirping	and
and	buzzing
buzzing	is
is	definitely
definitely	not
not	zen
zen	Chances
Chances	are
are	good
good	that
that	you
you	can
can	recognize
recognize	the
the	things
things	in
in	your
your	life
life	that
that	give
give	you
you	that
that	calm
calm	spacious
spacious	feeling
feeling	and
and	you
you	can
can	also
also	feel
feel	when
when	you
you	lose
lose	sight
sight	of
of	it
it	You
You	see
see	zen
zen	is
is	something
something	that
that	already
already	exists
exists	innately
innately	within
within	us
us	we
we	are
are	born
born	in
in	perfect
perfect	peace
peace	at
at	ease
ease	with
with	our
our	world
world	and
and	with
with	ourselves
ourselves	But
But	as
as	we
we	grow
grow	up
up	and
and	take
take	on
on	the
the	burdens
burdens	of
of	the
the	world
world	we
we	lose
lose	touch
touch	with
with	our
our	inner
inner	zen
zen	nature
nature	However
However	all
all	is
is	not
not	lost
lost	Don
Don	t
t	worry
worry	We
We	can
can	all
all	make
make	deliberate
deliberate	and
and	mindful
mindful	choices
choices	to
to	get
get	rid
rid	of
of	some
some	of
of	the
the	clutter
clutter	be
be	that
that	physical
physical	mental
mental	or
or	emotional
emotional	and
and	regain
regain	our
our	zen
zen	Just
Just	like
like	with
with	most
most	intentional
intentional	spiritually
spiritually	aligned
aligned	ways
ways	of
of	living
living	zen
zen	is
is	an
an	art
art	form
form	It
It	is
is	fluid
fluid	and
and	forgiving
forgiving	adaptable
adaptable	and
and	personalized
personalized	Your
Your	version
version	of
of	zen
zen	may
may	look
look	different
different	from
from	your
your	friends
friends	but
but	the
the	important
important	thing
thing	is
is	to
to	find
find	your
your	own
own	center
center	and
and	way
way	of
of	living
living	zen
zen	that
that	gives
gives	you
you	a
a	peaceful
peaceful	fulfilled
fulfilled	existence
existence	that
that	is
is	aligned
aligned	with
with	your
your	own
own	talents
talents	values
values	and
and	priorities
priorities	Here
Here	are
are	a
a	few
few	ideas
ideas	to
to	get
get	you
you	started
started	Try
Try	single
single	tasking
tasking	Before
Before	the
the	age
age	of
of	technology
technology	and
and	our
our	obsession
obsession	with
with	productivity
productivity	people
people	tended
tended	to
to	focus
focus	their
their	attention
attention	on
on	one
one	thing
thing	at
at	a
a	time
time	There
There	was
was	no
no	eating
eating	tweeting
tweeting	and
and	driving
driving	at
at	the
the	same
same	time
time	A
A	zen
zen	proverb
proverb	says
says	When
When	eating
eating	eat
eat	When
When	walking
walking	walk
walk	and
and	while
while	it
it	sounds
sounds	simplistic
simplistic	it
it	really
really	sums
sums	up
up	the
the	essence
essence	of
of	zen
zen	to
to	bring
bring	our
our	full
full	mindful
mindful	awareness
awareness	to
to	whatever
whatever	we
we	are
are	doing
doing	at
at	the
the	moment
moment	Even
Even	modern
modern	neuroscience
neuroscience	has
has	confirmed
confirmed	that
that	single
single	tasking
tasking	also
also	called
called	monotasking
monotasking	actually
actually	improves
improves	our
our	productivity
productivity	boosts
boosts	our
our	self
self	esteem
esteem	and
and	reduces
reduces	mental
mental	stress
stress	No
No	matter
matter	what
what	you
you	re
re	doing
doing	whether
whether	that
that	s
s	washing
washing	dishes
dishes	or
or	chatting
chatting	with
with	a
a	friend
friend	let
let	the
the	distractions
distractions	go
go	and
and	enjoy
enjoy	the
the	peace
peace	of
of	being
being	present
present	Clear
Clear	out
out	the
the	clutter
clutter	There
There	are
are	entire
entire	books
books	devoted
devoted	to
to	this
this	topic
topic	but
but	we
we	ll
ll	try
try	to
to	sum
sum	it
it	up
up	here
here	Clutter
Clutter	comes
comes	in
in	many
many	forms
forms	and
and	they
they	re
re	all
all	stressful
stressful	The
The	junk
junk	you
you	have
have	laying
laying	around
around	your
your	house
house	garage
garage	attic
attic	is
is	clutter
clutter	The
The	hundreds
hundreds	of
of	emails
emails	in
in	your
your	inbox
inbox	are
are	clutter
clutter	The
The	multiples
multiples	you
you	have
have	of
of	the
the	same
same	item
item	are
are	clutter
clutter	Even
Even	the
the	repetitive
repetitive	thoughts
thoughts	that
that	circle
circle	around
around	your
your	mind
mind	are
are	clutter
clutter	Zen
Zen	cannot
cannot	exist
exist	where
where	there
there	is
is	clutter
clutter	so
so	now
now	is
is	the
the	time
time	to
to	go
go	through
through	your
your	life
life	and
and	clean
clean	up
up	Toss
Toss	or
or	donate
donate	things
things	you
you	don
don	t
t	absolutely
absolutely	need
need	or
or	love
love	delete
delete	old
old	files
files	and
and	make
make	space
space	on
on	your
your	electronics
electronics	and
and	find
find	other
other	ways
ways	you
you	can
can	minimize
minimize	and
and	simplify
simplify	Pay
Pay	attention
attention	Most
Most	of
of	us
us	whiz
whiz	through
through	our
our	days
days	without
without	noticing
noticing	the
the	details
details	but
but	in
in	the
the	art
art	of
of	zen
zen	we
we	are
are	called
called	to
to	bring
bring	our
our	full
full	attention
attention	to
to	things
things	that
that	are
are	happening
happening	in
in	the
the	present
present	moment
moment	This
This	is
is	similar
similar	to
to	single
single	tasking
tasking	but
but	goes
goes	one
one	step
step	further
further	than
than	simply
simply	removing
removing	distractions
distractions	and
and	asks
asks	us
us	to
to	observe
observe	and
and	experience
experience	everything
everything	Being
Being	mindful
mindful	and
and	engaging
engaging	all
all	of
of	our
our	senses
senses	are
are	two
two	aspects
aspects	of
of	a
a	zen
zen	lifestyle
lifestyle	and
and	there
there	are
are	multitudes
multitudes	of
of	ways
ways	to
to	practice
practice	these
these	You
You	can
can	pay
pay	attention
attention	to
to	the
the	feel
feel	of
of	your
your	feet
feet	on
on	the
the	ground
ground	and
and	the
the	air
air	on
on	your
your	skin
skin	you
you	can
can	observe
observe	the
the	expressions
expressions	on
on	a
a	loved
loved	one
one	s
s	face
face	you
you	can
can	notice
notice	each
each	individual
individual	sound
sound	around
around	you
you	and
and	so
so	on
on	Do
Do	less
less	Yes
Yes	this
this	flies
flies	in
in	the
the	face
face	of
of	our
our	modern
modern	culture
culture	s
s	obsession
obsession	with
with	productivity
productivity	and
and	our
our	collective
collective	worship
worship	of
of	busy
busy	ness
ness	But
But	this
this	principle
principle	is
is	truly
truly	the
the	core
core	of
of	zen
zen	and
and	can
can	manifest
manifest	in
in	a
a	variety
variety	of
of	ways
ways	When
When	you
you	are
are	overscheduled
overscheduled	and
and	always
always	running
running	around
around	from
from	one
one	thing
thing	to
to	the
the	next
next	you
you	not
not	only
only	miss
miss	out
out	on
on	being
being	fully
fully	present
present	for
for	those
those	experiences
experiences	but
but	you
you	also
also	miss
miss	out
out	on
on	the
the	quiet
quiet	in
in	between
between	them
them	This
This	so
so	called
called	white
white	space
space	is
is	where
where	the
the	magic
magic	happens
happens	where
where	you
you	can
can	hear
hear	the
the	voice
voice	of
of	the
the	Universe
Universe	and
and	where
where	your
your	mind
mind	and
and	body
body	can
can	recharge
recharge	Try
Try	to
to	schedule
schedule	yourself
yourself	blocks
blocks	of
of	time
time	to
to	simply
simply	be
be	Rest
Rest	and
and	relax
relax	even
even	if
if	it
it	s
s	just
just	for
for	a
a	few
few	minutes
minutes	Let
Let	go
go	of
of	your
your	need
need	to
to	be
be	busy
busy	all
all	the
the	time
time	zen
zen	lifestyle
lifestyle	jpg
jpg	zen
zen	lifestyle
lifestyle	jpg
jpg	If
If	you
you	want
want	to
to	start
start	practicing
practicing	the
the	art
art	of
of	zen
zen	and
and	yes
yes	it
it	is
is	a
a	practice
practice	there
there	s
s	never
never	been
been	a
a	better
better	time
time	to
to	begin
begin	When
When	you
you	can
can	sweep
sweep	out
out	the
the	unneeded
unneeded	and
and	unnecessary
unnecessary	you
you	create
create	space
space	for
for	reflection
reflection	spiritual
spiritual	growth
growth	and
and	deliberation
deliberation	in
in	what
what	you
you	do
do	and
and	say
say	There
There	s
s	no
no	right
right	or
or	wrong
wrong	way
way	on
on	the
the	path
path	of
of	zen
zen	but
but	the
the	important
important	thing
thing	to
to	remember
remember	is
is	to
to	bring
bring	your
your	entire
entire	being
being	to
to	this
this	moment
moment	this
this	life
life	Clear
Clear	out
out	the
the	clutter
clutter	from
from	your
your	home
home	your
your	office
office	your
your	media
media	and
and	your
your	calendar
calendar	Learn
Learn	to
to	be
be	okay
okay	with
with	doing
doing	less
less	and
and	being
being	more
more	Experience
Experience	life
life	in
in	every
every	direction
direction	and
and	immerse
immerse	yourself
yourself	in
in	a
a	full
full	sensory
sensory	version
version	of
of	this
this	human
human	existence
existence	The
The	art
art	of
of	zen
zen	can
can	change
change	your
your	life
life	you
you	just
just	need
need	to
to	make
make	space
space	for
for	it
it	first
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