One way to simplify your life is to establish an attitude of not caring about things. If you don’t care, you can’t stress out about it, right? But the question is, is life worth living without care? Probably not.
But how is life really when you care about EVERYTING? Hardly harmonious and definately not simple. Despite that we have more and more things calling for our attention and for us to get involved. Our society seem to demand that you care about (and be deeply commited to) things happening in other parts of the world. Who has right on their side? Israel or Palestine? What happens with apartheid in south africa? It’s appalling how the Chinese governement is behaving. As if that weren’t enough you also need to have an opinion about who is the rightful winner of “Survivor”, “Americas Got Talent” or whatever.
Maybe all this is the flipside or our global communication society where information is immediate. What can we do? I think it helps if you can develop an unconcerned attitude towards things you don’t really care about. Not easy in a society which demands your commitment on everything.
Note that I don’t prescribe a complete indifferent approach toward everything. Just the things you don’t really care about. For the things you DO care about, be very committed. This won’t make you a bad person, it will make you a more harmonious, calmer person.
In part this is about accepting things you cannot change. Whatever happens, happens. Nobody has ever found happiness by puddling things that might have been.
Implicit Simplicity 
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