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Sportlich
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a brief guide to life

‘A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us.’ ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Post written by Leo Babauta.

Life can be ridiculously complicated, if you let it. I suggest we simplify
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Thich Nhat Hanh’s quote, which I’ve stolen as this site’s subtitle, is the shortest guide to life you’ll ever need:

“Smile, breath, and go slowly.”

If you live your life by those five words, you’ll do pretty well. For those who need a little more guidance, I’ve distilled the lessons I’ve learned (so far) into a few guidelines, or reminders, really.

And as always, these rules are meant to be broken. Life wouldn’t be any fun if they weren’t.

the brief guide

less TV, more reading
less shopping, more outdoors
less clutter, more space
less rush, more slowness
less consuming, more creating
less junk, more real food
less busywork, more impact
less driving, more walking
less noise, more solitude
less focus on the future, more on the present
less work, more play
less worry, more smiles
breathe

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This is an article from zenhabits.net. You can find it here http://zenhabits.net/brief-guide/

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la_acequia
Aug. 25, 2011

I was not sure of how to pronounce Babauta or Thich Nhat Hanh, but I did my best to say it like an American would, if we had to take a best guess. ;)
Also for “Smile, breath, and go slowly.” I said "breathe" instead of "breath" because "breathe" is a verb and made more sense to me instead of "breath" which is a noun.
Hope that helped! :)

Sportlich
Aug. 26, 2011

Thanks a lot.
Everything's fine.

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