Tuesday 24th May 2011
I will admit I am one of those people who is always reaching for the unreachable. Everything will always be better if I got a better job, or a newer house, or a promotion etc etc.
A few years ago we were faced with that situation. I had gotten my "dream job" and in a short while I was lucky enough to become manager of my "dream job". Then my hubby and I bought our "dream home" and life was sweet. It wasn't long until that "sweet life" began to sour. The dream job ended up being a lot harder and involved a lot more work than I thought and we then had problems around the house with things breaking or going wrong. We were on the constant fight to get things done, it was just one thing after another.
After a while it all became too much and that's when my health started to get affected. That was when we came to the decision that it's just not worth it!
When thinking of all the "better" things we could have we didn't think about the extra work and responsibility and time and effort that would be needed.
We have now gone back to the simple life. I am no longer in my "dream job" and we have our "dream house" up for sale. Although the house sale is not going to plan thanks to a slow market (and a lot of other people in the same downsized boat as us) but we have simplified everything else. In fact I have gone so far as even deactivating my Facebook account! I must admit it is hard to get out of the habit to just have a quick check at what is going on in the world but it is so refreshing not having to worry about it either. This small act of simplifying my life has made a huge impact in my whole day, I have so much more time to get out and live life instead of reading about it (or writing about it) on Facebook.
I still think Facebook is an awesome communcation tool to use with my interstate friends and family so I will go back on it later but for now I am just enjoying the simple life.
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