Simplifying our lives

I’ve been thinking a lot lately, about all of the things that I do that make life harder. And the things that I could do that would make life easier, but which I don’t do. I think that it mostly comes down to laziness and unwillingness to break habits, even though I know that the changes that I’m talking about would make life easier in the long run. I’m talking, for example of the fact that I usually eat healthy, but that I, in the weekend, indulge in some snacks and sometimes a bar of chocolate. Or that I’ve gotten into the habit of drinking a bottle of wine in the weekend.

There is of course nothing wrong with this. But I can feel that it drains some of my energy and that I don’t sleep as well as I would do otherwise. And this costs money. Especially since I don’t buy the cheapest wine. Not the most expensive either. But enough to make it ad up. Especially since I haven’t gotten my finances totally in order yet.

But you’ve got to enjoy life now and then, you might say. Yeah, I’m not saying that I should become an ascetic or anything. But maybe a bottle of wine per month would be more reasonable. And maybe I should limit my intake of snacks and chocolate to a fixed amount. For example, something more healthy, like a bowl of pop corn and maybe a bar of chocolate (even though a more strict part of me wants to cut out sugar altogether).

What if we took a more conscious approach to these small things in life? What would happen?