Simplicity.

I just need a rocking chair instead..

I have a pretty simple life.  I do have depression, social anxiety, ADD, and mild OCD though so I tend to make things complicated for myself; that and the fact that I am a Taurus-Saggitarius (ugh).  I like simplicity though, I have a welcome sign on my door that says "simple pleasures" that I picked up from an antique shop one day while waiting for the next bus.  I love antique shops.  So many simple things in there that are so filled with such precious beauty, like an old rocking chair.  Its old and battered, but I like to use my imagination with it.  Did it rock a child to sleep in its new home?  Did an old couple have matching ones that they held hands in as they watched the sunset?  An antique shop is like, recycled memories that you get a chance to continue.  Simplicity. I've been thinking, how can I simplify my life?  I've been kind of in a rut where I won't be able to actually feel that pride of reaching a milestone because my milestones are at least a few months out of reach.  In the meantime, I need something to give my soul some nutrition.  I'm thinking I want to start a garden in my apartment.  I have been yearning for a yard with flowers and grass and a small permaculture farm.  I live in an apartment though, but I did find out there are some vegetables and herbs that can be grown indoors and luckily enough I have a south facing window!  TLC has a list of 66 things that can be grown indoors.  I need to go to an antique shop, pick out a rocking chair, get some green in my house and rock to the stories playing in my head from a good book breathing in freshness.  Yeah, I think that'll do the trick.


"Frugality is one of the most beautiful and joyful words in the English language, and yet one that we are culturally cut off from understanding and enjoying. The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things." ~Elise Boulding