Random thoughts on simplicity
There's a certain beauty in simplicity, a beauty that is overlooked and underappreciated for most people believe that for things to be great, they have to be shouted from the highest rooftop for all to see.
A public display of anything does not define its worth, nor does its complexity. A moment in time is not deemed less special due to the lack of photos or videos to provide evidence that it did actually happen and that it was in fact special.
It's true that times seem more exiting when everything is rushing by in a city that never sleeps, you never feel a dull moment when there's so much to do and so many places to go... So many people to meet... You never stop, you never reflect... There's hardly any time to catch up with your own thoughts.
That's why it's important to just slow down, take a breath, internalise, and appreciate where you are in that moment in time.
Life is a beautiful thing, a beautifully simple existence.
Forget about your work, forget about your deadlines, forget about your social media image and people's expectations of you. Put it all away, FAR away. For a few hours, a day, a week, or even a month... However long you feel you need; it'll all be there when you get back.
Take the time to focus on doing nothing and I mean nothing.
Go to a secluded guesthouse between the jungle and the sea with no connection to the online superficial world. Go anywhere you feel that you can be YOU with no limitations. Embrace this opportunity to be truly on your own... Don't panic. Merely find the comfort and simplicity within your own company, for that is the true foundation of self love.
Everyone is different, everyone's minds are different, therefore we can decide for ourselves what keeps us calm.
Some may take a book to read or listen to music whilst watching the waves flow by...
For me personally, I enjoy these things, they distract me from my worries... But they're exactly that - distractions. As they distract me and take my mind off unwanted thoughts, they also distract me and take my focus off me, off all the possible positive thoughts waiting to get the spotlight within my mind.
Some may associate simplicity with being bored. But that may only be because they have not yet allowed themselves to truly let go, to truly just be.
I used to believe that if I ever had any free time within my busy schedule then I had to spend it doing work or to meet up with friends who sometimes complained about me being too busy. I had free time therefore it HAD to be filled with something, anything. I would often feel bad if I used to just sit and think, I'd get upset and angry at myself for not doing any work in my free time...
I see now that this form of being was overwhelming, and thinking so negatively was draining me beyond repair... I had to get away from my self-imposed toxic mindset and recover through the simplicity of just being.
I'm currently sat in a long hallway with the wind flowing from one door to the next. The sun peaking in from both sides, calling us to come and discover the world that it shines upon.
But before I go along with my day, it was nice to just sit here on the floor with my brother. These are the simple memories and moments that need no evidence to be valued or significant.
Being sat here, listening to my brother singing and gently playing the guitar... Accompanied by the noise of Phnom Penh's city life outside our four walls... This is where I feel calm, this is where I feel alive... In these moments, these random simple moments as I go along...
Written by Sofia Tartaglia on the 4th of January 2018
A public display of anything does not define its worth, nor does its complexity. A moment in time is not deemed less special due to the lack of photos or videos to provide evidence that it did actually happen and that it was in fact special.
It's true that times seem more exiting when everything is rushing by in a city that never sleeps, you never feel a dull moment when there's so much to do and so many places to go... So many people to meet... You never stop, you never reflect... There's hardly any time to catch up with your own thoughts.
That's why it's important to just slow down, take a breath, internalise, and appreciate where you are in that moment in time.
Life is a beautiful thing, a beautifully simple existence.
Forget about your work, forget about your deadlines, forget about your social media image and people's expectations of you. Put it all away, FAR away. For a few hours, a day, a week, or even a month... However long you feel you need; it'll all be there when you get back.
Take the time to focus on doing nothing and I mean nothing.
Go to a secluded guesthouse between the jungle and the sea with no connection to the online superficial world. Go anywhere you feel that you can be YOU with no limitations. Embrace this opportunity to be truly on your own... Don't panic. Merely find the comfort and simplicity within your own company, for that is the true foundation of self love.
Everyone is different, everyone's minds are different, therefore we can decide for ourselves what keeps us calm.
Some may take a book to read or listen to music whilst watching the waves flow by...
For me personally, I enjoy these things, they distract me from my worries... But they're exactly that - distractions. As they distract me and take my mind off unwanted thoughts, they also distract me and take my focus off me, off all the possible positive thoughts waiting to get the spotlight within my mind.
Some may associate simplicity with being bored. But that may only be because they have not yet allowed themselves to truly let go, to truly just be.
I used to believe that if I ever had any free time within my busy schedule then I had to spend it doing work or to meet up with friends who sometimes complained about me being too busy. I had free time therefore it HAD to be filled with something, anything. I would often feel bad if I used to just sit and think, I'd get upset and angry at myself for not doing any work in my free time...
I see now that this form of being was overwhelming, and thinking so negatively was draining me beyond repair... I had to get away from my self-imposed toxic mindset and recover through the simplicity of just being.
I'm currently sat in a long hallway with the wind flowing from one door to the next. The sun peaking in from both sides, calling us to come and discover the world that it shines upon.
But before I go along with my day, it was nice to just sit here on the floor with my brother. These are the simple memories and moments that need no evidence to be valued or significant.
Being sat here, listening to my brother singing and gently playing the guitar... Accompanied by the noise of Phnom Penh's city life outside our four walls... This is where I feel calm, this is where I feel alive... In these moments, these random simple moments as I go along...
Written by Sofia Tartaglia on the 4th of January 2018
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