I set out to simplify this year. I would say I have done anything but. It is not that I have purposely complicated things, but rather that this year has been full, very full. Still, I think that starting with this intention, and revisiting it each month has been helpful. I did prioritize more. I did enjoy more. I did live more. That's important!
As I wrap up this year, I settle on the competing phrases: Less is more, and sometimes more is less. Focusing on a few fewer things has been helpful. Sometimes having more things has helped free up more brain space. I am thankful for luxuries like integrated Apple products and AirPods that let me multi-task (even if that is not simplest for my brain). I realize how often I get caught up in things that don't matter (like those blasted monthly challenges in DuoLingo-I say I won't do them, and then spend hours getting sucked right back in). At the end of this year, I don't think I leave so much with a simpler life, but hopefully a more meaningful one, and that is what I want for 2025: more meaning, more passion, more fervor, more faithfulness to God and to the people around me.
To all who helped support me this year, thank you! To those who really matter and help me focus on the eternal, thank you! To my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who did anything but the simple thing of incarnating Himself to come to earth and die on the cross to make a home for me in heaven, my debt is eternal.
If you want to read through all the months of my journey, I have shared the month-by-month links below:
The Simplified Life (An Update)
The Simplified Life (Month 2 Update)
The Simplified Life (Month 3 Update)
The Simplified Life (Vacation Edition)
The Simplified Life (September)
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