I read something very interesting recently. It went something like this, “I don’t want my legacy to consist of a bunch of boxes of stuff.” In other words. I don’t want to be the one who only leaves behind boxes of stuff. I want to leave behind my passion for getting things done, accomplishing what I set out to do, my sense of decluttering, my minimalist streak, my passion for unwinding and taking things slow. My legacy shouldn’t be in a box. I want it to be in my experiences.
So I’m asking you straight up, what do you want to leave behind when you die? I know it might be a strange question, do you really need to think about death now? But the fact is, we never know when it’s our time. We can leave everything behind and let our loved ones take care of things, or we can do something about it now. I choose to do something about it now because I want to take responsibility not only for myself, my family and my loved ones, but also for nature and the planet we live on. I don't want to die and regret anything, but I want to die with the feeling that I have achieved what I wanted and this is where slow living comes in.
I want to live slowly, relaxed, calmly. I want to have time to enjoy life and not stress myself out through it. It's never too late to change your lifestyle. I was 37 when I started living according to the slow living methodology and it's a long process until I feel completely slow. It's nothing, "from one day to the next", it takes time to change. We live in such a stressful society and it's like society expects us all to live based on already set norms. I've never been a normie, I've always followed my own path and my own path took me to a world of decluttering that took me to minimalism which took me to the slow living lifestyle. It's not about getting rid of everything, it's about only keeping what gives us value in life.
I have many blog posts here on the blog if you want to know more about the subject but it's all about living in the present. Spending time on what's important. Prioritizing living beings including yourself instead of material things that only take up our time and money. It's about saying no to things that don't give you meaning and saying yes to things that do. Don't treat yourself like a second-class citizen, you are important and significant. Spend time on yourself and your loved ones. Prioritize yourself and not your things, because the fact is that we don't own things, they own us.
Take a moment and think about if there is anything you would rather do than, for example, cleaning, laundry, working. I'm not saying we shouldn't do these things because we will never get away from them, the question is just how much of our day we are willing to spend on these parts. For me, my journey began with me realizing that I needed to say no to things I really wanted to do because I needed to spend whole days maintaining my home, cleaning, laundry, washing dishes, it took me away from things I really wanted to do but it doesn't anymore. Today I can quickly get my home in order and then spend time on what I love to do. Today I took about an hour in the morning to get the home ready for a showing (we are moving to a smaller place) and then spent about three hours sitting on the beach and spending time with my family. I prioritize what is important to me. So I'll ask you one more time. What do you want to leave behind when you pass away, your things or all the things you have accomplished to become the amazing person I think you are? The choice is yours. I believe in you, now you just have to believe in yourself.
Best regards
