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Behind The Glass with Charlotte Eriksson

Minimalism to Cure Overwhelm: in life, work and relationships

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Having a minimalism lifestyle means having less and doing less in order to have more time, space and energy for the things that really truly matter to me.
It helps me free myself from overwhelm, stress, find clarity and straighten out my priorities.

When my own dreams and visions make me overwhelmed, I know I have made things too complicated. I have made life too complicated. I go back to reminding of myself what areas in my life I prioritise. These are mine, and I have this written down on the first page of my visualisation notebook: health, passion, intellectual growth, location independence, art and community.
This is what I care about and what I want in my life. Nothing more, nothing less. And these words are carefully chosen to make sure I don’t leave anything out that I know I would like in there.

Then I look at the goals that make me overwhelmed. Very often I then find that with time I started adding dreams and goals that really don’t have anything to do with my main priorities in life. Maybe I got caught up in a worldly trend or hype and started to think I also had to achieve that thing or own that thing or go to that place, but when I go back to my own values it’s really not needed

I basically make sure that I only have goals and visions in that document, that are in alignment with my core life values and priorities. Everything else is just clutter, overflow and fluff. It’s not needed. I strike out every goal that feels unnecessary.
Behind The Glass with Charlotte Eriksson
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