Do you always feel stressed? Are you trying to simplify your life this year? We have got you all covered with around 25 simple ways to simplify your life in 2025.
Change is the only constant thing in life that comes inevitably. Being fixated on anything whether it is an idea, lifestyle or perspective is never good in the long run as everything evolves with time. Even the laws need amendments and our lives can be sometimes more complex than the law or even rocket science. In this digital age and competitive economy, every individual is running after earning more money, and investing those earnings cleverly allows them to live an amazing life.
However, life never goes the you plan it and sometimes, running after money makes us lose sight of what is right in front of us. It requires mindfulness and a peaceful mind to figure out that time is the most precious thing in life and you should enjoy the most of it as we live only a few years. It is also important for a healthy balance between your mind and the body. If you are a working person or a businessman who is hardly getting any time to reflect on yourself, here are healthy practices to help you out.
25 Ways to Simply Your Busy Life
- Being Gentle With Yourself
It always starts from here as we humans tend to be hard on ourselves. Being gentle with yourself can make things easier in life without adding more complexity to it. Take care of yourself, embrace self-love, and get rid of bad habits that obstruct you from doing so. It is important to focus on the small steps and tiny habits instead of waiting for a radical change. In order to push through and survive, you also need to know the importance of resting. You can also read self-help books that help people stay focused and allow concentrate on their own selves.
- Schedule rather than Scheduling
The traditional idea here is to rise early if you want more hours in a day. However, only rising early is not enough as you would need to rest enough at night as well and finish all of your daily work. Over-scheduling your day will only make it stressful. Therefore you need to simplify the time by letting off things that you do not need to do daily or anymore. If you are able to make at least 30 mins of extra time every day by removing all the non-essential commitments. With regular practice, you might be able to carve out 1 hour for daily work life.
- Curate Your Social Media Accounts
Curating and organizing your social media account is highly important in this digital age where these social media accounts can also act as proof of your identity. It is not necessary to follow every other user on social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram even if they are celebrities. You can also remove people from the follower list who are against your ideas or thoughts. You should follow people who can inspire you or resources that offer you valid information. The Internet can be a cringe place with ‘brain rot’ content that only takes up the healthy space in mind. Currently, a lot of people are taking regular gaps from the internet because it is too overwhelming sometimes and the process is called digital detoxification.
- Simplify Your Wardrobe Collection
Have you ever thought about the fact that you might have too many clothes already? Clothes and accessories are something that always feels better when it is new. Shopaholics people around the world make purchases because they want to continuously improve their collections with new dynamic products. However, in real life; you might only need a few types of clothing based on the places you go. For example, most people only need some casuals, some formals, and some sportswear for exercise and adventure. The concept of a capsule wardrobe can greatly help to reduce your expenses, and fatigue in decision-making as well as change your relationship with the purchases.
- Embark on a Morning Routine
If you are not a morning person, starting this routine can be hard at the beginning. However, it can get easier when you continue to do it every day. Waking up early offers you much time before you head out for work and you will find more time for home chores as well as healthy activities like morning meditation. Even if you read a few pages with your favorite coffee; it can offer you a healthy burst of energy that stays for the rest of the day. It is part of self-care and helps to improve your digestive system.
- Put a Halt on Shopping
It is not just clothes but a lot of people also overspend while going grocery shopping. It is mainly a diversion of coping mechanism for most individuals as they do not buy products when they need them but when they are sad or depressed about something in life. Shopping or even window shopping can offer a sudden dose of dopamine that makes people feel happy but it never lasts. You cannot hide your past or predict your future with the things you buy. Buy only something that can be consumed and utilized in the present. Try to stop shopping for a few ways and rearrange your shopping habits that can help you save some money.
- Do Not Very Attached to Your Belongings
As mentioned before, fixating with some place or belongings can be an obstacle to growth. A lot of people have a hard time letting go and their feelings are often too strong for attachment. If you are also one of them, hide that product for 30 days and see if you miss it that badly. If you do not, it is better to let go than dripping on it too hard. The saying “out of sight, out of mind” goes pretty well in this case.
- Journaling can help to Simplify Your Thoughts.
Journaling is a more traditional and personal method of simplifying your thoughts as you can write and express freely in your personal diary without any fear. Journal helps to put your swirling thoughts from brain to paper and it is easier to visualize your thoughts and how absurd it is. It can help to move on rather than end up in a circle of complex thoughts. You can also find journaling prompts for a fresh start.
- Limitations of Checking Inbox
In this digitally biased world of personalized marketing techniques; getting loads of messages and emails is pretty common even if you do not talk to a lot of people. Companies, brands, and banks can send you messages as well. However, you should not be waiting for their messages and check your inbox multiple times. Set a time every day when you would like to check your inbox, keep what is important, and delete the rest. It keeps the inbox clean and decluttered. Checking your inbox does not make any changes and you can figure out something different on the desktop.
- Your Right to Rest
You are not required to get a memo for resting as everyone has the right to rest. However, workaholic people tend to push the limit and they increase their time for work by reducing their time to rest. Every hardworking person needs to rest even people who are not hardworking, still need to rest to survive. Reclaiming your right to rest is important as it helps rejuvenate the mind and the body.
- Make Room for Happiness
Happiness is overrated perhaps but it is still important in everyone’s life. You need to simplify your idea of happiness based on your financial standards or else you will turn into a brand freak who is also broke and unable to save any. Try to find happiness in simple things and let go of anything or anyone who makes you sad. Make room for things and activities that make you happy even if it is something as simple as skipping rocks on water. We often forget to enjoy and appreciate what we truly enjoy and society imposes a different idea on us.
- Peace around Money
They might say, that money cannot buy happiness but it can definitely help to fight in difficult situations. Even wealthy people have debts that make them sleep uncomfortably at night. The peace around money comes with your lifestyle, living, and financial management. If you are expenses are too high than your earnings; you will have a lot of debts and loans. However, a poor farmer who is living a debt-free life can have more peace than you. Just like money is important, it is also important to have peace with it.
- Take Some Time to Put a Stop on Rush
The ‘go, go, go’ attitude can make people make hasty decisions that are often wrong. If you are always rushing around things, the result can be that sometimes you really need to be patient. If you are not having ADHD or anxiety; it will be easier for you to calm yourself. Go for a walk or a cycle ride or take thoughtful breaks that allow you to contemplate the situation without stressing over it.
- Declutter with Minimalism at Home
Simplicity is not always about decluttering but only getting rid of the things that do not matter anymore. Practicing minimalism at home can help you find more space by removing everything that is not needed anymore. You do not have to transform your home in a single day as you can pick a small portion to work on such as shelves or drawers. Gradually, your home will appear spacious and bigger.
- Creativity Can be Fun and Relaxing
The creative elements of art can be very fun and relaxing and those who say “I cannot paint” are only making excuses. Whether you write poetries, make paintings, paint fingernails or do origami; every form of art can teach you the valuable lessons of life.
- Organize Photos and Documents
Digital photos and documents are something we have infinite in numbers. We tend to take a lot of photos to find the best shot and all the rest of the takes also stay in our phone of Google photos. A lot of photos from your gallery and the documents that come through the media are fake or can be bugged. Ensure to make time to go back to your old photos through the gallery and delete what is not needed anymore. It goes the same way for documents whether digital or in physical formats.
- Time to Release Your Regrets
Regrets can create a burden that stays for a lifetime. Everybody has regrets that originate from love, life, sadness, and disappointment. It is time for you to release all the regrets suppressed inside you. Sometimes you just have to forget about the rather regretting for it as that is how life moves on.
- The Art of Doing Nothing
The art of doing is actually good for your mental health. It simplifies your tasks and activities. If seeking is overshadowing your seeing, choose nothing today. Sometimes, you just need to hang around with your heart and the truth rather than following the recommendations of others.
- Gratitude is a Healthy Practice
Gratitude is the greatest virtue that keeps us humble. It makes you appreciative of the things you have and the people who support you. Gratitude can help to shift your attention from chaos to peace. With gratitude, you can even find good in the evil and be aware of the grey areas where one is neither good nor bad.
- Rearrange Your Décor
This is a very fun activity where you get to reset your home. It is more like rearranging the décor which breaks the monotonous continuity of daily life. Also, it feels nice to rearrange the furniture, paintings, and wall hangings which can offer a unique look to your house. Pick the weekend for this and make sure to choose one room each day and doing it for the whole house can be hectic.
- Be a Part of the Nature
Humans can always find more peace when they are in touch with nature. Whether you walk in the park, go beach hiking, or camp around in the forests and mountains; nature can help you find your spiritual side. Humans are nothing but an evolved species of nature and so, we are also a part of it. Being in nature can help us find our roots and our primal selves with greater survival instincts. Even if you take care of plants in your garden, it can help simplify your life.
- Put Your Smartphones Out
Modern-day users are totally obsessed with their smartphones. They spend most of their digital time ti through phones and through multiple applications. In order to lead a healthy and simple life ahead; it is absolutely necessary to reduce your digital time. While there are many tips and tricks; the best way to do it would be to turn off the phone for some time. It helps to put out the noise sometimes.
- A Plan for Simple Meal and Diet
Creating a meal plan might sound unnecessary but it actually has many benefits. When you are already aware of what you are going to eat for the rest of the week, you can shop better, cook better, and plan better for a healthy diet routine. Keep the meals simple and healthy as do would not have a lot of time to do it. On the weekends; you can try some new and unique recipes.
- Be empathetic and Help Others
Life can feel more complicated when we cannot stop thinking about ourselves. Our Humane nature makes us empathetic and helpful towards others. It is an act of kindness that only strong people can proceed with. With a strong will and an empathetic heart; you can deal with even bigger problems of life when you start helping others.
Final Thoughts
The bonus tip is consistency as all of the aforementioned practices are followed by many but none of them have done it consistently in their life. It is not about the first day, but doing it every day!
